Vegas Confirms the Phillies Aces Are Still Nasty

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Of the six pitchers in the National League with the best odds of winning the 2012 Cy Young Award, three of them pitch on your Philadelphia Phillies. Roy Halladay (11/2) is a smidgeon behind favorite Clayton Kershaw, with Cliff Lee (15/2) tied with Tim Lincecum right behind Doc. Cole Hamels rounds out the top six. Check out the full NY Cy Young and NL MVP odds below.

Full NL Cy Young odds courtesy of Bovada.lv

Clayton Kershaw            9/2
Roy Halladay                 11/2
Cliff Lee                         15/2
Tim Lincecum                15/2
Adam Wainwright          12/1
Cole Hamels                  12/1
Ian Kennedy                  15/1
Josh Johnson                15/1
Matt Cain                       15/1
Yovani Gallardo             15/1
Zack Greinke                 15/1
Stephen Strasburg        18/1
Chris Carpenter             20/1
Mat Latos                       20/1
Daniel Hudson               25/1
Gio Gonzalez                 25/1
Johan Santana              25/1
Madison Bumgarner      25/1
Mark Buehrle                 25/1
Matt Garza                    25/1
Jordan Zimmerman      30/1
Tommy Hanson             30/1
Johnny Cueto               35/1

Now when it comes to NL MVP candidates, the days of the Phillies having too many players capable of winning the honor only to cancel each other out in the voting appear to be over. Hunter Pence comes in as the fourteenth ranked player on the list and is joined by Shane Victorino as the only Phillies position players. Lee, Halladay, and Hamels also receive nods as long shot MVP candidates.

Odds to win the 2012 NL MVP

Joey Votto                     7/1
Ryan Braun                   8/1
Matt Kemp                    9/1
Justin Upton                  10/1
Giancarlo Stanton          10/1
Troy Tulowitzki               12/1
Jose Reyes                   15/1
Matt Holliday                 20/1
Ryan Zimmerman           20/1
Starlin Castro                20/1
Buster Posey                25/1
Clayton Kershaw            25/1
Hanley Ramirez             25/1
Hunter Pence                25/1
Jay Bruce                      25/1
Carlos Gonzalez            30/1
David Wright                  30/1
Roy Halladay                 30/1
Brian McCann                30/1
Andrew McCutchen        35/1
Carlos Quentin               35/1
Cliff Lee                         35/1
David Freese                 35/1
Tim Lincecum                35/1
Cole Hamels                  40/1
Lance Berkman             40/1
Rickie Weeks                40/1
Shane Victorino             40/1
Aramis Ramirez             50/1
Mike Morse                   50/1
Stephen Strasburg         50/1
Johan Santana               75/1 

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