For more VegasInsider resources, check out our NFL Odds and NFL Futures Odds pages!. If he can be that star we all think he is, he could usher in the next era of Mariners baseball. Lets take a look: Blue Jays: Hyun Jin Ryu, LHPRyu has said in the past that his personal goal is to make more than 30 starts every year and have a 3.00 ERA. 2 prospect in the organization and No. The Ravens won 14 games with a second-year quarterback under center. Five starts into the season, Rodon was a perfect 5-0 with a 0.58 ERA and a 0.68 WHIP. Twenty-two years later, Fernando Tatis Jr. has emerged as the National League's leader in home runs, stolen bases and bat-flipping swag for what might be the best Padres team in franchise history. Comeback Player of the Year The Sporting News Pitchers & Players of the Year Hank Aaron Award Branch Rickey Award Hutch Award Lou Gehrig Award Babe Ruth Award Roberto Clemente Award Wilson Defensive Players of the Year All-MLB Team MARINERS: Jarred Kelenic, AL Rookie of the Year. Posey won the National League Comeback Award following one of his best seasons since winning the MVP Award in 2012, after he didn't play at all in 2020 due to COVID concerns. For the first time in college basketball history, the player of the year award is likely going to be won by a Canadian. He was the first pitcher to come to Toronto to try to turn around this staff, but he has more help, and theoretically less pressure, this year. Mancini is the first Oriole to win MLB's Comeback Player of the Year Award. Kluber made just seven starts for the Cleveland Indians in 2019 as his season ended May 1 when he sustained a fractured right forearm when struck by a line drive off the bat of the Miami Marlins Brian Anderson. But Im really thankful and feeling a lot of gratitude., after a year away battling -- and beating -- Stage 3 colon cancer. And Manny Machado finished third in NL MVP voting in '20. Last year's postseason hero hasn't quite set the world on fire in 2021 like he did last October. Analyzing the betting odds for MLB's major awards, including Cy Young, MVP, Rookie of the Year and Manager of the Year. Since the day Jameson Taillon had his second Tommy John surgery in August 2019, teammates have been touting him as a lock for NL Comeback Player of the Year in '21. Below is a look at how all of the beat reporters responded, as well as a brief explanation for each pick. But, really, how could we not pick Trey Mancini here? He barely saw the field in 2019. He slugged .373 last year, which is roughly 300 points lower than his 2019 mark of .671. This past abbreviated season turned out to be a struggle offensively for both Gallo and the entire Texas lineup, but he did win his first Gold Glove on defense. Daniel Jones could be an intriguing pick with new head coach Brian Daboll. Pirates: KeBryan Hayes, 3BLast year there was probably too much put on Hayes, who not only was supposed to boost a struggling team but in fact establish himself as the National Leagues Next Great Third Baseman. MLB Awards: 2020 results, all-time winners. It sure would be nice to see a vintage Bumgarner season, wouldnt it? So to project a Coach of the Year, you have to look at teams who will absolutely dominate or be surprisingly good. And he did all that despite the pressure of being the focal point of a blockbuster trade and then signing a jaw-dropping contract extension. The 22-year old shortstop has had an impressive season so far. NL: Adam Wainwright, Cardinals Wainwright was nowhere near being thought of as a rotation mainstay, even after posting a 3.15 ERA and 1.05 WHIP in the abbreviated 2020 season. If the season ended today, though, many of the picks would be rather obvious. And here are the top five betting favorites for MVP and Cy Young in both leagues entering the season (odds via Caesars Sportsbook): AL MVP Shohei Ohtani, +325 Mike Trout, +450 Vladimir Guerrero,. The Marlins, backed by many scouts, have claimed that Alcantaras pure stuff is as good as anyone in the Majors. Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott leads the way at +1300, coming off an injury in Week 5 against the NFC rival New York Giants. NFL COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS. That is despite cooling off considerably over the past month-plus. The right-hander struck out 97 over 72 1/3 innings in 20 -- ranking second in the AL behind only Cy Young winner Shane Bieber -- after fanning 228 in 19. Until he takes a step back -- and hes shown no indications of doing so to date -- he will remain a perennial Cy Young favorite. D-backs: Madison Bumgarner, LHPHe finally made a (mostly) full season of starts in 2021, but he still was barely a league average pitcher. Between testing positive for COVID-19 at the beginning of the season and subsequently having season-ending surgery on both of his knees, he missed all but two games last year. In the next 25 starts, including his '20 showing, the righty logged a 2.40 ERA with a 34.6 percent strikeout rate and miniscule 3.4 percent walk rate in 157 2/3 innings. But that begs the question -- has he already returned, and can he still win? The 2022 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award odds give Derrick Henry the upper hand, but Jameis Winston is right on his heels. 