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MLB National League Playoff Picture & Key Division Races
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9/18/2024
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Let's get to the National League playoff picture. Less than two
00:06
weeks remain in this MLB regular season. We're nearing
00:10
only 10 games left over an area of 162 around MLB this year.
00:15
Again, as we look at the divisional races, there is not
00:19
much at stake. The Dodgers are going to win the National League
00:21
West for the 11th time in the last 12 years. They have a
00:24
three-and-a-half game lead over San Diego. That's the closest
00:28
one. But when you look at division prices on the
00:31
FanDuel Sportsbook, only two remain. None in the National
00:35
League. It's just the AL East and the AL Central. National
00:39
League East, we're going to have a new divisional champ for
00:42
the first time in seven seasons. The Braves have won
00:45
six straight. The Phillies an eight-game lead over the Mets
00:48
right now. And the Brewers maintain a double-digit
00:50
advantage in the National League Central, 10 games up over
00:54
the Chicago Cubs. So that's kind of taken care of. The
00:58
question, Joe, with the division leaders is the order
01:01
of those three. Will it be Philadelphia one, LA two,
01:06
Milwaukee three? Might we see a change in these final two
01:09
weeks? Yeah, and you could very well. And it actually means a
01:14
little something, right? Because of the new
01:17
structure with the playoffs and the extra team ban, we got
01:19
buys are involved this year. So it's actually not a, ah, just
01:24
get in it and win it. We don't care. Heck, if you can get that
01:27
number one locked up, man, you get that number one locked up.
01:30
It gives you all the advantage with rotations and everything
01:33
else moving forward. It is a really interesting debate, Joe.
01:37
If you remember the debate last year in the MLB postseason, as
01:40
we saw wild card teams in both leagues face off in a World
01:44
Series. The Rangers who knocked off the top overall seed in the
01:47
AL Baltimore in the division round. The D-backs, of course,
01:51
catching fire at the right time to play in the World Series. It
01:55
was the rest versus rust age old debate was earning those
01:59
top two seeds in the opening round by past the wild card
02:02
round into the division series. Actually, a benefit will have
02:06
those same conversations. I am sure as we get to this October
02:10
and this MLB postseason, here's a really intriguing and frankly
02:14
wrong market discrepancy on the FanDuel Sportsbook. The Dodgers
02:18
are the favorites right now to have the best record in all of
02:21
the bigs at minus 150. The Philz have the second best price
02:26
of plus 110, but Philadelphia with the one game advantage for
02:29
the best record currently in the National League is a minus
02:32
145 favorite to be that NL number one overall seed. There
02:36
is no way the Dodgers could have the best record in
02:39
Philadelphia. The best seed unless they would pay you out in
02:43
the dead heat rules applying because Philly does have the
02:46
advantage in the season series over LA and thus the tiebreaker
02:51
if they ended up with the same record. That's an interesting
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odds distinction on FanDuel. Yeah, it's a very interesting
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and what does it say about what we're thinking about this
03:02
Dodgers team, what we thought about them, where they are
03:06
currently right now, what the market still thinks is going to
03:09
happen here. I mean, as far as I'm concerned, the team that I
03:14
trust the most of those three, Ben, as crazy as this is the
03:18
Milwaukee Brewers because I think they've been the most
03:20
consistent that we can trust here to do it. But the way the
03:24
schedule is lining up here, it's probably if the Phillies
03:27
handle their business, the Phillies are going to be your
03:30
number one seed. But can you say that with confidence that
03:34
they'll go ahead and just run the table and handle it? I
03:37
can't, not with the way they've been playing since the
03:39
All-Star break.
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