2024 MLB Playoffs Betting Online
The 2024 MLB Playoffs started on Tuesday, October 1 and could conclude as late as November 2 with a potential World Series Game 7. The World Series is set to start on October 25 but there is a new wrinkle this year, as if both the National League Championship Series and the American League Championship Series end by October 19th then the World Series will start on Tuesday, October 22nd with a potential Game 7 on Wednesday, October 30. That basically means if the NLDS and ALDS don’t go at least six games, the starting date for the World Series will move up three days. The 2024 MLB Playoffs will have four rounds, the Wild Card Series, the Division Series, the League Championship Series and the World Series. The Los Angeles Dodgers began the 2024 MLB Playoffs as the favorite to win the 2024 World Series and they are a slight favorite as the National League Championship Series and American League Championship Series begin.
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The 2024 World Series will pit the Los Angeles Dodgers against the New York Yankees with the Dodgers listed as a slight favorite in World Series odds. To suggest that this is the perfect situation for network executives, advertisers, Commissioner Rob Manfred, and his friends would be an understatement. There are two clubs with real superstars, two of the largest TV markets, and a few franchises with interesting plots. The Dodgers last won the World Series in 2020 which was a COVID title, which many people frequently place an asterisk next to because it was a 60-game season played in a bubble. The Yankees are searching for their 28th championship in team history, having not won one since 2009. The Dodgers have had seven in their franchise history, but only one since 1988. This will be the 12th time the Yankees and Dodgers will meet in the World Series but the first time since 1981. New York won eight of the previous 11 World Series matchups against Los Angeles.
The Dodgers and Yankees have star power both domestically and internationally including Shohei Ohtani, Aaron Judge, Juan Soto, Gerrit Cole, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Mookie Betts, Giancarlo Stanton, and Freddie Freeman. In many respects, this series is enormous, and it has the potential to live up to the hype. These clubs, who were the best in their respective leagues, will now compete for the championship.
The pre-series conversation will be heavily centered on offense when you have hitters like Judge, Soto, Stanton, Ohtani, Betts, and Freeman. There are maybe six Hall of Famers among the generational hitters. It is difficult to dispute that the bats are a starting point, primarily since LA's sluggers must perform exceptionally well to compensate for the pitching deficiencies.
Shohei Ohtani is the favorite to win World Series MVP. Major League Baseball's first 50-50 player has the third-most RBI in this postseason (10) and third-most walks (11). Aaron Judge has the second-best odds to win the World Series MVP. Judge hasn't played up to his regular season standard during the postseason with a .161 average in nine playoff games. Giancarlo Stanton could be a nice longshot in MVP odds, as he leads the postseason in home runs.
2024 MLB World Series
(1) New York Yankees vs. (1) Los Angeles Dodgers
Game 1, Friday, Oct 25 - NYY @ LAD
Game 2, Saturday, Oct 26 - NYY @ LAD
Game 3, Monday, Oct 28 - LAD @ NYY
Game 4, Tuesday, Oct 29 - LAD @ NYY
*Game 5, Wednesday, Oct 30 - LAD @ NYY
*Game 6, Friday, Nov 1 - NYY @ LAD
*Game 7, Saturday, Nov 2 - NYY @ LAD
*(if necessary)
Los Angeles Dodgers
The Dodgers have the best player in the game, Shohei Ohtani, and a lineup that is deep behind Ohtani featuring Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Teoscar Hernandez. The Dodgers don't have much starting pitching, as they are relying upon Jack Flaherty and Yoshinobu Yamamoto and hoping to get something from Walker Buehler. The Dodgers will have the home field advantage for the World Series.
New York Yankees
The New York Yankees have been among the World Series betting favorites all season and their team is a lot like the Dodgers, as they rely on offense to win. They are not nearly as deep as the Dodgers but they have Aaron Judge and Juan Soto and those two have carried them this season and now they have a red-hot Giancarlo Stanton. The Yankees also have Gerrit Cole who leads their rotation. New York has a similar problem to Los Angeles, as they don’t have a lot behind Cole.
MLB Playoffs Conference Series
ALCS
(2) Cleveland Guardians vs. (1) New York Yankees - NYY Wins 4-1
NLCS
(6) New York Mets vs. (1) Los Angeles Dodgers - LAD Wins 4-2
MLB Playoffs Division Series
ALDS
(5) Kansas City Royals vs. (1) New York Yankees - NYY Wins 3-1
(6) Detroit Tigers vs. (2) Cleveland Guardians - CLE Wins 3-2
NLDS
(4) San Diego Padres vs. (1) Los Angeles Dodgers - LAD Wins 3-2
(6) New York Mets vs. (2) Philadelphia Phillies - NYM Wins 3-1
MLB Playoffs Wild Card
American League Wild Card
(6) Detroit Tigers vs. (3) Houston Astros - DET wins 2-0
(5) Kansas City Royals vs. (4) Baltimore Orioles - KC wins 2-0
National League Wild Card
(6) New York Mets vs. (3) Milwaukee Brewers - NYM wins 2-1
(5) Atlanta Braves vs. (4) San Diego Padres - SD wins 2-0
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