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Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
By Frankie Taddeo Last month, Sports Illustrated’s Tom Verducci stated that despite the MLB season being less than halfway completed, the AL MVP race was an absolute done deal. Many sports bettors were in complete agreement as they flooded sportsbooks to wager on the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani to win the Most Valuable Player Award in the American League. The dominant talent, who opened as the +200 favorite at SI Sportsbook prior to the start of the season, has now become a massive prohibitive favorite at -1099. However, the rumors of Ohtani being potentially traded by the Halos has sent sports bett…