{"id":248779,"date":"2022-12-20T13:48:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T19:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=248779"},"modified":"2022-12-21T04:45:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:45:27","slug":"new-york-mets-introduce-tom-verlander-title-odds-have-wide-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-york-mets-introduce-tom-verlander-title-odds-have-wide-range\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Mets Introduce Justin Verlander, Title Odds Have Wide Range"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story has been updated to reflect the Mets overnight agreement Wednesday with shortstop Carlos Correa.<\/em><\/p>\n

Big day Tuesday morning at Citi Field for the New York Mets, who held an introductory news conference with their biggest free agency acquisition of the off-season, Justin Verlander.<\/p>\n

Unless, of course, that biggest addition turns out to be Kodai Senga. He may not be able to walk around Times Square anonymously for much longer if his signature pitch, the “ghost fork,” proves so unhittable that he becomes more valuable than Verlander, a three-time winner of the Cy Young Award.<\/p>\n

Senga and Verlander are the new arms in town after a crazy week of free agent signings kept Aaron Judge in the Bronx and delivered Verlander to Queens for the Mets.<\/p>\n

The latter nonetheless lost another former Cy Young Award winner, Jacob deGrom, to the Texas Rangers but shocked the baseball world early Wednesday when they reached agreement on a $12-year, $315 million deal with shortstop Carlos Correa, who had been expected to sign with San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the loss of DeGrom is the reason why the Mets — despite owner Steve Cohen’s off-season spending spree of nearly $800 million on seven players — have longer odds than the Yankees at every single sportsbook licensed in New York that has Major League Baseball futures odds listed.<\/p>\n

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Updated 2023 World Series odds at https:\/\/t.co\/gtFBhqz4mg<\/a>:<\/p>\n

+550: Astros\/Dodgers
+800: Braves
+900: Yankees
+1000: Blue Jays\/Mets
+1400: Padres\/Phillies
+1800: Mariners
+2100: Cardinals
+2500: Rays
+2700: Guardians
+2800: Brewers\/Giants
+3000: White Sox<\/p>\n

— BetRivers Sportsbook (@BetRivers) December 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n