Collin Whitchurch

“eye on the number. I have a position on Sinners from a few weeks ago at plus 400 that I'm sitting”

One Battle After Another won Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards; Sinners did not.

“I would need about 375, plus 375 or better, to bet Skarsgård.”

Sean Penn won Best Supporting Actor for One Battle After Another; Stellan Skarsgard did not.

“So I bet Sinners for best casting at minus 315.”

One Battle After Another won Best Casting; Sinners did not.

“And this is probably my favorite bet at plus money, at least of the Oscars is secret agent here.”

Norway's Sentimental Value won Best International Feature; The Secret Agent did not.

“So I am taking a shot here on Corbett on the brutalist at plus money.”

Brady Corbet lost Best Director to Sean Baker (Anora). (Sean Baker won Best Director)

“career lifetime achievement award for Demi Moore, very firmly of that belief. I think”

Mikey Madison (Anora) won Best Actress at the 97th Academy Awards; Demi Moore lost. (Best Actress: Mikey Madison)

“So yeah, I mean, I'll join you on a wicked, a wicked wager here for sure.”

Dune: Part Two won Best Sound at the 97th Academy Awards; Wicked lost. (Best Sound: Dune: Part Two)

“So I'm going back to the well at this category, but I'm going with the favorite this time in A Wild Robot at minus 250.”

Flow won Best Animated Feature at the 97th Academy Awards; The Wild Robot lost. (Best Animated Feature: Flow)

“I think minus 140, minus 135, minus 140 range is very good value.”

Anora won Best Film Editing at the 97th Academy Awards; Conclave lost. (Best Film Editing: Anora (Sean Baker))

“He actually gives Past Lives a 23% chance of winning, and Past Lives is way down the odds [5:19] board. [5:19] You can find it longer than 10 to 1 in a lot of places, so I'm definitely going to be taking [5:23] a stab at that, as well as the holdovers”

Best Original Screenplay went to 'Anatomy of a Fall', not 'Past Lives'.

“So I like Past Lives and the holdovers, both in this category. I'm [5:39] going to be taking a stab at both of them.”

Best Original Screenplay went to 'Anatomy of a Fall', not 'The Holdovers'.

“So I'm seeing Barbie around the plus 500 range right now. [10:30] I love that. [10:32] Definitely willing to take a shot on it.”

Best Adapted Screenplay went to 'American Fiction', not 'Barbie'.

“but then Oppenheimer, [24:20] again, we've talked about it. It's going to clean up most of the night. This might be another [24:24] technical category where the Academy just piles on to the accolades it's giving that film. At 20 to [24:30] one, it's worth a sprinkle, absolutely”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling went to 'Poor Things', not 'Oppenheimer'.

“So I love Nola for Cy Young.”

Blake Snell of the San Diego Padres won the 2023 NL Cy Young Award with a 2.25 ERA; Aaron Nola finished outside the top three (MLB.com).

“I'm betting Juan Soto to win NL MVP.”

Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves won the 2023 NL MVP unanimously after a historic 40-70 season; Juan Soto did not win (MLB.com).

“Currently at FanDuel, he's 100 to 1 to win NL rookie of the year.”

Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks won the 2023 NL Rookie of the Year unanimously; Michael Busch played only 27 major-league games in 2023 and was not a serious candidate (MLB.com).

“As soon as he comes up, he's one of my favorite AL [28:24] rookie of the year best because he's going to get the opportunity to pitch every fifth day”

Gunnar Henderson of the Baltimore Orioles won the 2023 AL Rookie of the Year unanimously; Kyle Muller posted a 1-5 record with a 7.60 ERA for Oakland and was not a contender (MLB.com).

“Yeah, my favorite bet for probably the entire show is for best documentary feature.”

Navalny won Best Documentary Feature at the 95th Academy Awards; Fire of Love did not win (CNN/Variety).

“So now All Quiet on the Western Front is plus 180 And I think there good value there”

Women Talking won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 95th Academy Awards; All Quiet on the Western Front did not win (FilmAffinity / oscars.org).

“I'm going to go with the Toronto Blue Jays plus 900 to win the World Series.”

The Blue Jays did not win the 2022 World Series; the Astros won and Toronto lost in the wild card round.

“And I think that at the plus 750, plus 800 range, [19:03] I like the value there, just them to make it because they're going to get to October.”

The Rays did not win the 2022 AL pennant; the Astros won the AL and Tampa Bay lost in the wild card round.

“And it's most RBI and it's Freddie [37:10] Freeman at 25 to one.”

Freddie Freeman did not lead MLB in RBIs; Pete Alonso and Aaron Judge tied for the lead at 131.

“And if you can find him in the plus 400 to plus 500 range, I think that health pending, [39:19] he should be the runaway favorite for NL rookie of the year”

Seiya Suzuki did not win NL Rookie of the Year; Michael Harris II of the Braves won.

“The Brewers are my favorite divisional bet. [26:08] They're my favorite World Series bet in the National League.”

The St. Louis Cardinals won the 2022 NL Central; the Brewers finished second and missed the playoffs (Baseball-Reference 2022 standings).

“So Suzuki's rookie of the year future is, is where I'm focusing with the Cubs.”

Michael Harris II of the Atlanta Braves won the 2022 NL Rookie of the Year Award; Seiya Suzuki did not win the award (BBWAA announcement, November 2022).

“So I'll take Flea plus 340. I'd probably bet it to plus 300.”

Summer of Soul won Best Documentary Feature at the 94th Academy Awards; Flee did not win (CNBC Oscars 2022 winners list).

“And given the anything can happen aura around this award, I think plus 500 is too good to pass up.”

Jessica Chastain won Best Actress at the 94th Academy Awards on March 27, 2022, not Kristen Stewart (per Oscars.org and NBC News).

“So the value here, I think, is on Don't Look Up at plus 410.”

Belfast won Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards; Don't Look Up did not win (per Oscars.org and NPR).

“I am all over the Tampa Bay Rays World Series future.”

The Tampa Bay Rays did not win the 2021 World Series. They were eliminated in the ALDS by the Boston Red Sox (3-1 series). The Atlanta Braves won the World Series. Source: Baseball-Reference, MLB.com.

• Seattle Mariners ML closed +136 · CLV +2¢ lost
• No runs in 1st inning pending

“Chad, I have a same game parlay between the Astros and Mariners tonight. [27:41] I like the Mariners on the money line, tied with no runs first inning at plus 290.”

Parlay busts: Seattle Mariners ML — lost; No runs in 1st inning — manual.

“The Rays, I see it [40:28] 14 to one to win the world series.”

Rays lost the 2021 ALDS to the Red Sox and did not win the World Series, so the future lost.

“As far as pennant winners go, I'm with BJ on the Phillies.”

Phillies missed the 2021 playoffs, so the NL pennant future lost.

“And in the American League, I'm going to go with BJ on the Blue Jays. [41:37] I see them at 13 to 1.”

Blue Jays missed the 2021 playoffs, so the AL pennant future lost.