Las Vegas oddsmakers don’t seem very impressed by the Royals’ offseason moves.
After coming up just short of a World Series title in 2014, the Royals, at 18-1, are given only the sixth-best odds of winning it all in 2015 among American League teams — behind the two teams they swept in the playoffs last year and two teams that didn’t make it to the postseason, plus AL Central champ Detroit. The Royals have the 10th-best odds overall of taking the title.
The Royals added outfielder Alex Rios, designated hitter Kendrys Morales and starting pitchers Edinson Volquez and Chris Medlen among other off-season moves.
The Washington Nationals’ odds of winning the championship moved from 6-1 to 4-1 after the team signed former Cy Young winner (and Missouri Tiger) Max Scherzer, giving the Nationals the best odds of winning the World Series.
The most unlikely to win the 2015 Fall Classic? Philadelphia at 250-1.
TEAM | CURRENT | OPENING |
Washington | 4-1 | 6-1 |
Los Angeles (AL) | 6-1 | 6-1 |
Los Angeles (NL) | 6-1 | 5-1 |
Boston | 10-1 | 25-1 |
Detroit | 12-1 | 7-1 |
Baltimore | 15-1 | 12-1 |
Chicago (NL) | 15-1 | 55-1 |
St. Louis | 15-1 | 12-1 |
Seattle | 15-1 | 18-1 |
Kansas City | 18-1 | 14-1 |
Cleveland | 20-1 | 20-1 |
New York (AL) | 20-1 | 18-1 |
San Francisco | 20-1 | 10-1 |
Toronto | 20-1 | 30-1 |
Atlanta | 25-1 | 18-1 |
Chicago (AL) | 25-1 | 65-1 |
Pittsburgh | 25-1 | 18-1 |
San Diego | 25-1 | 65-1 |
New York (NL) | 30-1 | 45-1 |
Cincinnati | 35-1 | 25-1 |
Miami | 40-1 | 50-1 |
Milwaukee | 40-1 | 25-1 |
Texas | 40-1 | 40-1 |
Oakland | 50-1 | 20-1 |
Tampa Bay | 75-1 | 35-1 |
Colorado | 125-1 | 150-1 |
Arizona | 150-1 | 150-1 |
Minnesota | 150-1 | 175-1 |
Houston | 200-1 | 200-1 |
Philadelphia | 250-1 | 120-1 |
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