2021 Comeback Player of the Year odds. Sync your sportsbook(s) and analyze bet performance, view your top splits, betting trends, and compete against users on the leaderboards. Can Byron Buxton deliver value on both sides of the ball? Since the start of 2018, Cole leads all AL starters in fWAR, innings, wins and strikeouts and ranks second in ERA and FIP. But in 2018, he batted .284 and slugged .382. Also Considered: Kevin Gausman, San Francisco; Corbin Burnes, Milwaukee. Giolito has been named an All-Star and finished tied for sixth ('19) and seventh ('20), respectively, in AL Cy Young voting since the start of the '19 season, when he moved his career on a direct path to the top after a dismal '18 campaign. Thats MVP stuff. Five months later, he was on the field again, receiving a standing ovation at the Orioles Spring Training complex in Sarasota, Fla. Expect the right-handed hitter to bounce back in a big way in 21, and having Alex Cora back as his manager will only help. Its been a roller-coaster, a huge wave of emotion all year. NFL best bets and picks: odds and predictions for 2022 Comeback Player of the Year, including Jameis Winston. FILE - Seattle Mariners' Mitch Haniger is congratulated and showered with sunflower seeds after his [+] solo home run against the Houston Astros in the third inning of a baseball game in Seattle, in this Tuesday, June 4, 2019, file photo. Can Kenta Maeda repeat his career-best, Cy Young caliber season? He still finished with a 167 ERA+ and he figures to only get better with experience. He's also more patient at the plate these days, drawing walks at a career-best rate of 13.3 percent, which in turn translates to a career-best on-base percentage of .421. 27 overall in baseball, Kirilloff is a career .317/.365/.498 hitter in 279 Minor League appearances who should be a consistent factor in the corner outfield spots and at first base sooner rather than later. That impressive performance after a major injury led him to finish fourth in Comeback Player of the Year voting. It is time for Gallo to put together a full season without any injuries as the force he can be in the middle of the Rangers' lineup. And here are the top five betting favorites for MVP and Cy Young in both leagues entering the season (odds via William Hill Sportsbook): AL MVP Mike Trout: +200 Alex Bregman: +1100 Aaron Judge:. As a result, Prescott is the betting. In his second start, he threw a no-hitter against Cleveland. Mancinis absence was far from being his choice. Orioles: Anthony Santander, OFSantander was a Rule 5 pick from Cleveland who was one of the happy stories of the Orioles 2020 season -- a year in which the Orioles were in second place a third of the way through the season! TIGERS: Tarik Skubal, AL Rookie of the Year. But the Pirates favorite to win an award next year is Hayes, who finished sixth in this years NL Rookie of the Year balloting and maintains his rookie status heading into next season. He did that in just 89 games in 2019 and 50 in 2020, but stretched out to 145 in 2021, his slugging dropped a shocking 253 points. Odds. Saquon Barkley (+700) 5. He had surgery to remove the tumor and went through six months of chemotherapy, returning for Spring Training 2021 cancer-free. After he finished fourth in AL Cy Young voting in a stellar '19 season, Bieber climbed all the way to the top of the AL by winning the award in '20. But if the Padres are going to overcome the loss of Fernando Tatis Jr., it may just have to start with that starting pitcher. But it sure feels like it has been a while since he was finishing second in MVP voting? Until last year, it was much more of the former. Betts showed throughout the postseason how he can impact games with every tool, from taking away home runs to scoring on contact plays with the infield in. The 30 club beat reporters from MLB.com selected the winners from an original list of 30 candidates (one per MLB club). Fellow core veterans Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford enjoyed resurgent seasons in '20 after working with the Giants new coaching staff, which brought fresh ideas and offensive philosophies in manager Gabe Kaplers first year in San Francisco. Along the way, Mancini became the fastest player in Orioles history to amass 100 career home runs, started his own philanthropic foundation and became a spokesperson for colorectal cancer awareness. The Orioles' Trey Mancini and the Giants' Buster Posey were named MLB's Comeback Players of the Year for 2021 on Monday. