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MLB MVP Predictions 2026: Early Picks and Week 1 Overreactions

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Who will win the 2026 MLB MVPs? Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are the favorites, but our early-season picks and bold overreactions are looking at Shea Langeliers and Bo Bichette.

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And another catcher is going to hit 60 home runs! MLB Opening Weekend overreactions are a ton of fun. Because you know, baseball is a game all about small sample sizes.

Even so, we can still use some of those sometimes outlandish statements to attack the MLB MVP odds markets. Here are my favorite MLB MVP predictions for the American and National Leagues, based on those early-season overreactions. MVP overreactions and early picks for 2026 Overreaction Early pick Shea Langeliers +8000 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

+1600 Bo Bichette +8000 Ronald Acuna Jr. +1100 Early American League MVP pick + overreaction AL MVP overreaction: Shea Langeliers is the new Cal Raleigh! Cal Raleigh was 28 years old during his historic 60-home-run season.

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