Yankees +, Orioles +, Blue Jays +, Rays +, Red Sox + · Orioles + · Twins +, Tigers +, Guardians +, Royals +, White. New York Yankees + · Baltimore Orioles + · Toronto Blue Jays + · Tampa Bay Rays + · Boston Red Sox + National League - Winning Division ; NL West. + ; NL East. + ; NL Central. + MLB Season Win Totals For All 30 Teams While betting odds to win mlb divisions where a team finishes in the standings or how far it goes in the playoffs depends on.
Every team returns plus money if they win the division, and loyal Boston Red Sox fans have the potential for a to-1 payout. After signing outfielder Juan Soto in the offseason, and with early reports that starting pitcher Carlos Rodon may be back in form, the Yankees are currently the betting favorites, despite the fact they finished in fourth place with just 82 wins and were one of only two teams in the division not to make the postseason in Aaron Judge missed 56 games last season, one of the key reasons New York finished in fourth place.
Ace Gerritt Cole will anchor their pitching staff and their bullpen, which was the best in MLB for , should remain elite. However, even with the addition of Soto, the Yankees will need an entire season of a healthy Aaron Judge to set the pace in this tight division. Baltimore won games on their way to the division title in With much of the young core returning and the addition of NY Cy Young winner Corbin Burnes in the offseason, the Orioles look like good value.
In addition, ownership changes and the possibility of the addition of NL Cy Young winner Blake Snell, all signal that the Orioles can repeat. Toronto has made the postseason as a wild card the last two seasons and three of the last four, but has not won the AL East division since Tampa Bay finished in second place in the AL East in and has won the division in two of the last four seasons.
The Chicago Cubs, who finished strong in , are projected for third. Both the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds are expected to bring up the rear for a second straight year, as both have Marlins- and Nationals-like odds to win a division title. The Los Angeles Dodgers have owned the NL West for the better part of a decade, claiming nine of the last 10 division titles.
The only exception was in , when Los Angeles won games but finished one game behind the San Francisco Giants. Like the Cardinals — as well as the Houston Astros in the AL West — the Dodgers are laying minus odds to win another division championship in However, L. The same three are expected to duke it out again this season.
The Cleveland Guardians ran away with the AL Central last year, finishing 11 games ahead of the Chicago White Sox, who placed second after being the preseason favorite. The White Sox and Minnesota Twins are projected to be in the mix, though. The Astros went last year and cruised to a fifth AL West championship in six years, finishing 16 games ahead of second-place Seattle. Only the Dodgers 22 games won a division by a wider margin.
Houston has actually won five straight division crowns in seasons with games played; they took second in the game COVID year in Well, the Astros can pretty much order a sixth AL West flag, as the defending World Series champs begin as the biggest division favorite — and by a sizable margin. Seattle, which ended a year playoff drought last year, has the second best odds to win its first division title since the team won games.
Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and the L. San Diego may have finished 22 games behind the Dodgers in the standings last year. San Diego improved an already strong roster with the offseason signing of Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, who plugs into a lineup that includes the likes of Manny Machado, Juan Soto and — when he returns from his PED suspension early in the season — Fernando Tatis Jr.
And closer Josh Hader, acquired via trade last season, is back. Odds to win mlb divisions As for the White Sox, they greatly underachieved in We attribute some of that to then year-old manager Tony La Russa, who often was a step or two slow during the season. And many of his players seemed to stop competing for him. Well, La Russa is gone, and we expect new skipper Pedro Grifol to breathe some much-needed life into what remains a talented squad.
The White Sox have outstanding starting pitching anchored by Dylan Cease, Lucas Giolito and Lance Lynn, plus a balanced lineup that can beat you a variety of ways. Cleveland deserves to be the AL Central favorite, and Minnesota should be in the mix, too. But our money is on Chicago to beat both the Guardians and Twins to the finish line come early October.
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