2023 AL Rookie of the Year odds: Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida gets boost at sportsbooks with impressive World Baseball Classic for Japan

Many around baseball were perplexed when the Boston Red Sox'gave Japanese outfielder Masataka Yoshida a five-year deal worth around $90 million this winter because some evaluators thought Yoshida would be just a decent, contact-hitting player at the MLB level. Moreover, Red Sox fans thought the club should have used the money to re-sign All-Star shortstop Xander Bogaerts. Maybe Sox officials were right on Yoshida, though, as he has been so go od during the World Baseball Classic that he's up to a +700 second favorite at Caesars Sportsbook to win 2023 AL Rookie of the Year.
  
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