Where Shohei Ohtani stands in World Series MVP betting odds ahead of Game 7

Ahead of Game 7 of the World Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays, we take a look at where Shohei Ohtani stands in the World Series MVP betting market.

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Saturday night brings us the two best words in all of sports: Game 7. In what promises to be a thrilling climax to an already classic World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays will battle for baseball supremacy in a winner-take-all contest.

All eyes will be on Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani, who will bat leadoff and start on the mound in his second pitching appearance of the series.

Ohtani enters Game 7 as the -105 favorite to win the World Series MVP award, just edging out Vladimir Guerrero Jr (+130) in the odds. Going into Game 6, the Blue Jays superstar was the odds-on favorite to win MVP, but Toronto’s comeback bid was halted by a controversial rule to send the series the distance.

Now, with the Dodgers favored to win the game and repeat as World Series champions, the odds flipped in favor of the once-in-a-generation talent Ohtani.

Ohtani and Guerrero Jr have matched each other’s brilliance in the fall classic, and will face off one more time on Saturday night. In Game 4, the Toronto slugger got the better of Ohtani by belting a two-run home run off him.

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The only other player with odds shorter than 40-to-1 is Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobo Yamamoto, priced at +700. Yamamoto started in two of LA’s three wins this series, including tossing the first World Series complete game since 2015 in Game 2.

During the 18th inning of the Dodgers’ Game 3 win, Yamamoto volunteered to come into the game despite pitching nine innings two days before, a selfless move that earned him major plaudits from his teammates and manager Dave Roberts.

Roberts said the 27-year-old won’t be available to pitch in Game 7.

Ohtani agreeing to take the ball for Game 7 on short rest is of similar bravery, especially considering he recovered earlier this season from a UCL tear that prevented him from pitching for nearly two years.

If Ohtani pitches well and produces at the plate, but the Dodgers lose Game 7, there is an outside chance he wins World Series MVP. Just one player in history has won the award when playing for the losing team, that being New York Yankees infielder Bobby Richardson in 1960.

If there is one player MLB may be willing to make an exception for, it’s the global superstar Ohtani.

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