Houston entered the series<\/a> as the largest favorite in more than a decade at 5\/12 (-240).<\/p>\nMLB Odds<\/b><\/h2>\n
As for the rest of the league, after the top six shortest 2020 odds, it’s the Cleveland Indians at 16\/1, St. Louis Cardinals at 18\/1, and Philadelphia Phillies, New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Rays, and Minnesota Twins at 20\/1.<\/p>\n
The longest odds for the 2020 World Series are on the Miami Marlins, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals \u2013 all at 1000\/1. The line implies a chance of 0.1 percent. A $100 bet would net $100,000.<\/p>\n
Title Droughts<\/b><\/h2>\n
The Nationals’ championship is the franchise’s first in its 50-year history that began as the Montreal Expos and moved to the US Capitol in 2005.<\/p>\n
The Indians by far have the longest World Series win drought at 71 years, the tribe’s last championship coming in 1949. The Texas Rangers are a distant second at 59 years, and Brewers third at 51 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 2019 World Series was won by the Washington Nationals in historic fashion. But the champs don’t have the shortest odds for next year’s Fall Classic. Yes, oddsmakers are already looking to next October and taking bets on which team will win the MLB title. In Las Vegas, the Westgate SuperBook has the Houston Astros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":118601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
2020 World Series Odds Favor Houston Astros, Nationals Longer<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n