Bobby Witt Jr. - Aaron Judge - Shohei Ohtani - Paul Skenes

  • Bobby Witt Jr. and Shohei Ohtani have the shortest odds to win the AL and NL MVPs.
  • Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes are favored to win the Cy Young Awards.

LOS ANGELES – The MLB regular season is finally here and two of the main odds to look at before the season gets going are the MVP and Cy Young winning odds for both the American and National League.

Ahead of Opening Day, legal sports betting sites have Bobby Witt Jr. and Shohei Ohtani favored to win the MVPs while Tarik Skubal and Paul Skenes are favored to take the Cy Young.

AL MVP + Cy Young Odds

2025 AL MVP Odds

  • Bobby Witt Jr. (KC) +300
  • Aaron Judge (NYY) +330
  • Gunnar Henderson (BAL) +700
  • Yordan Alvarez (HOU) +700
  • Jose Ramirez (CLE) +1300
  • Corey Seager (TEX) +1400
  • Mike Trout (LAA) +1600
  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (TOR) +1700
  • Julio Rodriguez (SEA) +1800
  • Rafael Devers (BOS) +2200

2025 AL Cy Young Odds

  • Tarik Skubal (DET) +350
  • Garrett Crochet (BOS) +400
  • Cole Ragans (KC) +900
  • Jacob deGrom (TEX) +1000
  • Logan Gilbert (SEA) +1200
  • Pablo Lopez (MIN) +1800
  • Framber Valdez (HOU) +2000
  • George Kirby (SEA) +2000
  • Shane McClanahan (TB) +2000
  • Hunter Brown (HOU) +2200

In the American League, Bobby Witt Jr. is favored to win his first MVP while Aaron Judge has the second shortest odds to win his second consecutive and third in four years. As for the Cy Young, Tarik Skubal is favored to win his second straight.

Looking at some betting stats from MLB betting sites, Witt Jr. also has the highest ticket percentage and highest betting handle on his MVP odds at 22.7% and 24.9% respectively. Judge is not in the top-3 for ticket percentage, but has the third highest betting handle to win the MVP at 8.3%.

As for the Cy Young odds, Garret Crochet is raking in the highest ticket percentage at 10.9% and highest betting handle at 18.8%. Skubal is not far back in both with a 7.2% ticket percentage and 11.2% handle.

NL MVP + Cy Young Odds

2025 NL MVP Odds

  • Shohei Ohtani (LAD) +150
  • Juan Soto (NYM) +550
  • Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD) +800
  • Mookie Betts (LAD) +1200
  • Bryce Harper (PHI) +1400
  • Kyle Tucker (CHI) +1400
  • Elly De La Cruz (CIN) +1500
  • Ronald Acuna Jr. (ATL) +1600
  • Francisco Lindor (NYM) +1800
  • Freddie Freeman (LAD) +2500

2025 NL Cy Young Odds

  • Paul Skenes (PIT) +200
  • Zack Wheeler (PHI) +750
  • Chris Sale (ATL) +1000
  • Blake Snell (LAD) +1000
  • Corbin Burnes (ARI) +1400
  • Tyler Glasnow (LAD) +1600
  • Dylan Cease (SD) +1800
  • Hunter Greene (CIN) +2000
  • Yoshinobu Yamamoto (LAD) +2000
  • Sandy Alcantara (MIA) +2200

    To no surprise, Shohei Ohtani is favored to win his fourth MVP. He’s won two with the Los Angeles Angels and again last season in his first year with the LA Dodgers. There is a much wider odds margin in for the Cy Young winner with Paul Skenes heavily favored to win his first.

    On the liability side for the MVP odds, Ohtani has the second shortest ticket percentage (15.1%) to Elly De La Cruz (23.8%). However, Ohtani has the highest betting handle at a massive 33% of the money while De La Cruz has 19.3%.

    In a similar situation, the liability for the Cy Young odds have Zach Wheeler with 10.6% of the betting tickets and 11.8% of the betting handle. Skenes is second in both 9.7% of the tickets and 9.2% of the betting handle.

    Past MVP + Cy Young Winner

    Past AL MVP Winners

    Year Winner Odds
    2024 Aaron Judge +750
    2023 Shohei Ohtani +190
    2022 Aaron Judge +1800
    2021 Shohei Ohtani +1500
    2020 Jose Abreu +6000

    Past AL Cy Young Winners

    Year Winner Odds
    2024 Tarik Skubal +1000
    2023 Gerrit Cole +650
    2022 Justin Verlander +1600
    2021 Robbie Ray +20000
    2020 Shane Bieber +1200

    Past NL MVP Winners

    Year Winner Odds
    2024 Shohei Ohtani +950
    2023 Ronald Acuna Jr. +850
    2022 Paul Goldschmidt +4500
    2021 Bryce Harper +1700
    2020 Freddie Freeman +2500

    Past NL Cy Young Winners

    Year Winner Odds
    2024 Chris Sale +3300
    2023 Blake Snell +3500
    2022 Sandy Alcantara +1600
    2021 Corbin Burnes +4000
    2020 Trevor Bauer +2000
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