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Marcell Ozuna led the league with 67 RBI in the COVID shortened 2020 MLB betting season. He went on to finish sixth in MVP voting that season and won the second Silver Slugger award of his career. Through 34 games played to date, the Atlanta Braves outfielder once again leads the way in the RBI stat category (38) and sits atop the leaderboard at Caesars Sportsbook as the +675 favorite to be the 2024 RBI leader; props for being one of the few to even offer this betting market! I was beating the drum to invest on Ozuna to win the NL MVP Award last week (40-1), and his rate of return has already shortened up to 35-1 a week later. While it certainly looks like he’s in the midst of a career campaign, there’s way too much baseball left to be played not to throw some fliers on the futures odds at better rates of return. Let’s dig into the current offerings and see if we can’t add some more intrigue to the regular season as well as some shekels to the bankroll come the conclusion of it – SLAM YOUR MAN!!
Bet RBI Leader Odds at Caesars Sportsbook
| PLAYER | CURRENT | PLAYER | CURRENT |
| OZUNA | +675 | GURRIEL JR. | +3500 |
| S PEREZ | +800 | ACUNA JR. | +4000 |
| OHTANI | +900 | RILEY | +4500 |
| SOTO | +900 | OLSON | +5000 |
| J RAMIREZ | +1000 | BETTS | +5000 |
| BOHM | +1500 | VLAD JR. | +5000 |
| T HERNANDEZ | +2200 | SANTANDER | +5000 |
| JUDGE | +2500 | SCHWARBER | +6500 |
| ADOLIS | +2500 | ALBIES | +6500 |
| FREEMAN | +2500 | ENCARNACION-STRAND | +7000 |
| HARPER | +2500 | STEER | +7000 |
| TUCKER | +2500 | TROUT | +7000 |
| NAYLOR | +2800 | J RODRIGUEZ | +7000 |
| G HENDERSON | +3000 | MACHADO | +7000 |
| T WARD | +3000 | W SMITH | +7000 |
| ALONSO | +3000 | SEAGER | +7500 |
| Y ALVAREZ | +3000 | ARENADO | +7500 |
| TATIS JR. | +3500 | DEVERS | +9000 |
| MUNCY | +3500 | ELLY DE LA CRUZ | +9000 |
| C WALKER | +3500 | W CONTRERAS | +9500 |
*Remaining Players all 10-1 or greater
Teoscar Hernandez +2200
Inserted into the cleanup spot against left-handers and the sixth spot against righties while logging the third most at-bats on the team, Teoscar Hernandez has fit in superbly for the Dodgers and added a lethal injection into an already nightmarish offense. His 29 RBI currently leads the team, while his 10 home runs sit one in back of clubhouse leader Shohei Ohtani. A recommendation to take a Teoscar flier is fully supported by the situation.
With bats like Mookie Betts, Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, and Max Muncy routinely taking hacks right before him, Hernandez has benefitted stepping into the box with ducks on the pond more times than not. Cashing in on this futures odds market has everything to do with the quantity of opportunities one has to knock in runs. Provided health doesn’t become a factor, it’s tough envisioning Hernandez not having an ample supply of opportunities over the next five months to not be in the running. Though his odds of becoming the RBI leader have plummeted since Opening Day, there’s still some meat on the bone at 22-1 that still warrants taking the plunge now.
Yordan Alvarez +3000
The season hasn’t gotten out to the start the Astros would’ve liked a year removed from Dusty Baker calling it a managing career. While Houston is yet to get cooking under Joe Espada’s watch, it’s likely only a matter of time until the perennial AL West dominators are once again competing for divisional bragging rights along with the Rangers and Mariners. There’s simply just too much talent stockpiled on this roster for it to not come to fruition; that includes what’s been a struggling Yordan Alvarez.
Shockingly, the Astros have only averaged 4.4 runs per game (#16) regardless of ranking amongst the league’s best in batting average (#3), OPS (#7), and home runs (#7). That has everything to do with not getting the job done with runners on base. Along with batting a collective .258 with runners in scoring position (#19), Houston is leaving 7.3 runners on base (#26) and 3.7 runners in scoring position (#26) per game. Much of that has to do with the No. 3 hitter who is currently batting a career-worst .245 that’s also equated to a career-low .773 OPS. This funk won’t last forever, and I firmly expect the Astros power hitter to make up ground in this stat category real quick once the switch flips.
William Contreras +9500
I’m flat-out shocked at the rate of return Caesars is currently offering on the Brew Crew’s MVP to this point of the season. The thought of many MLB bettors heading into the regular season was that Milwaukee would take a gargantuan step back with Craig Counsell bolting for greener pastures in Chicago over the offseason. That however hasn’t occurred, and it’s been the offense that’s led the charge with William Contreras leading the pack. The fifth-year catcher is in the midst of his finest season yet in batting .340 with a .517 slugging percentage and .931 OPS that’s led to five round trippers and 30 RBI.
That output currently finds him behind the likes of Alec Bohm, Salvador Perez, Juan Soto, and Ozuna atop the leaderboard. While a rut is sure to rear its ugly head at some point, the Brewers’ backstop is playing a noticeably confident brand of ball that’s found him come into his own in a huge way. While not enamored with him batting second against righties and leading off against lefties, this lottery ticket payoff is more than enough to take a beer money flier just to see if this insane production can continue over the course of the season.
