MVP Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> in the offseason from Miami.<\/p>\nHe joins American League home run champ Aaron Judge. It will be the fourth time in MLB history that the two leagues home run leaders played for the same team the following season. It will also be the second time that two teammates who hit 50 or more dingers in the previous season are teammates. The other was another pair of Yankees, Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in 1962.<\/p>\n
New York has dropped its odds significantly to win the World Series. They opened at 8-1, behind the Astros, Indians and Dodgers. Now with the most potent offensive lineup in the game the team has jumped up as the favorite at 5-1.<\/p>\n
A team that hasn\u2019t made a lot of noise in the offseason but could be right there at the end of the year is Cleveland. They opened at 6-1 and slipped to 7-1 but are an organization that could also challenge for the title. Their starting rotation will be healthy and could have the best pitchers in the league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mike Trout is finding out it\u2019s nice to be the biggest fish in the pond. The Los Angeles Angels outfielder is now the highest paid player in Major League Baseball and will earn $34 million next season. His team also improved their chances to win the World Series. They opened as a 50-1 selection to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":67780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Trout Reels in Largest MLB Salary, Angels Improve World Series Odds<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n