A lot of history has a chance to be made when it comes to the MLB MVP awards this season.
Let's check out the odds for the AL and NL MVP race at FanDuel Sportsbook as of July 29.
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American League MVP
Yordan Alvarez: -360 (bet $10 to win $12.78 total)
Junior Caminero: +440 (bet $10 to win $54 total)
Ben Rice: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Nick Kurtz: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Bobby Witt Jr.: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)
Dillon Dingler: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
What to know: We're going to have a new AL MVP, as two-time defending AL MVP Aaron Judge has battled injuries all season long. The name atop the board is Houston's Yordan Alvarez, who (as of July 29) is leading the AL in batting average (.325), home runs (35), hits (126), RBIs (80), on-base percentage (.435), slugging percentage (.647) and OPS (1.082). What's it called when you lead a league in every hitting category? Just two weeks ago, Alvarez was at -165, meaning his odds are shortening quickly.
National League MVP
Shohei Ohtani: -145 (bet $10 to win $16.90 total)
Pete Crow-Armstrong: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)
James Wood: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Kyle Schwarber: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
What to know: Ohtani — you have company. Just two weeks ago, the Dodgers' superstar was -1500 to win his third straight NL MVP and his fourth straight overall. But as of July 29, his odds have fallen all the way to -145, with PCA hot on his heels. Crow-Armstrong is leading the NL in WAR (6.2), and has 23 home runs and 26 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.
