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Betting Odds Released on If Kyler Murray Will Play in Both MLB and NFL in 2019

University of Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, who was picked ninth overall by the Oakland Athletics in the 2018 MLB draft, is the subject of an interesting prop, per OddsShark:

OddsShark

Will Kyler Murray play pro baseball and pro football in 2019? Yes +650 No -1200 Odds via @BovadaOfficial https://t.co/liIeIpptYx

According to Jane Lee of MLB.com, Murray planned to report to spring training in 2019 to pursue his pro baseball career as of June.

However, that was before Murray's dominating college football season. The 21-year-old didn't necessarily rule out a football future when he sat down with Tim Tebow in an ESPN College GameDay interview:

Julian McWilliams

Interesting comment here from Kyler Murray on how he will go about choosing baseball or football: “I think that’s something me and my family will talk about at the end of the season and weigh out the options of what the NFL thinks of me.