Envisioned: Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Image by Harry How/Getty Images
Initially published on Action Network | By Ricky Henne | Last upgraded 10/29/24
In one week, Freddie Freeman's gone from being hardly able to jog to the frustrating preferred to be called World Series MVP.
Freeman suffered a badly sprained ankle throughout the recently of the routine season, which medical professionals stated normally takes 4 to 6 weeks to recover. This is the playoffs, so he was certainly going to do whatever possible to play. The very first baseman was not surprisingly hobbled and had a hard time strongly throughout the very first 2 postseason rounds. Things got so bad he really remained a crucial video game versus the Mets in the NLCS.
Things altered in a rush once the Fall Classic kicked off.
Freeman punched the first-ever walk-off grand slam in World Series history, releasing a no-doubter with 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th inning to offer Los Angeles a 6-3 Game 1 win. He likewise struck a homer in the group's 4-2 Game 2 success and after that set the tone in Game 3's 4-2 win by punching a two-run bomb in the top of the very first to silence the Yankees Stadium crowd.
At the same time, Freeman signed up with Barry Bonds and Hank Bauer as the only gamers to homer in the very first 3 video games of a World Series. Furthermore, this significant his fifth-straight World Series video game in which he went deep, connecting the all-time record.
Freeman opened at +3500 to win MVP at DraftKings. Now, thanks to his heroics that have the Dodgers one win far from a title, he's the frustrating favorite at -1600. He has a huge lead over any other gamer, as Giancarlo Stanton and Juan Soto are the next closest at -2000.
World Series MVP Odds
Chances according to DraftKings since Oct. 28
Gamer Odds Freddie Freeman -1600 Giancarlo Stanton +2500 Juan Soto +2500 Aaron Judge +2800 Mookie Betts +2800 Tommy Edman +3000 Teoscar Hernandez +3000 Shohei Ohtani +3500 Yoshinobu Yamamoto +5000 Jazz Chisholm Jr. +6000 Gerrit Cole +7500
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