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  • Track how each contender’s odds of winning the AL and NL Rookie of the Year awards change over the course of the 2024 season
  • Colton Cowser (AL) and Michael Busch (NL) are the favorites in the 2024 MLB Rookie of the Year odds in late April  
  • The charts and graphs below display the average MLB ROY odds at legal online sportsbooks

The 2024 MLB season starts on Thursday, March 28. This page tracks the American League and National League Rookie of the Year races. The graphs below have been generated by averaging the latest odds from reputable online sportsbooks.

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AL Rookie of the Year Odds

  • April 25: Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser has become a sizable +175 AL ROY favorite with Rangers OF Evan Carter second at +371.
  • April 10: Orioles shortstop Jackson Holliday (+283) is almost even with Langford (+237) at the top of the AL ROY odds two weeks into the season.
  • March 26: With the Rangers promoting Wyatt Langford to their Opening Day roster, the outfielder has taken over as the favorite to win AL Rookie of the Year.
  • February 1: Jackson Holliday has opened as the favorite to win AL Rookie of the Year.

AL Rookie of the Year Favorites

Player
Best Odds
FanDuel
Caesars Sportsbook
BetMGM
Cowser, Colton
Carter, Evan
Abreu, Wilyer
Caminero, Junior
FanDuel
+1300
+1300
+1200
Manzardo, Kyle
BetMGM
+1400
+1300
+1400
Langford, Wyatt
FanDuel
+2500
+2500
+2500
Perez, Wenceel
FanDuel
+2500
+2500
+1800
Loperfido, Joey
FanDuel
+2500
+2500
+2500
Mayo, Coby
BetMGM
+4000
+3500
+4000
Gil, Luis
FanDuel
+5000
+5000
+5000
Ceddane, Rafaela
FanDuel
+6000
+6000
+4000
Kjerstad, Heston
FanDuel
+6000
+6000
+4000
Holliday, Jackson
FanDuel
+6500
+6500
+3000
Meadows, Parker
BetMGM
+6600
+6000
+6600
Dominguez, Jasson
BetMGM
+8000
+8000
Rocchio, Brayan
FanDuel
+9000
+9000
+8000
Keith, Colt
FanDuel
+9000
+9000
+6600
Rodriguez, Yariel
BetMGM
+10000
+10000
Mead, Curtis
BetMGM
+10000
+9000
+10000
Jung, Jace
BetMGM
+10000
+10000
Harris, Brett
FanDuel
+12000
+12000
Schanuel, Nolan
BetMGM
+12500
+12000
+12500
Wells, Austin
BetMGM
+12500
+12000
+12500
Martin, Austin
BetMGM
+12500
+12000
+12500
Fletcher, Dominic
FanDuel
+15000
+15000
+15000

Wyatt Langford is given the best odds to win the AL Rookie of the Year award. Langford’s odds are listed at +250, meaning he has a probability of 28.6% to win the award. If you bet $20 on the Rangers’ rookie, your potential profit would be $50 and return $70.

After Langford, we have Evan Carter (+400), Jackson Holliday (+470), Colt Keith (+1200), and Junior Caminero (+2000) rounding out the top five contenders.

AL Rookie of the Year odds above are updated every 15-60 minutes from top sportsbooks like DraftKings and FanDuel Sportsbook among others. 

Past 10 AL Rookie of the Year Winners

Year Player Team
2014 Jose Abreu (1B) Chicago White Sox
2015 Carlos Correa (SS) Houston Astros
2016 Michael Fulmer (P) Detroit Tigers
2017 Aaron Judge (OF) New York Yankees
2018 Shohei Ohtani (P/DH) Los Angeles Angels
2019 Yordan Alvarez (DH) Houston Astros
2020 Kyle Lewis (OF) Seattle Mariners
2021 Randy Arozarena (OF) Tampa Bay Rays
2022 Julio Rodriguez (OF) Seattle Mariners
2023 Gunnar Henderson (IF) Baltimore Orioles

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NL Rookie of the Year Odds

  • April 25: Cubs infielder Michael Busch (+435) has surpassed Yoshinobu Yamamoto (+499) as the NL ROY favorite with Pirates pitcher Jared Jones (+500) a close third-favorite.
  • April 10: Yamamoto (+258) remains the favorite but Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio (+397) is making a strong early push.
  • March 14: LAD’s Yoshinobu Yamamoto (+173) starts the year as a heavy favorite in the NL Rookie of the Year odds, followed by SF’s Lee Jung (+597).

NL Rookie of the Year Favorites

Player
Best Odds
FanDuel
Caesars Sportsbook
BetMGM
Imanaga, Shota
Yamamoto, Yoshinobu
Jones, Jared
Busch, Michael
Pages, Andy
Merrill, Jackson
FanDuel
+1200
+1200
+1000
Skenes, Paul
FanDuel
+2500
+2500
+1200
+2000
Jung Hoo, Lee
Caesars Sportsbook
+2500
+2300
+2500
+2000
Chourio, Jackson
FanDuel
+2800
+2800
+2200
+2500
Young, Jacob
Caesars Sportsbook
+6000
+5000
+6000
+3500
Crow-Armstrong, Pete
Caesars Sportsbook
+6500
+5000
+6500
+4000
Wood, James
BetMGM
+6600
+6000
+3300
+6600
Harrison, Kyle
Caesars Sportsbook
+7000
+6000
+7000
+5000
Winn, Masyn
Caesars Sportsbook
+7000
+5000
+7000
+5000
Parker, Mitchell
Caesars Sportsbook
+7500
+6000
+7500
+6600
Stone, Gavin
Caesars Sportsbook
+7500
+6000
+7500
+6600
Ortiz, Joey
BetMGM
+8000
+6000
+7000
+8000
Beck, Jordan
BetMGM
+8000
+8000
Black, Tyler
Caesars Sportsbook
+9000
+6000
+9000
+5000
Alexander, Blaze
FanDuel
+9000
+9000
+6000
+8000
Brown, Ben
Caesars Sportsbook
+9000
+9000
+8000
Scott, Christian
Caesars Sportsbook
+10000
+3800
+10000
+5000
Victor Scott
Caesars Sportsbook
+10000
+10000
Meyer, Max
FanDuel
+12000
+12000
+9000
+10000
Yuki, Matsui
FanDuel
+15000
+15000
+10000
+15000

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the favorite to win the NL Rookie of the Year with +260 odds. Those odds imply a 27.8% chance for Yamamoto to win the award. If you bet $20 on the Dodgers’ rookie, you would stand to win $52 and return $72.

NL Rookie of the Year odds above are updated every 15-60 minutes. 

Past 10 NL Rookie of the Year Winners

Year Player Team
2014 Jacob deGrom (P) New York Mets
2015 Kris Bryant (3B) Chicago Cubs
2016 Corey Seager (SS) Los Angeles Dodgers
2017 Cody Bellinger (1B) Los Angeles Dodgers
2018 Ronald Acuna Jr. (OF) Atlanta Braves
2019 Pete Alonso (1B) New York Mets
2020 Devin Williams (RP) Milwaukee Brewers
2021 Jonathan India (2B) Cincinnati Reds
2022 Michael Harris II (OF) Atlanta Braves
2023 Corbin Carroll (OF) Arizona Diamondbacks

Archived MLB Rookie of the Year Odds: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

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