This Major League Baseball season features a fascinating NL MVP race, as the National League is full of star power. Several favorites to win this award have originated in the National League West, but a star from the NL East could come away with the trophy. Here, we look at this year’s NL MVP odds and make our pick to win the award from the long list of viable contenders.
NL MVP Odds
| Player |
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Acuna Jr.
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+550 | +525 | +550 | +550 | +500 |
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Ohtani
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+550 | +900 | +800 | +650 | +950 |
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Betts
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+700 | +650 | +650 | +650 | +650 |
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Harper
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+800 | +1200 | +1100 | +1000 | +1200 |
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Tatis Jr.
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+1000 | +1000 | +1000 | +1000 | +1000 |
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Carroll
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+1800 | +2000 | +2000 | +1800 | +2200 |
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Freeman
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+1800 | +1100 | +1200 | +1200 | +900 |
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Machado
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+1800 | +2500 | +2800 | +2200 | +2500 |
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Olson
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+2200 | +1400 | +1400 | +1400 | +1200 |
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Riley
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+2500 | +2500 | +2500 | +2500 | +2500 |
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Lindor
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+2500 | +2500 | +2500 | +2800 | +3000 |
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Turner
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+2800 | +2200 | +2200 | +2200 | +2200 |
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Goldschmidt
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+3300 | +4000 | +3300 | +4000 | +3000 |
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Alonso
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+3300 | +3000 | +2500 | +3000 | +2500 |
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Marte
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+4000 | +6600 | +5000 | +5000 | +8000 |
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Harris
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+4000 | +4000 | |||
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Harris II
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+4000 | +8000 | +8000 | +12000 | |
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Contreras
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+4000 | +8000 | +8000 | +4000 | +12000 |
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Adames
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+4000 | +8000 | +7500 | +5000 | +20000 |
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Arenado
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+5000 | +4000 | +5000 | +4000 | +4000 |
NL MVP Picks & Prediction
Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani is a heavy favorite to win the NL MVP award as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Ohtani won the AL MVP last season, thanks in large part to his value as both a pitcher and hitter. Ohtani did not pitch during the regular season in 2024 as he recovered from an arm injury. But it hasn’t negatively impacted him yet this year as he has been great at the plate to offset the loss of value on the hill. With the Dodgers still among the favorites to win the World Series, Ohtani is a heavy favorite to win another MVP late in the 2024 season.
Francisco Lindor, New York Mets
Also in the mix to win the NL MVP award is Francisco Lindor of the New York Mets. The Mets were not expected to be all that good this season, but they are in the thick of the National League Wild Card race, thanks in large part to Lindor. Some late injury woes have made it hard to justify taking Lindor over Ohtani, but Lindor deserves a ton of credit for helping the Mets to rebound from the embarrassing season they endured in 2023.
Other NL MVP Contenders
The odds for players who are not Ohtani and Lindor are incredibly long in the race for NL MVP. Players like Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies, Marcell Ozuna of the Atlanta Braves, and Ketel Marte of the Arizona Diamondbacks all deserve credit for what they did for their respective clubs during the 2024 regular season. But it looks incredibly likely that Ohtani will win his first MVP as a member of the National League.
Who Will Win NL MVP?
Right now, it is hard to bet against Shohei Ohtani to come away with the NL MVP award in 2024. He is not pitching, but the way he is performing offensively has been enough to neutralize concerns about that. Look for this race to come down to Ohtani and Lindor, a race we like Ohtani to come out on top of, before Ohtani and the Dodgers look to enjoy more success in the postseason than they have over the last few seasons.
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