The Usual Suspects are Favored to Win the World Series in 2024
January 19, 2024
The 120th playing of the World Series of baseball takes place this year and odds have been released as to which teams are favored to win it all. The top of the list is replete with the usual contenders, and in fact you can use this formula to predict which teams will be favored every year: Dodgers, Yankees, Braves, Astros, and whichever team won the last world series.
That’s right folks, you aren’t having dejavu. The Dodgers, Yankees and Braves are the top three favorites to win it all again. The Rangers, fresh off their first World Series win, are numero quatro, and the ‘Stros make it five.
The Dodgers added some real firepower by picking up star player Shohei Ohtani this offseason. LA added star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto with a 12-year $325M contract. Ace Clayton Kershaw will be 36 this year but is still playing lights out. He posted a 13-5 record and a dazzling 2.46 ERA in 2023. LAD also added RHP Tyler Glasnow from the Rays who went 26-11 over the last five years. These additions to a team that won a hundred games last season should put them over the top. That is why they are heavy favorites this year. But, the Dodgers have been heavy favorites before and walked away with nothing.
Speaking of walking away with nothing: The Yankees haven’t won a World Series in 15 years and managed to win just 82 last year and miss the playoffs entirely. It looks like they are going to run it back with most of the same players in 2024. They signed pitcher Marcus Stroman who is really just an overpaid mediocre pitcher. His record of 16-16 over the last two season with the Cubs proves just that.
2024 World Series Odds (The Best)
* listed at Sportsbetting.ag
- LA Dodgers +275
- Atlanta Braves +700
- New York Yankees +900
- Texas Rangers +1100
- Houston Astros +1200
- Philadelphia Phillies +1400
- Baltimore Orioles +1600
- Toronto Blue Jays +1800
The Rest
Minnesota Twins +2800
New York Mets +2800
Seattle Mariners +2800
Tampa Bay Rays +2800
Arizona Diamondbacks +3300
Chicago Cubs +3500
St. Louis Cardinals +3500
Boston Red Sox +4000
San Diego Padres +4000
San Francisco Giants +4000
Cincinnati Reds +5000
Milwaukee Brewers +5000
Cleveland Guardians +6000
Detroit Tigers +6600
Miami Marlins +6600
Los Angeles Angels +10000
Pittsburgh Pirates +10000
Chicago White Sox +15000
Washington Nationals +15000
Kansas City Royals +20000
Colorado Rockies +25000
Oakland Athletics +30000
