The first half of the 2025 MLB season wraps up with the All-Star Game at Truist Park on Tuesday, July 15.
The latest: To no surprise, the game’s best players and biggest stars are the favourites to win MVP: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge. They have five combined regular-season MVPs but neither has won ASG MVP before.
Check out our MLB All-Star Game MVP odds board below for the other betting favourites at this year’s Midsummer Classic.
MLB All-Star Game MVP odds
| Top favourites | MVP betting odds |
| Shohei Ohtani | +500 |
| Aaron Judge | +600 |
| Pete Crow-Armstrong | +900 |
| Ronald Acuna Jr. | +1,000 |
| Cal Raleigh | +1,100 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | +1,600 |
| Kyle Tucker | +1,800 |
| James Wood | +2,000 |
| Elly De La Cruz | +2,500 |
| Francisco Lindor | +2,500 |
| Tarik Skubal | +2,500 |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | +2,500 |
MLB All-Star Game MVP odds as of 4:15 p.m. on 07/14/2025.
The favourites: Ohtani (+500) & Judge (+600)
Only one other player outside of the two mega-stars has odds inside of 10-to-1.
Each won MVP of their respective leagues last year and are enormous favourites to repeat.
Here’s a quick snapshot of how the studs performed in the first half:
- Ohtani leads the NL in homers; Judge is 2nd in the AL.
- Judge leads MLB in WAR, Ohtani is 2nd in the NL.
- Ohtani leads the NL in slugging; Judge leads MLB.
- Judge leads MLB in wRC+; Ohtani is 2nd in the NL.
- Ohtani & Judge are 1-2 in MLB in runs scored.
The New York Yankees captain is flirting with a Triple Crown, trailing Cal Raleigh by three homers and one RBI, while leading MLB with a .355 average.
Ohtani is putting up historic numbers out of the leadoff spot for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and he’s back pitching again.
He has allowed one run in five appearances, has a 10.0 K/9 rate and has touched 100 mph.
These two are in a league of their own.
All-Star Game MVP contenders
The contenders are plentiful. This is the All-Star Game after all.
The pitchers with the shortest odds are starters Tarik Skubal (+2,500) and Paul Skenes at (+4,500).
But keep in mind, pitchers don’t generally go deep enough to win this award. Only two pitchers since Pedro Martinez in 1999 have won ASG MVP.
There are two hometown stars to back in Ronald Acuna Jr. and Matt Olson if you want to play that angle.
- Acuna missed nearly two months but has been dynamite since his return in late May (.323 average, 1.025 OPS) and is starting in the outfield.
- The power-hitting Olson is a reserve, but has big pop and is probably good for a couple of at-bats playing at home.
- If you want to back the Toronto Blue Jays, your options are Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Alejandro Kirk.
- Guerrero is the AL’s starting first baseman, which probably ensures him half the game, while Kirk is the backup to Raleigh, the MLB leader in homers.
If you want to target the starting position players, here are your options:
American League ASG starters
- C: Raleigh (Mariners)
- 1B: Guerrero (Blue Jays)
- 2B: Gleyber Torres (Tigers)
- 3B: Junior Caminero (Rays)
- SS: Jacob Wilson (Athletics)
- OF: Judge (Yankees)
- OF: Riley Greene (Tigers)
- OF: Javier Baez (Tigers)
- DH: Ryan O’Hearn (Orioles)
National League ASG starters
- C: Will Smith (Dodgers)
- 1B: Freddie Freeman (Dodgers)
- 2B: Ketel Marte (Diamondbacks)
- 3B: Manny Machado (Padres)
- SS: Francisco Lindor (Mets)
- OF: Acuna (Braves)
- OF: Pete Crow-Armstrong (Cubs)
- OF: Kyle Tucker (Cubs)
- DH: Ohtani (Dodgers)
Chris joined NorthStar Gaming from Covers.com where he was a publishing editor and wrote betting content. Before that, he was the sports editor at VICE Canada, worked for theScore and covered the Blue Jays for MLB.com. In addition to filling out the lineup card each day for the editorial team, Chris writes frequently himself, primarily on the NBA and MLB.