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Kyle Schwarber blasts his way into NL MVP race with a surge in odds

The MLB season is down to its final months. After hearing for months about Shohei Ohtani being the National League MVP favorite and some talk of Pete Crow-Armstrong early on, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber has changed that narrative, per MLB.com's Mike Lupica, with a fantastic month of July and the first part of August post-All-Star break run.

Kyle Schwarber slashed .264/.368/.725 in July with 12 home runs, the 1,000th hit of his career, 29 RBIs and 17 runs scored. In 22 games since the All-Star break, he’s slashing .271/.367/.741 with 12 home runs and 28 RBIs with 23 hits and 15 runs, putting his name in the NL MVP race.