2024 MLB Betting Lines
MLB futures odds will fluctuate over the course of a six-month, 162-game season. It’s nearly impossible for even the best of teams to avoid a slump. The good teams have a way of limiting the bad streaks and go on a run when they emerge from the skid. We’ve seen the Los Angeles Dodgers experience rough spells the last few years and they’ve gone on to win 100 games and the NL West title, so it’s not overly concerning that they’ve lost each of their last three series. Alongside LA in the futures market, the Atlanta Braves overcame a sluggish start and now boast the best record in MLB. If you thought the first three weeks of the 2024 MLB season were hectic there’s plenty more ahead.
The Kansas City Royals are a surprise team climbing the odds board with an impressive start. It’s hard to take a team that won 56 games a season ago seriously, but the Royals have mixed veteran talent with a young core to win better than 60 percent of their games. They have the second-best run differential in the Majors and while they may not be a contender in the long run the Royals are certainly not an easy out. With most of the focus on the defending champion Rangers and the Yankees, the Cleveland Guardians boast the AL’s best record with 15 wins in their first 21 games. They are still a longshot in the futures market.
Was last season the beginning of the end for the Houston Astros? They posted their lowest win total in the past six full seasons but still won the AL West and reached LCS. However, they fell to Texas prompting changes, mainly at manager. Dusty Baker resigned and under Joe Espada the Stros won only seven of their first 22 games. They sported the fourth shortest World Series odds prior to the season with the number spiking slightly.
MLB Betting Lines
2024 MLB World Series Betting Odds
| ODDS TO WIN 2024 - MLB WORLD SERIES |
| Arizona Diamondbacks +4000 |
Atlanta Braves +455 |
Baltimore Orioles +1000 |
| Boston Red Sox +8000 |
Chicago Cubs +2600 |
Chicago White Sox +150000 |
| Cincinnati Reds +4800 |
Cleveland Guardians +3500 |
Colorado Rockies +100000 |
| Detroit Tigers +5700 |
Houston Astros +1350 |
Kansas City Royals +9500 |
| Los Angeles Angels +17000 |
Los Angeles Dodgers +343 |
Miami Marlins +45000 |
| Milwaukee Brewers +5000 |
Minnesota Twins +4800 |
New York Mets +7000 |
| New York Yankees +750 |
Oakland Athletics +45000 |
Philadelphia Phillies +1280 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates +13000 |
St. Louis Cardinals +5300 |
San Diego Padres +5700 |
| San Francisco Giants +5500 |
Seattle Mariners +1950 |
Tampa Bay Rays +3800 |
| Texas Rangers +1350 |
Toronto Blue Jays +2600 |
Washington Nationals +36500 |
*Odds as of Tuesday, April 23, 11:00 AM ET
Texas Rangers
Last week we took a brief glimpse at the five World Series favorites. This week the next tier of teams on the odds board will be highlighted. The Rangers aren’t quite where they want to be after splitting their first 22 games, but they have more upside than most teams with a pair of Cy Young winners waiting to join the rotation. Barring any setbacks Max Scherzer will join the staff in the next few weeks with Jacob deGrom scheduled to return after the All-Star break.
Philadelphia Phillies
Primed for more following consecutive trips to the NLCS and a World Series appearance, the Phils have cleaned up against some of the worst teams in the senior circuit. They combined to win seven of their first eight games against Washington, Colorado and the White Sox. They’ve received strong pitching, a bonus since the offense has yet to find a groove. Nick Castellanos is below the Mendoza line and Bryce Harper got his average up to .237 following a recent hot stretch. Still, the group can and should do more.
Seattle Mariners
With only one playoff appearance since winning a record 116 games in 2001, the Mariners have been on the cusp averaging nearly 90 wins the past three seasons. They’ve been hampered by poor starts and it appeared as though that was going to be the case again this year when they dropped eight of their first 12 contests. The M’s were 6-2 over their next eight games behind a staff that allowed three runs or less in seven of those outings.
Toronto Blue Jays
You have to be good to compete in the strongest division in baseball. With every member of the AL East over .500, the Blue Jays are in the middle of the pack with 12 wins in 21 games. And they’ve been hot lately with Saturday’s 5-2 win over San Diego their eighth triumph in 11 games. Jose Berrios has made an early claim for the AL Cy Young going 4-0 with a 0.85 ERA in five starts with the Jays winning all of them. And the Jays have more than what they’ve shown offensively averaging fewer than four runs.
Chicago Cubs
The Cubs were content with their roster making few moves during the offseason. The biggest was prying Craig Counsell away from the Brewers to manage the squad. One minor trade has actually turned out to be a big deal. Acquiring Michael Busch from the Dodgers didn’t make a lot of waves until he homered in five straight games. Busch hit .167 with two homers in 72 at-bats last year but following his fifth multi-hit game in his last seven Busch’s average soared to .328 helping the Cubs average more than 5.5 runs.
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