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Through 89 team games, he's on pace to finish the year with 60. He has allowed just 3.8 hits per nine innings, which is outrageous. Comeback Player of the Year finalists RB Saquon Barkley, Giants. In other words, the Mariners have won eight more games than they "should" have, thanks to a ton of success in close contests. Perhaps Taillon, a hard worker and legitimate top-of-the-rotation pitcher in '18, will nab that award after tweaking his mechanics to protect his elbow. Unfortunately, a lot of star players went down with serious injuries last year, but on the bright side, it's made for a fun and competitive CPOY race in 2021. Seattle Mariners: 83.5 wins Under -110 . Even with Manny Pia here, hes still the primary catcher. His stats took a step back in '20, but that was for reasons largely out of his control: A coronavirus outbreak in the organization paused the Cardinals season and caused Flaherty to go more than three weeks without pitching. Odds have been released for the 2023 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award. deGrom will turn 33 next June, still in the prime of his career without quite as much mileage on his arm as many pitchers his age. Instead, Trevor Bauer won on the strength of 11 excellent starts. You can always be renewed. Coming off a breakout 2019 season, Mancini underwent a colonoscopy in early March 2020 that revealed a malignant tumor. Nationals: Victor Robles, OFAt this point, weve all accepted that Robles is not, in fact, the next great Nationals prospect to turn into a superstar. Jayce Tingler finished second in NL Manager of the Year voting in '20. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. . Is it possible we just got too excited about McKenzie just a year early? Between those two years, his per-162 home run rate was just nine. Across a full season, Ryus numbers could look even more impressive as he works deeper into games with an opportunity to rack up wins in front of a Blue Jays team that is young, improving and expected to be very aggressive this winter. -- but took a big step back last year, dropping 140 points off his slugging percentage. Here is a look at four other major leaguers looking to bounce back in 2021: Tampa, Fla.: New York Yankees starting pitcher right-hander Corey Kluber throwing against the [+] Toronto Blue Jays in the top of the second inning of a spring training game at the George M Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., on March 3, 2021. He wouldnt spend 20 on the field. A case in point came on the first day of Major League Baseballs exhibition season last month. How can a guy hit 38 homers in 144 games in 2019 and then just hit nine in 127 two years later? TWINS: Alex Kirilloff, AL Rookie of the Year. Even though he hit for power in the minors, it's almost hard to believe he's even in the majors right now, let alone as an All Star. But it was rough sledding getting to that point, and he ended up with 106 strikeouts in 377 plate appearances. Giants catcher Buster Posey was this years National League recipient. Granted, deGrom's rate could go up in smoke with one sloppy game, but it's stunning he has made it this far into the season with such a ratio. Also Considered: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto. He has been a solid player for two years, but hardly anything resembling a superstar. Athletics: Eric Thames, 1BThere are roster spots to be had in Oakland this spring, particularly at first base. Going into the 2019 All-Star break, Darvish had made 26 starts since signing a lucrative free-agent contract with the Cubs. The Giants have played 89 games, but not a single player has appeared in 80 of them. With Correa gone, the Astros sure could use a return to that MVP form. Fresh off center fielder Kyle Lewis Rookie of the Year honor, why not make it two in a row for the Mariners, who likely will call up Kelenic early in the season and put him in the outfield next to Lewis. RB Christian McCaffrey, 49ers. Right now we're going to be talking awards, though, specifically Comeback Player of the Year. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar). (AP Photo/David J. Phillip). Zach Edey is the runaway odds favorite and his lead over the field is absolutely laughable. Then, Darvish flipped an incredible switch. Then consider how he finished: .225/.386/.442. He can hit .330 or .180 and hes the Comeback Player of the Year already. Astoundingly good and consistent stuff from a guy who had a 6.11 ERA in 28 innings pitched in 2020 and who made just five career appearances at the Double-A level before making that leap to the majors. You can always try again. The Reds' second baseman won 29 of the 30 votes -- the Marlins' Trevor Rogers got the other one -- and he firmly established himself as not just one of the best players on the Reds, but also as a cornerstone. After some frustrating years, he bounced back well in his final year with the Red Sox in 2020, and the Brewers signed him hoping hed unlock some of that initial potential. Like many of his Astros teammates, Bregman tailed off in the shortened '20 season and he wound up slashing .242/.350/.451 with six homers and 22 RBIs in 153 at-bats. But before the action really gets intense, Chloe Davey delivers her preview and tips for the season ahead. Its safe to say that the stage wont be too big for Kirilloff whenever he appears in a big league uniform in 2021. Assuming Major League Baseball ends its lockout in time to actually have a season in 2022, more than a few stars will go in hoping to have a better year than they did in 2021.. Rather than talk . Still, he showed what a dominant force he could be with his one postseason start, when he allowed one run in six innings while striking out eight