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00:03 - When we look at the line movement for MVP
00:06 in the American League, some of the stuff is crazy,
00:09 but crazier things have happened.
00:11 And sometimes you can't write or make this stuff up.
00:14 So let's start with that.
00:15 Juan Soto, obviously at the top,
00:17 but there's some things that need to be discussed.
00:19 What do you got?
00:21 - This is our safe space, Matty.
00:23 This is our safe space.
00:24 Let it always be a safe one for us to just talk sports
00:28 for a couple hours and let everybody enjoy themselves
00:30 before they get back to the grind of reality.
00:33 Yeah, the grind of the American League playoff race
00:35 has been a pretty good one.
00:37 Juan Soto at the top, but don't look now kids.
00:40 Aaron Judge is getting really hot lately.
00:42 Aaron Judge is hitting balls 500 feet,
00:45 which again is gonna cannibalize.
00:47 Will people remember how red hot Juan Soto was
00:50 in the beginning of the year if he tapers off
00:52 and is just regular old-fashioned good
00:56 or excellent Juan Soto instead of otherworldly?
00:59 It's a long season.
01:00 I'm not sold necessarily on Soto at the top.
01:03 I'm not sold on Judge at plus 400 or Soto at plus 320.
01:06 Again, the cannibalization is really tough.
01:08 What they have going for them, the huge public profile,
01:11 what we talk about all the time, right?
01:13 The Yankees, Juan Soto is a national figure,
01:16 so is Aaron Judge.
01:17 So they do have that going for them.
01:18 That's a big deal.
01:19 It's a media war.
01:21 Fortunately for Bobby Witt,
01:23 the Royals have been a little up and down.
01:24 So I don't think we're gonna be running there
01:26 for him right now.
01:27 And Gunnar Henderson's been a fun story, plus 800.
01:30 I don't even know if he's the most interesting guy
01:32 on his team yet.
01:33 And I'm gonna get to that when we get to the long shots
01:35 for MVP, and I have some reasoning behind that.
01:38 Kyle Tucker plus 950, but last time I checked,
01:41 Matt, I'm looking at the standings.
01:44 You see the Astros?
01:45 I'm trying to find the Astros.
01:46 Do you see where they are?
01:47 'Cause they're kind of further down than they usually are.
01:50 They're six feet, six yards.
01:51 - Move your hand a little lower.
01:53 There you go.
01:54 - Oh, there it is.
01:55 Six games under 500 right now, the Houston Astros.
01:57 Now look, they're still only five games back.
02:02 It's early, but still.
02:03 I don't know if we're there yet either.
02:05 I think at the top of the board, it still feels like Soto.
02:08 It feels like the safest one.
02:09 I just don't know if I'm ready to invest in it yet.
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