Back in April, the folks at Bovada.lv provided a set of odds on a number of Major League Baseball-related races. I updated them multiple times since, most recently when the post-season opened.
On Friday as the NLCS was getting underway, they provided a refresh, a subset of which follows.
In this installment, we look at the odds to win the two league championships and the World Series, as well as the exact number of games in the NLCS by team. While the St. Louis Cardinals are in the final four, they have the longest odds, according to the bookmakers.
(In the tables below, teams are ordered by current odds.)
American League
| Odds to win AL | April | June | Aug | Sep 4 | Sep 18 | Oct 3 | Oct 11 |
| Boston Red Sox | 10/1 | 7/1 | 17/4 | 15/4 | 2/1 | 9/5 | 5/6 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4/1 | 3/1 | 7/2 | 2/1 | 5/2 | 2/1 | 1/1 |
National League
| Odds to win NL | April | June | Aug | Sep 4 | Sep 18 | Oct 3 | Oct 11 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 9/2 | 15/1 | 11/4 | 3/2 | 7/5 | 9/5 | 5/7 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 8/1 | 4/1 | 10/3 | 5/1 | 9/2 | 2/1 | 6/5 |
National League exact games
| Exact Series Result | Games | Odds |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-0 | 19/2 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-1 | 9/2 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-2 | 4/1 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 4-3 | 7/2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4-0 | 15/1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4-1 | 8/1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4-2 | 5/1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 4-3 | 5/1 |
| Total Games in Series | Odds | |
| 4 | 11/2 | |
| 5 | 5/2 | |
| 6 | 2/1 | |
| 7 | 2/1 |
World Series
| Odds to win World Series | April | June | Aug | Sep 4 | Sep 18 | Oct 3 | Oct 11 |
| Boston Red Sox | 20/1 | 15/1 | 8/1 | 15/2 | 9/2 | 15/4 | 12/5 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 10/1 | 33/1 | 7/1 | 13/4 | 15/4 | 9/2 | 12/5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 7/1 | 13/2 | 6/1 | 19/4 | 5/1 | 19/4 | 11/4 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 16/1 | 8/1 | 15/2 | 11/1 | 10/1 | 11/2 | 3/1 |
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