Giants and Cubs meet in Free Game of the Day
The latest World Series odds from online sports book Bovada tell you what everybody who watches baseball already knows about the Chicago Cubs: They’re far-and-away the favorites to win the World Series.
The September odds released by Bovada have the Cubs at 3/1, slightly better than the 7/2 they were at the start of August and much better than the 11/2 odds the Washington Nationals are seeing as the No. 2 team in baseball.
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The biggest drop in the latest batch of odds? That belongs to the San Francisco Giants, who were second behind the Cubs at the start of August and now rank eighth, going to 13/2 to 14/1. Ouch.
You can see how these two World Series contenders — yes, the Giants are still contenders — fare against each other this week, as they start a four-game series at Wrigley Field. For the first game, we got you. It’s the Yahoo Sports MLB
Free Game of the Day, so you can stream it on the Yahoo Sports app, Yahoo’s Sports Home, MLB index, video home and this very post. Local blackouts apply, per MLB rules. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m.
The Cubs and the Giants are two teams that went different directions in August. The Giants were 11-16 compared to the Cubs’ 22-6. Think that accounts for their odds?
A Giants World Series would be more of the same for a team that’s won three of them since 2010, but a Cubs World Series, well, you already know. They haven’t won since 1908 and haven’t been to a World Series since 1945.
These are hardly the only two teams in the mix, though, so here are the current World Series odds for all 30 teams, per Bovada, even the ones who are off the board:
Chicago Cubs – 3/1
Washington Nationals – 11/2
Texas Rangers – 13/2
Toronto Blue Jays – 15/2
Cleveland Indians – 9/1
Boston Red Sox – 10/1
Los Angeles Dodgers – 10/1
San Francisco Giants – 14/1
Detroit Tigers – 22/1
Baltimore Orioles – 25/1
St. Louis Cardinals – 28/1
Houston Astros – 28/1
Kansas City Royals – 33/1
New York Mets – 50/1
Seattle Mariners – 50/1
Miami Marlins – 66/1
New York Yankees – 66/1
Pittsburgh Pirates – 66/1
Arizona Diamondbacks – Off the Board
Atlanta Braves – Off the Board
Chicago White Sox – Off the Board
Cincinnati Reds – Off the Board
Colorado Rockies – Off the Board
Los Angeles Angels – Off the Board
Milwaukee Brewers – Off the Board
San Diego Padres – Off the Board
Minnesota Twins – Off the Board
Oakland Athletics – Off the Board
Philadelphia Phillies – Off the Board
Tampa Bay Rays – Off the Board
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