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How the Yankees’ World Series odds moved after Aaron Judge signed $360M deal

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The ultimate game of poker is over, and not surprisingly, the winner is Aaron Judge.
After a year-long negotiation and 64 more home runs (including playoffs), the Yankees ended up expanding their budget and spending substantially more than they expected to last April.
The nine-year, $360 million deal will make Judge the highest-paid position player in baseball. Sportsbooks expected him to return to New York, making the Yankees -165 favorites to retain Judge. But at +300, the San Francisco Giants were every bit the threat that we thought.
And now we are left to pick up the pieces.
It was a move the Bombers had to make and one that will be celebrated by their fans. But is it enough to justify the Yankees’ position as the third-favorite to win the World Series?
As it stands right now, the Houston Astros are the favorite to win the World Series at +550, with the Los Angeles Dodgers right behind them at +600 and the Yankees next in line at +850.
While you could argue that the gap has shrunk between the Astros, Dodgers and the rest of the field, since Houston lost Justin Verlander and the Dodgers lost Trea Turner, the Yankees still have plenty of work to do to feel confident that they can hang with the two favorites.

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