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 back in June, August and twice in September.
On Thursday as the NLDS 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, along with specific outcomes of the Cardinals-Pirates series.
Says Kevin Bradley, Sports book Manager, Bovada.lv:
“For the first time all year, the Red Sox at 15/4 have finally surpassed the Dodgers and Tigers as World Series favorites, but are not seeing too much action. In fact they have been lightly bet all year and as a result, the Red Sox winning the World Series would be an ideal result for the book.
“With the Playoffs getting really underway in just a few hours, we have seen quite a bit of Cardinals money, forcing us to drop them from 6/1 to 11/2. Out of the AL, it seems that the Rays, who have had to battle their way in, are the popular bet at 8/1.”
(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 |
| Boston Red Sox | 10/1 | 7/1 | 17/4 | 15/4 | 2/1 | 9/5 |
| Detroit Tigers | 4/1 | 3/1 | 7/2 | 2/1 | 5/2 | 2/1 |
| Oakland Athletics | 8/1 | 10/1 | 4/1 | 6/1 | 9/2 | 7/2 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 14/1 | 9/1 | 4/1 | 6/1 | 10/1 | 4/1 |
National League
| Odds to win NL | April | June | Aug | Sep 4 | Sep 18 | Oct 3 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 9/2 | 15/1 | 11/4 | 3/2 | 7/5 | 9/5 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 8/1 | 4/1 | 10/3 | 5/1 | 9/2 | 2/1 |
| Atlanta Braves | 7/2 | 4/1 | 10/3 | 11/4 | 13/4 | 13/4 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 33/1 | 11/1 | 9/2 | 5/1 | 5/1 | 4/1 |
World Series
| Odds to win World Series | April | June | Aug | Sep 4 | Sep 18 | Oct 3 |
| Boston Red Sox | 20/1 | 15/1 | 8/1 | 15/2 | 9/2 | 15/4 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 10/1 | 33/1 | 7/1 | 13/4 | 15/4 | 9/2 |
| Detroit Tigers | 7/1 | 13/2 | 6/1 | 19/4 | 5/1 | 19/4 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 16/1 | 8/1 | 15/2 | 11/1 | 10/1 | 11/2 |
| Atlanta Braves | 15/2 | 8/1 | 7/1 | 13/2 | 8/1 | 7/1 |
| Oakland Athletics | 16/1 | 22/1 | 9/1 | 12/1 | 9/1 | 15/2 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 28/1 | 18/1 | 17/2 | 14/1 | 20/1 | 8/1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 66/1 | 25/1 | 12/1 | 11/1 | 11/1 | 10/1 |
Cardinals-Pirates
| Exact Series Result | Games | Odds |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3-0 | 8/1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3-1 | 7/2 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 3-2 | 9/2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3-0 | 4/1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3-1 | 7/2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3-2 | 11/4 |
| Total Games in Series | Odds | |
| 3 | 5/2 | |
| 4 | 3/2 | |
| 5 | 3/2 | |
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