2025 MLB Betting Online
As it’s been since they won the World Series last year, the Los Angeles Dodgers remain the prohibitive favorite on the MLB futures. The boys in blue haven’t disappointed so far in 2025 leading the NL West while boasting the best record in baseball despite dealing with a number of injuries to their pitching staff. The Dodgers closed the week with a win over division rival Arizona giving them just a 4-4 record in their past eight games. That wasn’t enough to impact their odds and considering their offense has produced at a high level with five double-digit run games in their last 12, there is some wiggle room on the bump. New York continues to hold down the next two spots on the futures odds board with the Yankees and Mets joining LA as the only teams with shorter than 10/1 World Series odds.
Of the top eight teams on the odds board six are members of the National League with three of those clubs representing the NL East. The Atlanta Braves have the fifth-shortest odds even though they’ve failed to reach .500 at any point this season. They had a miserable start losing their first seven games and have been within a game of the breakeven point several times. Monday’s win over Washington pushed their record to 20-21. In between the Mets and Braves on the odds board are the Philadelphia Phillies, who have won 11 of their last 15 games despite Bryce Harper continuing to struggle. In his second start of the year Ranger Suarez stymied Cleveland in a 7-1 win giving the team another weapon in its starting rotation.
The Yankees aren’t the best team in the American League but they have the shortest World Series odds of clubs in the junior circuit. The offense has been on fire over a six-game stretch that saw them score a total of 56 runs while putting up double digits four times. It’s hard to imagine Aaron Judge being any better, but he’s carried the club leading MLB with a .414 average, 14 home runs and 40 RBIs. Over the last six games he’s hitting .417 with three homers and seven RBIs. There are question marks about the pitching staff, but if the Bombers can produce like they’ve been doing they’ll win more games than they’ll lose.
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2025 MLB World Series Odds
| ODDS TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES 2025 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks +3653 |
Athletics +13011 |
Atlanta Braves +1351 |
| Baltimore Orioles +9008 |
Boston Red Sox +2552 |
Chicago Cubs +1551 |
| Chicago White Sox +250213 |
Cincinnati Reds +10009 |
Cleveland Guardians +4804 |
| Colorado Rockies +251472 |
Detroit Tigers +1015 |
Houston Astros +2552 |
| Kansas City Royals +4654 |
Los Angeles Angels +25022 |
Los Angeles Dodgers +252 |
| Miami Marlins +85072 |
Milwaukee Brewers +11010 |
Minnesota Twins +3303 |
| New York Mets +986 |
New York Yankees +746 |
Philadelphia Phillies +1151 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates +100090 |
St. Louis Cardinals +8007 |
San Diego Padres +2102 |
| San Francisco Giants +4354 |
Seattle Mariners +1752 |
Tampa Bay Rays +6506 |
| Texas Rangers +2002 |
Toronto Blue Jays +4654 |
Washington Nationals +50043 |
*Odds as of Monday, May 19, 1:00 PM ET
Seattle Mariners
We’ll finish our tour through the AL with a stop in the West, which top to bottom is the closest division in the majors. Seattle has the shortest World Series odds of any division team but is ninth on the overall odds board. With only five games separating first place Seattle from the last place Angels, the closeness is more from mediocrity than anything. The M’s have the worst record of any division leader and following Monday’s setback to the Yankees have dropped four straight. We can’t complain about the offense with the club ranked among the top 5 in home runs while averaging nearly six runs. The pitching, however, has been an issue.
Texas Rangers
Not that long ago the Rangers were leading the division and were among the top 5 World Series favorites; that all changed thanks to stretch where they lost 10 of 13 games. In nine of those 10 defeats the club scored two runs or fewer nine times prompting the Rangers to make a change with their hitting coach. Texas won the final two games of a weekend series with Detroit outscoring the Tigers 16-4. They extended their win streak to three with Monday’s 2-1 victory over Colorado despite collecting just three hits.
Houston Astros
With their years of success and winning it’s hard to count the Astros out of a mediocre division. They are another team struggling of offense and were dealt a blow when slugger Yordan Alvarez was shelved with a hand injury. The injury may have been a factor in Alvarez’s problems at the dish. He was hitting just .210 with three homers and seven extra-base hits in 29 games. Pitching hasn’t been an issue with the staff boasting the eighth-best ERA in MLB. The rotation should be stronger with the return of Lance McCullers Jr., who won 13 games in 2021 but has made just 10 starts since then.
Athletics
I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that the A’s are competitive after they overachieved last year. Their odds of winning the World Series are long but staying near the top of a weak division is inspiring. Some bullpen implosions last week cost them a chance to take over the top spot with a pair of blown saves over a four-game span. They could stay close with their peers but the club has no business winning or even competing for a world title.
Los Angeles Angels
Their offense stinks and the pitching has been terrible, but at least the Angels have one of the worst defenses in the majors. Those three things combined are disastrous leading the Angels to the third-worst record in the AL. They are only five games out of first and maybe we’ll have a Mike Trout sighting again.
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