Pitchers and catchers still have more than a month to go before reporting to their designated MLB spring training sites. Yet, it is not too early for MLB fans to start thinking about a new season of MLB betting.
Coming off last season when the Washington Nationals made a dramatic run all the way to a World Series title as a wild card team, bettors can start thinking about which team with longer odds may have what it takes to pull of the same feat this year.
The betting odds to win the 2020 World Series have been posted for quite some time. You can also find futures odds to win both the American and National League Pennant.
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As an added bonus for early January, there are posted MLB futures odds for which two teams will clash in this season’s Fall Classic.
2020 World Series Actual Matchup
The New York Yankees became the clear favorite to win the AL Pennant at +140 when they signed Gerrit Cole as the top free agent starter. The fact that he pitched for Houston last season simply widened the gap with New York’s biggest competition in the AL.
The Astros are +300 second-favorites to win their third AL Pennant in four seasons.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been favored to win the NL Pennant in each of the last several seasons. They had won the league title in 2017 and 2018 before getting tripped up by Washington in the NLDS last year. The Dodgers’ odds to return to the World Series in 2020 top the list in the NL at +250. All the right pieces remain in place as the most talented team on the list.
The odds that New York and Los Angeles stay true to form and live up to expectations to face one another in the 2020 World Series are also the best on the board at +725.
Given each team’s roster and the fact that they will both probably add a few more role players to the mix, there is some solid value going chalk in this futures bet.
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The next best odds on the board at +1300 have the Atlanta Braves taking the Dodgers’ place against the Yankees. This is also a value play with Atlanta coming off their NL East title run. The Braves are +500 second-favorites to win the NL.
Also at +1300 is a Dodgers vs. Astros rematch of the 2017 Fall Classic. Houston went on to win that series in the full seven games. The loss of Cole takes some bite out of Houston’s starting lineup but this team still has enough talent to give the Yankees a battle in the AL title race. This is still the second-best team on paper as a high-value play.
A pair of teams to watch would be the Boston Red Sox as +800 third-favorites to win the AL and the Philadelphia Phillies as +700 third-favorites on the NL futures list. For anyone looking for a value pick at much longer odds, you can get +7000 that these two teams make it all the way to the 2020 World Series.
The top-value pick on the board would be a Nationals vs. Yankees matchup at +2000. Washington was able to resign Stephen Strasburg as last year’s World Series MVP. Repeating as NL Champions in 2020 would be a tall task but they were not even supposed to make the playoffs last year.
