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Pete Crow-Armstrong is making the National League MVP conversation impossible to ignore. In the Cubs' three-game sweep over the Dodgers, PCA went yard twice in the finale, matching Shohei Ohtani home run for home run. The young outfielder has slashed his chase rate by seven and a half percent, and the advanced numbers are backing up what the eye test already suggested — this kid is for real.
Speaking of the Dodgers, the post-trade deadline World Series odds update from ESPN has the baseball world scratching its head. Los Angeles saw their championship probability drop by over twenty-two percent despite being one of the most talented rosters in the game. Whether that math holds up come October is another question entirely, but the numbers are what they are.
Meanwhile in Boston, the Red Sox are riding one of the more electric stretches in recent memory, and now they have a roster problem most teams would envy. Injured stars are set to return just as the current group is locked in and rolling. Managing those moving parts without disrupting the momentum is the challenge Craig Breslow and the front office now face.
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