With the MLB trade deadline set for 6 p.m. ET on Monday, and as the calendar simultaneously flips to August, World Series odds are attracting more attention.
That includes one Caesars Sports customer who thinks the Dodgers just might land Tigers ace Tarik Skubal between now and Monday night.
“We just took a $10,000 bet [Friday] morning on the Dodgers +175 to win the World Sequence,” Caesars head of baseball buying and selling Eric Biggio stated Friday afternoon.
Biggio and Caesars senior baseball dealer Matt Torchia assist break down 2026 World Sequence odds and motion, because the common season hits its ultimate two months.
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The Dodgers are the favorites to land Tarik Skubal on the MLB commerce deadline (Harry How/Getty Pictures).
Skubal Sweepstakes
At 51-58, Detroit is fourth within the AL Central and trails seven groups within the AL wild-card chase. Which means the Tigers will probably be trade-deadline sellers, with Skubal one of the best piece to supply up by far.
The left-handed ace can stroll as a free agent after this season, so Detroit virtually assuredly desires one thing in return. As of Friday afternoon, the Dodgers are the frontrunner to snag him.
If that occurs, then World Sequence favourite Los Angeles would certainly transfer off its present +175 value, turning into a fair stronger favourite, probably within the +140 vary.
However Caesars wouldn’t be that enthused a couple of third straight Dodgers championship.
“We’re OK to the Dodgers on straight bets,” Biggio stated. “However what’s been well-liked with bettors is together with the Dodgers in futures parlays. That related for just a few of our gamers final yr.
“I feel there’s gonna be some futures parlay legal responsibility with the Dodgers.”
The Pink Sox have a 17-3 file over their final 20 video games (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Pictures).
Banking On Boston
An enormous shock over the previous month has been the resurgence of the Pink Sox.
On July 1, Boston was 37-48 and an afterthought for the playoffs. Then got here a 15-game win streak, which comprised the majority of a 20-2 run that truly started in late June.
That took the Sox from 100/1 lengthy shot to +1800 tenth selection in Caesars World Sequence odds. If the season ended immediately, Boston could be the second of three AL wild-card groups.
“A great quantity of bets got here in on the Pink Sox at some first rate numbers for the bettors,” Biggio stated. “Not many acquired in on the peak of 100/1, however there are some tickets at 50/1 and 40/1.
“We’re nonetheless OK to the Pink Sox, although. They’re a very good story, and their playoff matchups would draw lots of motion. Pink Sox-Yankees and Pink Sox-White Sox would do lots of enterprise.”
And a Pink Sox-Dodgers World Sequence — a repeat of the 2018 championship, gained by Boston — would do huge numbers at sportsbooks.
The Chicago White Sox at the moment have a 57-51 file (Geoff Stellfox/Getty Pictures).
Southside Journey
Arguably the largest shock of the 2026 MLB season is the White Sox sitting atop the AL Central, at 57-51. Actually, by means of video games of July 30, solely the Rays (64-44) and Yankees (61-48) have higher data within the AL, and Chicago is tied with Boston.
So a group that opened at an enormous +30000 (300/1) at Caesars is now all the way in which to +2500. And loads of bettors acquired on the White Sox at longer-shot odds.
“Our place on the White Sox is a reasonably large purple determine, and I think about it’s comparable at different sportsbooks,” Biggio stated. “All these $10 and $20 bets add up.”
Certainly, a $20 flier at 300/1 would revenue $6,000 if the White Sox carry the trophy. Should you acquired frisky and put down 100 bucks — which certainly some folks did — that guess would revenue $30,000.
Torchia pointed to a few different stunning groups that may blow up Caesars’ backside line in World Sequence odds, together with the Pirates and the Cardinals. Each are inside three video games within the NL wild-card hunt.
Pittsburgh is a dead-even 55-55, 2.5 video games out of the third and ultimate wild-card slot. St. Louis is 54-55, three video games out within the wild card. Pittsburgh opened at +15000 (150/1) to win the World Sequence and is now +7500.
“The Pirates have been a enjoyable story. Yearly, they appear to do that, they usually usually flame out,” Torchia stated. “However this yr, they’re caught round .500 and possibly might eke out a Wild Card spot.
“We’d take an enormous hit on the Pirates successful the World Sequence.”
As for St. Louis: “It’s not as a lot of a success on the Cardinals, nevertheless it wouldn’t be nice for us,” Torchia stated. “We had their win complete at 74.5. We had no religion in them. They’ve outperformed their expectations.
“And our clients have been betting into the Cardinals, due to the identify model and the large value.”
All that stated, as famous above, the Pirates are nonetheless properly down the oddsboard at +7500, and the Cardinals are double that at +15000 (150/1).
The Houston Astros are +2800 to win the World Sequence (Ross Turteltaub/Getty Pictures).
Texas Twosome
The highest three groups in tickets and cash in Caesars’ World Sequence odds are the Dodgers — by far — adopted by the Yankees and Mariners. New York is the +550 second option to win all of it, trailing solely Los Angeles. Seattle is the +1600 co-seventh selection, regardless of at the moment sitting sub-.500 at 53-57.
Torchia stated Caesars is rooting for 2 of the Mariners’ division rivals at this level.
“We’d prefer to see the Astros or the Rangers win the World Sequence,” he stated.
Like Seattle, each Texas and Houston are hovering round .500, with the Rangers in first at 55-54 and Houston a half-game again at 55-55.
“I might see Texas as a sleeper, a very good under-the-radar group. No person talks concerning the Rangers,” Torchia stated.
The Rangers are +1600 — becoming a member of the M’s — whereas the Astros are +3500 in World Sequence futures.
Biggio agreed that Texas and Houston are each good for the e book. However he’s actually on the lookout for the least engaging matchup doable.
“I’m rooting for a non-sexy World Sequence, essentially the most boring doable: the Brewers vs. the Rays,” Biggio stated. “They each play one of the best basic baseball. I feel the Brewers are very underrated.”
Biggio may simply get that matchup. Tampa Bay (64-44) has the AL’s finest file and is the +1200 co-fourth selection in odds to win the World Sequence, joined by the Braves.
Milwaukee (67-41) has the second-best mark in all baseball, behind solely the Dodgers (69-40). Caesars has the Brew Crew at +900, the third option to win all of it, trailing solely the Dodgers and Yankees.