Padres in the Wild Card Series. Perhaps the most remarkable part is he has managed this team through a litany of injuries and absences. Mitch Haniger never saw the field in 2020 for the Seattle Mariners. He batted .309 and slugged .475, averaging 21 home runs per 162 games. In what universe does Cody Bellinger hit .165? On April 23, 1999, Fernando Tatis became the only player in MLB history to hit two grand slams in a single inning. Sign up to receive our daily Morning Lineup to stay in the know about the latest trending topics around Major League Baseball. Through 13 starts this season, he's sitting at 3.49, 1.21 and 11.7, respectively. Betts surprised team leader Justin Turner with a tone-setting Spring Training address that rivaled Kirk Gibsons eye-black meltdown in 1988. Whit Merrifield often describes Mondesi as having MVP-type talent. Maybe in 2021, fully healthy and playing a whole season, that evaluation comes to fruition. Hes got one more year on his Royals deal, and if this teams going to compete at all in this division, they need him making far more regular jaunts down to first base, one way or another. The 40-year-old . With his growing comfort with the Cubs, a freedom to be himself on the mound and elite command of the strike zone and his 10-plus pitches, Darvish should once again be a Cy Young contender in 21. Harper said he only needed to rest following the season to be healthy by the time Spring Training opens in February. 2 minute read. As a pitcher, Shohei Ohtani has regained his pre-Tommy John surgery form. From April 20 through the end of May, Tatis triple-slashed .359/.431/.845 with 14 homers and 12 steals in just 29 games, earning NL Player of the Month honors for May. Comeback Player of the Year: Dak Prescott, QB Dallas Cowboys There is absolutely no doubt that Dak Prescott has had the best comeback performance of the year. Cardinals: Ryan Helsley, RHPThe Cardinals looked like they had the next dominant relief pitcher during the 2019 playoffs, but Helsley, who throws hard and has had moments of looking downright incredible, has now had two down seasons in a row, with a walk rate of more than 5 per nine in that span. Gallo was close to doing that in 2019 when he hit .253/.389/.598 with 22 home runs and 49 RBIs in 70 games. He is also still a bargain as his salary will be close to the major league minimum of $570,500 this season as he does not yet have the requisite service time to be eligible for salary arbitration. Also Considered: Alex Cora, Boston; Dusty Baker, Houston. If he does, he could help the Phillies offset any potential losses to the lineup, including J.T Realmuto and/or Didi Gregorius, and win his second NL MVP Award. From 2010-17, Posey was a regular recipient of NL MVP votes. That's what makes Comeback Player of the Year so interesting. Henry is a superior player, but quarterbacks have the upper hand in this award. Mets: Dominic Smith, 1B/OFIn 2019 and 2020, Smith finally turned into the player of Mets fans dreams, getting on base regularly and showing considerable pop. Not quite Cy Young numbers, but he's not far off from matching the current production of Shane Bieber,last year's AL Cy Young winner: 3.28 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 12.9 K/9. He usually gets one of those goals: He had an ERA under 2.70 every year from 2018-20. He's five home runs behind Shohei Ohtani and four stolen bases behind Whit Merrifield, so he probably won't wind up leading the majors in both categories. The Pirates focus for now is on building a better future, and theres no doubt Hayes will be a part of it. That could put him in the Cy Young mix once again. Mancini won the American League Comeback Player of the Year Award after beating colon cancer and returning to Baltimore to post the fourth 20-home run season of his career. Mitch Haniger never saw the field in 2020 for the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees would love to find out. Also Considered: Gerrit Cole, New York; Lance Lynn, Chicago; Nathan Eovaldi, Boston. Soto edged out MVP winner Freddie Freeman by 10 points for the batting title, and he tallied 54 hits, 13 home runs, 14 doubles, 37 RBIs and 39 runs scored in 47 games. Twelve players were named to the Major League Baseball All-Star team in their Comeback Award-winning season: Jim Thome, Nomar Garciaparra, Dmitri Young, Cliff Lee, Brad Lidge, Aaron Hill, Tim Hudson, Lance Berkman, Jacoby Ellsbury, Buster Posey, Fernando Rodney, and Mariano Rivera, with Posey also being named to the All-MLB Team. Updated: Mar 4, 2023 / 02:59 PM EST. After a Silver Slugger season in 2020, he hit .220 and slugged only .388, in a season where he only played 60 games. His OBP dropped more than 60 points from his 2020 season (and 50 from his 2019 season), and his walk rate plummeted while his strikeout rate skyrocketed. But Rodon's excellent spring (13.2 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 16 K) coupled with a disastrous spring training for Lopez (11 ER in 11 IP) gave Rodonthe No. It was as if he was laying his '21 manifesto: He will return to the form of five straight seasons from 2015-19 in which he finished with 37 or more homers and 110 or more RBIs.