AL MVP odds, picks: Aaron Judge on Juan Soto’s heels after historic May

Aaron Judge is knocking on the door of the American League MVP conversation after a scorching hot few weeks with he bat. 

The Yankees slugger is now +330 at FanDuel Sportsbook to win his second MVP award, just behind his outfield mate Juan Soto, who remains a +260 favorite. 

Judge came into the season as the consensus favorite to win the award after a toe injury took away his shot at a second straight MVP last year. 

After a slow start for his standards, Judge is in the midst of one of the best months of his career, hitting .376/.495/.906 with 11 home runs and 12 doubles in May.

Judge is now up 17 long balls on the year, which is tied with Gunnar Henderson for the second-most in the majors, with a league-leading 1.029 OPS. 

Perhaps most surprisingly, Judge has held his own in center field after switching to the middle of the diamond full-time this season with +1 Outs Above Average so far. 

2024 AL MVP odds

Player	Odds
Juan Soto	+260
Aaron Judge	+330
Bobby Witt Jr.	+400
Gunnar Henderson	+550
Kyle Tucker	+600
Jose Ramirez	20/1
Corey Seager	35/1
Rafael Devers	65/1
Adley Rutschman	65/1
Salvador Perez	65/1

But Judge’s excellent two months haven’t been enough to surpass his teammate, Soto, who is having a historic season of his own, as the betting favorite.

Soto blasted his 15th dinger of the season Tuesday night against the Angels and is now slashing .312/.408/.581, putting him on pace for a career-best full season. 

The free-agent-to-be hit the ground running in pinstripes earlier this spring and quickly took hold of pole position in the AL MVP race. 

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The dynamic duo has helped the Yankees jump off to an AL East-leading 37-19 start heading into Wednesday night’s contest in Anaheim. 

Judge and Soto are looking to become just the seventh teammates in the divisional era (since 1969) to finish 1-2 in the MVP voting. 

They’ll have to fend off Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. (+400), Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (+550) and Astros outfielder Kyle Tucker (+600), who round out the top five and are the only other players with odds better than 20/1.