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MLB The Show 27

Leader sits at 52% across 20 bound outcomes, runner-up at 52%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.

Leader probability

52%

Cover Athlete: Shohei Ohtani

runner-up 52¢leader 52¢

Outcomes

20

winner-take-all

Runner-up

52¢

Cover Athlete: Ben Rice

Spread

0pp

contested

24h volume

$0

thin orderbook

Closes

not derived

Venue

Polymarket

20 bound

30-day trend

0%50%100%-30d-3w-2w-1wtodayCover Athlete: Shohei Ohtani: 53% (2 days, 2 points)Cover Athlete: Shohei Ohtani: 53% on 2026-06-17Cover Athlete: Ben Rice: 51% (2 days, 2 points)Cover Athlete: Ben Rice: 51% on 2026-06-17Cover Athlete: Bryan Woo: 52% (2 days, 2 points)Cover Athlete: Bryan Woo: 52% on 2026-06-17
Cover Athlete: Shohei Ohtani53¢Cover Athlete: Ben Rice51¢Cover Athlete: Bryan Woo52¢
Top 3 candidates by current price · 2d

Bracket family

How the bracket ladder is priced.

Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.

Cluster 1

MLB The Show 27: Cover Athlete

20 contracts$0

Analysis

This represents the probability that a specific player will be selected as the cover athlete for MLB The Show 27, based on aggregated market prices from 20 prediction contracts. The current 57% leader reflects market expectations about which player Sony San Diego Studio will choose, competing against Aaron Judge, Elly De La Cruz, Bryan Woo, and Matt Olson. Resolution depends on Sony's official announcement of the cover athlete, typically made during the game's marketing cycle before launch. The contracts show relatively tight clustering between top candidates (50-56 cents), indicating genuine uncertainty rather than consensus. Volume is currently zero, suggesting the market is in a quiet period before any official reveals or news breaks.

  • Official cover athlete announcement from Sony San Diego Studio has not yet been made and represents the sole resolution event
  • Market prices cluster tightly (50-56 cents across five candidates), indicating no dominant favorite and substantial residual uncertainty
  • Recent player performance, injury status, and marketability during the 2026 season could influence Sony's selection criteria
  • Shohei Ohtani and Matt Olson both trade at 56 cents, tied as co-leaders, suggesting market sees them as competitive alternatives
  • Zero 24-hour volume indicates minimal recent trading activity, so current prices may not reflect very recent developments in player news or status

What moved the line

  • Jun 17Cover Athlete: Shohei Ohtani4pp4953¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 17Cover Athlete: Bryan Woo4pp4852¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 17Cover Athlete: Matt Olson4pp4852¢ · Polymarket
  • Jun 17Cover Athlete: Jazz Chisholm3pp4952¢ · Polymarket

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How we compute these odds

SimpleFunctions aggregates live prediction-market contracts from Kalshi and Polymarket. Each slug groups contracts that resolve on the same underlying event, identified by venue event_id.

For binary slugs, the headline probability is the liquidity-weighted mid-price across all bound contracts. For multi-outcome slugs (e.g. elections with 3+ candidates), the headline is the leader’s price; we never arithmetically average disjoint outcomes — that would produce a number with no real-world meaning.

Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours; daily aggregates are computed at 04:00 UTC. The 30-day sparkline is drawn from per-ticker daily means stored in market_indicator_daily; 24h delta and movement events are derived from the same source.

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