Another baseball season has come and gone. How many days til pitchers and catchers report?
After the Red Sox were crowned as this year’s champions, RJ Bell of Pregame.com quickly released his 2014 World Series odds. Our beloved Baltimore Orioles are listed in the middle of the pack at 28/1.
- Los Angeles Dodgers – 5/1
- Detroit Tigers – 8/1
- Washington Nationals – 9/1
- St. Louis Cardinals – 10/1
- Boston Red Sox – 12/1
- Cincinnati Reds – 15/1
- Los Angeles Angels – 15/1
- Oakland Athletics – 15/1
- New York Yankees – 16/1
- Texas Rangers – 16/1
- Atlanta Braves – 17/1
- San Francisco Giants – 22/1
- Pittsburgh Pirates – 25/1
- Baltimore Orioles – 28/1
- Cleveland Indians – 28/1
- Tampa Bay Rays – 29/1
- Kansas City Royals – 35/1
- Chicago White Sox – 40/1
- Philadelphia Phillies – 40/1
- Arizona Diamondbacks – 45/1
- Toronto Blue Jays – 45/1
- Chicago Cubs – 60/1
- Seattle Mariners – 65/1
- Colorado Rockies – 70/1
- San Diego Padres – 70/1
- Milwaukee Brewers – 75/1
- New York Mets -115/1
- Miami Marlins – 125/1
- Minnesota Twins – 125/1
- Houston Astros – 250/1
I went back and looked at last season’s odds, the Birds were listed at 25/1 on October 29, 2012. Everyone today will be talking about the underdog Red Sox going from worst to first, but Vegas actually gave them slightly better odds than the Orioles last season (24/1).
A couple notes from the 2014 odds:
- Vegas must be expecting the Yankees to make some serious moves this offseason. Right now their 16/1 odds are way too high.
- Rays below the Orioles? It’s interesting that a team that made the postseason in 2013 is below a team that didn’t. In my opinion, the Orioles have many more questions to be answered this offseason than Tampa Bay.
- I also expected the Royals to be taken a little more seriously after their finish in 2013. At 35/1, it seems that Vegas isn’t entirely sold on them going forward. I think they’ll be right back in the mix next season.
