Four Dark Horse 2025 World Series Mvp Candidates

When nan World Series originates this week, each eyes will beryllium connected designated hitter and pitcher Shohei Ohtani and first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who were some crowned MVP aft their team's victories successful nan title bid and are nan faces of nan Dodgers and Blue Jays.

Ohtani is coming off arguably nan top shot crippled ever played, erstwhile he deed 3 location runs and sounded six scoreless innings while striking retired 10 to lead his squad backmost to nan World Series. Guerrero Jr. is besides heading to nan World Series aft an awesome capacity successful nan American League title series, wherever he recorded 10 hits, six runs, 3 location runs and 3 RBIs.

Ohtani and Guerrero Jr. are unsurprisingly nan favorites to return location nan World Series MVP award. Along pinch them, reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, George Springer, Blake Snell, Teoscar Hernández, Mookie Betts, Alejandro Kirk, Daulton Varsho and Will Smith dress up nan remainder of the top-10 favorites to triumph nan award.

While a prima often does declare nan World Series MVP, sometimes an unexpected leader shines connected nan biggest shape and walks distant pinch nan award, whether it's Steve Pearce for nan 2018 Red Sox aliases David Freese of nan 2011 Cardinals.

Before nan World Series begins, here's a look astatine 4 acheronian equine World Series MVP candidates, aliases who could go nan Pearce aliases Freese of this year's World Series.

If Los Angeles's apical stars person a quiet World Series, don't beryllium amazed if Edman comes done during nan series. Edman already has immoderate acquisition winning an unexpected MVP grant aft becoming nan Dodgers' NLCS MVP successful 2024. In that six-game series, nan midseason acquisition recorded 11 hits, 5 runs, a location tally and 11 RBIs, including 4 RBIs successful nan last crippled to thief clinch nan series.

Edman has been beardown this postseason erstwhile again, hitting .286 and signaling 10 hits, 3 runs, 2 location runs and six RBIs done 9 games, pinch half of those hits and RBIs coming during his team's NLCS triumph complete nan Brewers.

Enrique "Kiké" Hernández, Dodgers INF

Outside of Edman, Enrique "Kiké" Hernández is different under-the-radar campaigner that could declare nan World Series MVP if Los Angeles wins nan championship. Through 10 playoff games this twelvemonth for nan Dodgers, Hernández has batted .306 and put up 11 hits, 7 and 4 RBIs. He has yet to deed his first location tally this postseason.

Hernández has been known for his postseason heroics successful nan past—most notably erstwhile he sent Los Angeles to nan World Series pinch a three-run location tally capacity successful Game 5 of nan 2017 NLCS.Hernández besides boasts loads of acquisition connected MLB's biggest stage. In 4 erstwhile World Series appearances, he has mixed for 11 hits, 7 runs, 1 location tally and six RBIs.

Ernie Clement is playing successful nan postseason for nan first clip successful his career, but is 2nd connected Toronto successful hits truthful acold this postseason, tallying 18 hits on pinch 10 runs, 1 location tally and 7 RBIs while hitting .429 done 11 games. Over nan people of nan regular season, he vanished 4th connected nan squad successful hits.

Clement has deed conscionable a mixed 10 location runs done nan 2025 regular play and postseason. To person a changeable astatine MVP, he'd apt request to either summation his emblematic location tally total, aliases grounds a location tally aliases 2 successful a important portion of nan series.

Nathan Lukes, Blue Jays RF

Like Clement, Lukes is making his first World Series quality successful his first postseason. Lukes, who made his debut for nan Blue Jays successful 2023, is coming disconnected a beardown capacity successful nan ALCS successful which he recorded 9 hits, 3 runs and 2 RBIs. He's batting .333 this postseason, and recorded hits successful six of nan 7 games during nan ALCS.

Similar to Clement, Lukes apt would request a crucially-timed location tally aliases to summation his accustomed magnitude for a bid changeable astatine winning nan World Series MVP, but if nan stars don't propulsion through, he'd beryllium a sneaky campaigner to declare nan award.

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