2024 NL Rookie of the Year Predictions and Odds

2024 NL Rookie of the Year Betting Preview

Let’s break down the NL Rookie of the Year market and make some predictions.

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The New York Yankees have won the MVP awards in MLB history with 23, while the St Louis Cardinals are second while leading the National League with 21. Three organizations have never produced an MVP winner: the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Ray, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Barry Bonds holds the record for most all-time MVP awards with 7, and Miguel Cabrera was the last to win back-to-back MVPs in 2012-13. A player from the LA Angels has won 5 of the last 10 AL MVPs (Mike Trout 3/Shohei Ohtani 2).

Previous NL Rookie of the Year Winners

• 2023 Corbin Carroll (Arizona Diamondbacks)
• 2022 Michael Harris (Atlanta Braves)
• 2021 Johnathan India (Cincinnati Reds) 
• 2020 Devin Williams (Milwaukee Brewers)
• 2019 Pete Alonso (New York Mets)

2024 NL Rookie of the Year Candidates

Odds below courtesy of DraftKings Sports Book as of Thursday, March 21:

Yoshinobu Yamamoto	+175
Jung Hoo Lee	+400
Jackson Chourio	+700
Jackson Merrill	+1000
Shota Imanaga	+1200
Michael Busch	+1500
Kyle Harrison	+1500
Paul Skenes	+2000
Masyn Winn	+2000
DL Hall	+2000
Max Meyer	+2500
Jordan Lawlar	+2500
Hunter Goodman	+2500
James Wood	+2500
Yuke Matsui	+2500

2024 NL Rookie of the Year Prediction

The top three current favorites to win the National League are Yoshinobu Yamamoto (+175) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jung Hoo Lee (+400) of the San Francisco Giants, and Jackson Churio (+700) of the Milwaukee Brewers. 

Yamamoto has the advantage of being a front-line starter for a team with an absolutely loaded roster and pitching seven seasons in Japan. He made his MLB debut on Thursday, March 21st, in the Korea Series, which did not go well. He was tagged for five earned runs on four hits and did not make it out of the second inning. 

Jung Hoo Lee is a speedy center fielder who posted a .340/.407/.491 slash line over the course of seven seasons in the KBO. His former teammate Ha-Seong Kim just showed that a KBO hitter can perform at the same level in the MLB, but he did need a buffer season in between. 

Jackson Churio is an electric prospect who is expected to make an impact immediately for the young Brew Crew. Although Churio has not yet played in the show, he had a .280 batting average with 22 home runs and 84 RBIS in 122 games in AA last year and .333 in 14 games in AAA. 

Jung Hoo Lee is already making waves in spring training as a leadoff single set up a five-run bottom of the first inning, and his speed doesn’t seem to be affected as he looks to have made a full recovery from ankle surgery. He looks to be the day one table setter for the Giants with the advantage of playing center field for the entire season. 

NL ROY Prediction: Jung Hoo Lee, San Francisco Giants +450

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