MLB MVP races are heating up as we enter August. Does a Philadelphia Phillies dark horse candidate actually have a chance to win the award?

After sitting atop the odds board all season, Shohei Ohtani suddenly has some competition in Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, who has been red-hot of late. Ohtani is down to -400 to win the award at FanDuel Sportsbook – the lowest he’s been in months – while Schwarber is lurking at +300.

The Philadelphia Phillies are very much in the conversation in what is an extremely competitive National League with a number of teams that can make a real case as the favorite come October. This is where this team expected to be though after playoff runs in each of the last three years.