The Dodgers (+600) Have The Best World Series Odds, Despite MLB Drama

In the last seven seasons, the Jets (76) have lost more regular season games than Tom Brady (73) did in his entire career 😅 — let’s talk MLB futures 👇

Lockout Breakdown

In a normal season, MLB teams would be starting to prepare for Spring Training right about now. This season, however, everything’s on hold. The lockout between the players union and the league is entering its third month, and there doesn’t appear to be an end in sight 🥶

• If an agreement isn’t reached by next week, players will get a late start to their typical Spring Training routines

• If no progress is made by February 19th, Spring Training games will likely be delayed

• If there’s still a lockout on March 3rd, expect a late start to the MLB regular season (scheduled to begin on March 31st)

• Check out a good article on the current state of the MLB from Jesse Rogers here

With “heated” meetings between players and owners making little progress, delays to Spring Training, at the bare minimum, seem likely. Complicating matters is the fact that a bunch of the game’s biggest free agents have yet to sign. There could be a flurry of moves as soon as the lockout ends ✍️

Here are the biggest names still on the board without a team for next season:

• Carlos Correa

• Freddie Freeman

• Kris Bryant

• Trevor Story

World Series Preview

While we have no sense of when this season will begin, that obviously isn’t stopping Vegas from slinging MLB futures. Let’s take a look at which teams are expected to dominate the season and hopefully end October on top 👇

2022 World Series Odds

• Dodgers: +600 (bet $100 to win $600)

• Astros: +900

• White Sox, Yankees & Mets: +1100

• Blue Jays: +1300

• Braves & Rays: +1400

• Brewers & Padres: +1600

The Dodgers and Astros lead the majors with the best odds to win a title, and each is obviously the favorite to win their respective league. Los Angeles is +320 to win the National League, ahead of the Mets (+500) and Braves/Padres/Brewers (+600). In the American League, Houston is favored at +425, ahead of the Yankees, White Sox and Blue Jays at +500

The reigning champion Braves have only the seventh-best odds to repeat (+1400), despite expecting the return of their best player, 24-year-old wunderkind Ronald Acuna Jr. after an ACL tear cost him the second half of his season

Trivia question: Which was the last team to win back-to-back World Series? (answer below)

MVP Favorites

Baseball is unique, as the season ends with two MVPs — one from both the AL and NL. While traditional betting sites have released odds for team futures, we can’t seem to find anything legit for the MVP race. However, we did some digging and a few sites that require an approved account have the following lines 👇

American League MVP Odds

1. Vladimir Guerrero Jr: +300

2. Mike Trout: +350

3. Shohei Ohtani: +400

4. Bo Bichette & Corey Seager: +1600

5. Rafael Devers & Aaron Judge: +1800

In the NL, despite winning the award for the second time in his career last season, Bryce Harper trails two younger players and is tied with another, all without an MVP honor coming into the 2022 season 👇

National League MVP Odds

1. Juan Soto: +350

2. Fernando Tatis Jr: +400

3. Ronald Acuna Jr & Bryce Harper: +800

4. Mookie Betts: +1100

5. Freddie Freeman: +1300

Given the current drama in the MLB, we thought we’d take a day to update you on all things MLB. We like to pair our parlays with the topic of the newsletter, so no bets today. We’ll get back to you gurus tomorrow 💨

Trivia answer: The Yankees three-peated across the 1998-2000 seasons, the 14th time a team’s won consecutive chips, a feat that has yet to be accomplished since