2025 NLCS, ALCS MVP Odds: Shohei Ohtani, Jorge Polanco Favored

Remember, there is one MLB MVP award between the regular season MVP and the World Series MVP — championship series MVP.

Which two players will stand out in the series before the Fall Classic? 

Let’s check out the odds at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Oct. 13. 

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NLCS MVP Odds

Shohei Ohtani: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)
Freddie Freeman: +350 (bet $10 to win $45 total)
Blake Snell: +500 (bet $10 to win $60 total)
Jackson Chourio: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Mookie Betts: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
William Contreras: +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)
Christian Yelich: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Teoscar Hernandez: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)

What to know: Ohtani always finds himself at the top of MVP oddsboards, doesn’t he? He won the AL MVP in 2023, won the NL MVP in 2024, and is expected to win NL MVP again this season. He has struggled in the postseason so far, at least at the plate. He is batting .138 with two home runs, four hits, five RBIs, six walks and 12 strikeouts in 29 at-bats. He has one postseason pitching start, a Game 1 win over Philly in the divisional round. In that game, Ohtani tallied nine strikeouts, and allowed three hits and three earned runs across six innings.

Ohtani was walked three times in the Dodgers’ NLCS Game 1 win.

After Game 1 of the NLCS, Freddie Freeman leaped from the +1200 fourth choice to the +350 second choice, tallying two hits and a home run in the Dodgers’ series-opening victory. Blake Snell also saw his odds shorten dramatically, and he’s now third on the oddsboard at +500. He pitched eight innings in Game 1, posting 10 strikeouts, allowing one hit and no runs.

ALCS MVP Odds

Jorge Polanco: -110 (bet $10 to win $19.09 total)
Cal Raleigh: +700 (bet $10 to win $80 total)
Julio Rodriguez: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
Vladimir Guerrero: +1300 (bet $10 to win $140 total)
Josh Naylor: +1800 (bet $10 to win $190 total)
George Springer: +2000 (bet $10 to win $210 total)
Bryce Miller: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)
Randy Arozarena: +4500 (bet $10 to win $460 total)

What to know: Will the Big Dumper win AL MVP? It will be either him or Aaron Judge. However, Raleigh, unlike Judge, still has a chance to win a different version of MVP, with his Mariners up 2-0 over the Blue Jays in the ALCS. Through two games, Raleigh has two hits, three runs, a home run and an RBI in seven at-bats. 

However, while Raleigh opened as the favorite to win ALCS MVP, his teammate Jorge Polanco is going to make it tough on him. 

Polanco was at +700 to win the award after Game 1, when he had two hits and two RBIs for Seattle. But after Game 2, in which Polanco had a home run, two hits, three RBIs and two runs, he catapulted to the top of the oddsboard as the heavy favorite. 

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