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The NL MVP award race is getting spicy.
Let’s check out the odds for the AL and NL MVP race at FanDuel Sportsbook as of Aug. 24.
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Yordan Alvarez: -20000 (bet $10 to win $10.05 total)
Junior Caminero: +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)
Bobby Witt Jr.: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
What To Know: We’re going to have a new AL MVP, as two-time defending MVP Aaron Judge has battled injuries all season long. The name atop the board is Houston’s Yordan Alvarez, who (as of Aug. 24) is leading the AL in batting average (.320), home runs (36), RBIs (90), on-base percentage (.436), slugging percentage (.613) and OPS (1.050). What’s it called when you lead a league in every hitting category? Just a few weeks ago, Alvarez was at -1500, and now he is all but assured of winning the award.
National League MVP
Pete Crow-Armstrong: -185 (bet $10 to win $15.41 total)
Shohei Ohtani: +150 (bet $10 to win $25 total)
What To Know: Ohtani — you have some catching up to do.
In July, the Dodgers’ superstar was -1500 to win his third straight NL MVP and his fourth straight overall. As of Aug. 5, his odds were even with Pete Crow-Armstrong at -110, and as of Aug. 24, PCA is the slight favorite.
Crow-Armstrong is leading the NL in WAR (8.1), slugging (.559) and OPS (.938), and has 33 home runs and 32 stolen bases. Last season, Ohtani won back-to-back NL MVP awards for the first time since Albert Pujols did it in 2008 and 2009. He also won the AL MVP in 2023, making him the first player in MLB history to win MVP back-to-back in each league. This year, if Ohtani is to win NL MVP, he will tie Barry Bonds’ record of four straight MVP wins (2001-2004). All four of Ohtani’s MVP wins so far have been unanimous, with him receiving all 30 first-place votes. He has the second-most MVPs in history, trailing only Bonds’ seven. After their back-and-forth showdown at Wrigley Field this week, Ohtani and PCA have turned the NL MVP race into a historic two-man battle.
