{"id":16540,"date":"2019-10-30T17:03:58","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=16540"},"modified":"2019-10-30T17:03:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T22:03:59","slug":"astros-set-as-2020-world-series-favorites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/astros-set-as-2020-world-series-favorites\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros Set as 2020 World Series Favorites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>No matter what happens in tonight&#8217;s game, the oddsmakers have already tabbed the Astros as the team to beat in 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s right, before this Fall Classic is even decided,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/record.commission.bz\/_ejy4onLiLhHT2Fu8bIPGIGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">SportsBetting<\/a>&nbsp;has set odds to capture next year&#8217;s baseball crown. The usual suspects sit atop the odds board, and this marks the third straight year the Astros have opened with the lowest odds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nationals are tied with New York for the second-best odds at 8\/1 while the Dodgers and Red Sox come in at 12\/1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other D.C.-area team, the Orioles, have the longest Series odds at 250\/1.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2020 World Series odds<\/strong>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>2020 World Series<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Houston Astros<\/td><td>5\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New York Yankees<\/td><td>8\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Washington Nationals<\/td><td>8\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Los Angeles Dodgers<\/td><td>12\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boston Red Sox<\/td><td>12\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Milwaukee Brewers<\/td><td>14\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New York Mets<\/td><td>14\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atlanta Braves<\/td><td>16\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cleveland Indians<\/td><td>16\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Minnesota Twins<\/td><td>16\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chicago Cubs<\/td><td>20\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tampa Bay Rays<\/td><td>20\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colorado Rockies<\/td><td>25\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Philadelphia Phillies<\/td><td>25\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>St. Louis Cardinals<\/td><td>25\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Los Angeles Angels<\/td><td>33\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Oakland Athletics<\/td><td>33\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>San Francisco Giants<\/td><td>33\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cincinnati Reds<\/td><td>33\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>San Diego Padres<\/td><td>40\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Arizona Diamondbacks<\/td><td>50\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Texas Rangers<\/td><td>50\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chicago White Sox<\/td><td>50\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Kansas City Royals<\/td><td>50\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seattle Mariners<\/td><td>50\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pittsburgh Pirates<\/td><td>100\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toronto Blue Jays<\/td><td>100\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Miami Marlins<\/td><td>100\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Detroit Tigers<\/td><td>150\/1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Baltimore Orioles<\/td><td>250\/1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily winning picks at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/offshoreinsiders.com\/\">OffshoreInsiders.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter what happens in tonight&#8217;s game, the oddsmakers have already tabbed the Astros as the team to beat in 2020.&nbsp; That&#8217;s right, before this Fall Classic is even decided,&nbsp;SportsBetting&nbsp;has set odds to capture next year&#8217;s baseball crown. The usual suspects sit atop the odds board, and this marks the third straight year the Astros &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/astros-set-as-2020-world-series-favorites\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Astros Set as 2020 World Series Favorites<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1954,1953,1952],"class_list":["post-16540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2020-baseball-odds","tag-2020-mlb-predictions","tag-2020-world-series-favorites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16541,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16540\/revisions\/16541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}