2025 MLB MVP Race, Odds: Raleigh Leads Judge as AL Favorite

Updated Sep. 26, 2025 1:50 p.m. ET

While one MLB MVP race is all but over, the other is as close as it gets.

Let's take a look at the odds for which two players will separate themselves from the rest by winning MVP at the end of the year, with odds from DraftKings Sportsbook as of Sept. 26. 

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American League MVP 2025

Cal Raleigh: -220 (bet $10 to win $14.55 total)
Aaron Judge: +180 (bet $10 to win $28 total)

What to know: On Monday, Judge was the leader in the clubhouse. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the odds race was tied. Now, it's Raleigh in the drivers' seat. What a whirlwind of a week. Raleigh hit his 59th and 60th home runs of the season on Wednesday, making him the seventh player in league history to reach 60 dingers in a year. He has the single-season records for most home runs in Mariners history, most home runs by a switch hitter and most home runs by a catcher, and he's now in striking distance of Judge's AL record 62 home runs, which he accomplished back in 2022. Sheesh. Judge is leading MLB in batting average (.330), OPS (1.140), WAR (9.2) and slugging (.683). He's fourth in home runs (51) and he's tied for seventh in RBIs (109), all while leading the AL in runs scored (134). Another sheesh.

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National League MVP 2025

Shohei Ohtani: -20000 (bet $10 to win $10.05 total) 
Kyle Schwarber: +1900 (bet $10 to win $200 total)
Juan Soto: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)

What to know: The NL MVP race is not as hotly contested. Last season, Ohtani became the first player in league history to record 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases, and this season, he became the first player in league history to hit 50 home runs and record 50 strikeouts. Ohtani is looking to win back-to-back NL MVP awards for the first time since Albert Pujols did it in 2008 and 2009. He won the AL MVP in 2023 and NL MVP in 2024, making him the first player in MLB history to win MVP back-to-back in each league. 

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