We’re winding down to the last two weeks of the 2018 regular season in Major League Baseball, which means that it’s time to start thinking earnestly about who will win the Commissioner’s Trophy at the end of the World Series. There are four teams in the American League that might be better than the best team in the National League, which makes betting interesting in the junior circuit, but it’s also important to consider how many teams have terrific regular seasons only to crash and burn. For example, the Cleveland Indians went 111-43 in 1954 and went to the World Series (the only round of playoffs at that time) but then were swept by the New York (now San Francisco Giants) in just four games. That record stood until the Seattle Mariners won 116 games in 2001, and while they made it past Cleveland in the American League Division Series, they lost the ALCS to the Yankees by a 4-1 margin, not even making it to the World Series. We have a list of 2018 World Series odds for each contending team as well as some sports betting perspective on the right choices.
2018 World Series Odds Update – September 14th Edition
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- Boston Red Sox +400
- Houston Astros +450
- Chicago Cubs +550
- L.A. Dodgers +600
- N.Y. Yankees +950
- Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves +1000-
- Colorado Rockies, Milwaukee Brewers +1200
- Oakland A’s +1400
- St. Louis Cardinals +1500
- Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies +3500
- Seattle Mariners +30000
- Washington Nationals +35000