Ronald Acuna Jr. of the Atlanta Braves has been the NL MVP favorite practically all season.
Acuna's MVP odds never got to Shohei Ohtani levels, but he looked like a virtual lock to win just a few weeks ago. In early August, Acuna was -1000 to win the award. That's implied odds of about 91 percent. He was -500 a week ago.
There was a massive shift over the past week.
With August winding down, Acuna doesn't lead the MVP race anymore. Mookie Betts of the Los Angeles Dodgers became the favorite over the weekend.