Shohei Ohtani is favored to win World Series MVP, which is no surprise, but history says he probably won't win it.

The first two games of the Fall Classic brought plenty of surprises. Which stars have already left their mark, and which have yet to show up?

This is the city where stars are born. Eight years ago, George Springer put on a career-defining performance, winning the 2017 World Series MVP for the Astros with a stretch of games at Dodger Stadium that cemented him as one of the game’s great young outfielders.

In recent years, the World Series has seen award-worthy performances from top talents like Freddie Freeman, Corey Seager (for two different teams!), Stephen Strasburg and George Springer. We also saw Steve Pearce take home the hardware in 2018,

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Ohtani and Guerrero are unsurprisingly the favorites to take home the World Series MVP award. Along with them, reigning World Series MVP Freddie Freeman, George Springer, Blake Snell, Teoscar Hernández, Mookie Betts, Alejandro Kirk, Daulton Varsho and Will Smith make up the rest of the top- 10 favorites to win the award.

The clutch performance of Blue Jays outfielder George Springer during this year’s postseason, which included a dramatic three-run homer in the seventh inning of Monday’s Game 7 win over the Mariners in the American League Championship Series,

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