{"id":26722,"date":"2025-03-08T06:15:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=26722"},"modified":"2025-03-08T06:15:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T05:15:27","slug":"bold-mvp-prediction-puts-juan-soto-ahead-of-shohei-ohtani-denies-aaron-judge-al-top-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/bold-mvp-prediction-puts-juan-soto-ahead-of-shohei-ohtani-denies-aaron-judge-al-top-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Bold MVP prediction puts Juan Soto ahead of Shohei Ohtani, denies Aaron Judge AL top spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MLB.com&rsquo;s latest MVP poll has sparked plenty of debate, with Juan Soto leading the National League race over Shohei Ohtani. Behind them are Kyle Tucker, Francisco Lindor, and Elly De La Cruz.<\/p><p>In the American League, Bobby Witt Jr. tops the list, followed by Aaron Judge, Gunnar Henderson, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Jose Ramirez.<\/p><p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/money-wasnt-everything-in-juan-sotos-bold-mets-decision\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Money wasn&rsquo;t everything in Juan Soto&rsquo;s bold Mets decision<\/a><\/strong><\/p><p>Soto&rsquo;s place at the top of the NL rankings is <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/over-half-a-billion-dollars-and-cant-field-765-million-juan-soto-botches-almost-routine-fly-ball-yankees-fans-react\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>particularly surprising<\/a> but primarily led by the fact that he&rsquo;s coming off an offseason where he secured a franchise-defining $765 million contract. While no one doubts his elite ability, some fans questioned whether he should be placed ahead of Ohtani.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nobody outside New York likes Soto<\/p>&mdash; Andrew Sallach (@asallach) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/asallach\/status\/1898151723392549036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rage bait<\/p>&mdash; karl \ud83d\ude42 (@KarlJacobs_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KarlJacobs_\/status\/1898169556692074929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m taking number two in both leagues<\/p>&mdash; Jason Dinaro &#8383; (@neverEnough32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neverEnough32\/status\/1898147801185276267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What a joke but it&rsquo;s alright &#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mc2PcmbhD2\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/mc2PcmbhD2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; annoying ohtani fan (@owndodgerhaters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owndodgerhaters\/status\/1898146817398755787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">0\/10 ragebait &#128514;&#128514;<\/p>&mdash; SnellisKing (@SnellisKing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnellisKing\/status\/1898144922559209953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They want to give it to Soto so bad<\/p>&mdash; patcollects (@patcollects) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patcollects\/status\/1898189105483104417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 8, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Unsurprisingly, reactions from fans poured in, with many outright dismissing the rankings. Some found the picks laughable, others called it &ldquo;pure rage bait,&rdquo; and a few argued that Judge should be first in the AL.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MVP betting favorites<\/h2><p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.ny.betmgm.com\/en\/sports\/baseball-23\/betting\/usa-9\/mlb-75\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>BetMGM<\/a>, odds, Shohei Ohtani remains the clear front-runner for NL MVP, while Aaron Judge narrowly trails Bobby Witt Jr. in the AL.<\/p><p><strong>AL MVP favorites<\/strong>:<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Aaron Judge<\/td><td>Yankees<\/td><td>300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bobby Witt Jr.<\/td><td>Royals<\/td><td>325<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Gunnar Henderson<\/td><td>Orioles<\/td><td>600<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Yordan Alvarez<\/td><td>Astros<\/td><td>900<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Corey Seager<\/td><td>Rangers<\/td><td>1200<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/td><td>Blue Jays<\/td><td>1400<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jos&eacute; Ram&iacute;rez<\/td><td>Guardians<\/td><td>1800<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mike Trout<\/td><td>Angels<\/td><td>2000<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p><strong>NL MVP favorites:<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Team<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Odds<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shohei Ohtani<\/td><td>Dodgers<\/td><td>160<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Juan Soto<\/td><td>Mets<\/td><td>550<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fernando Tatis Jr.<\/td><td>Padres<\/td><td>800<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mookie Betts<\/td><td>Dodgers<\/td><td>1300<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bryce Harper<\/td><td>Phillies<\/td><td>1600<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kyle Tucker<\/td><td>Cubs<\/td><td>1600<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Francisco Lindor<\/td><td>Mets<\/td><td>2000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Elly De La Cruz<\/td><td>Reds<\/td><td>2200<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure><p>While Soto leading Ohtani in the MLB.com poll is rather surprising, and by far and large a raig bait, the betting odds still have Ohtani as the favorite to win the NL MVP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reasonable to call this poll a rage bait?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":26723,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[346,255,3461,4354],"class_list":["post-26722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-aaron-judge","tag-juan-soto","tag-mvp","tag-shohei-ohtnai"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bold MVP prediction puts Juan Soto ahead of Shohei Ohtani, denies Aaron Judge AL top spot - The Playoffs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Juan Soto topping Shohei Ohtani in MLB.com&#039;s NL MVP poll has fans in disbelief. 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