MLB Opening Day: Tickets, World Series Odds For Diamondbacks

PHOENIX – MLB Opening Day is Thursday and Diamondbacks fans ought to be excited because, if for no other reason, it means spring has really arrived. Big names including Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, Aaron Nola, Corey Kluber, Zack Greinke and Chris Sale are among the aces slated to take the mound this year.

The Diamondbacks drew a tough opponent to start the year in the Los Angeles Dodgers. The teams will play at 1:10 p.m. Thursday at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Tickets to the game can be bought today for as little as $71. Enter the promo code “PatchTickets10” to get 10 percent off.

Heading into the 2019 season, oddsmakers are pessimistic about the Diamondbacks’ chances to win the World Series. According to Oddschecker.com, the team has the 19th best chance to come home with a championship this year at 1.4 percent. The Dodgers, as usual, lead the NL in odds at 11.1 percent. Bookies give the Rockies a 3.4 percent chance to win a title, the Padres a 1.4 percent chance, and the Giants just 1 percent.

Oddsmakers are most bullish on the revamped New York Yankees, followed by the defending champion Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros. In contrast, bookies give the Yankees a 14.3 percent chance to win the title. The Red Sox and Astros each have a 13.3 percent chance to win the World Series.

Confused? Basically, all you need to know is the teams with the higher percentages are more likely to win it all than the teams with the lower percentages. That means a successful $100 bet on the Yankees to win it all would result in a payout of $700. The payout for the Red Sox and Astros would be $750.

Here are the implied World Series odds for every team, according to Oddschecker:

1. Yankees, 14.3 percent
2. Red Sox, 13.3 percent
3. Astros, 13.3 percent
4. Dodgers, 11.1 percent
5. Phillies, 7.7 percent
6. Cubs, 6.7 percent
7. Indians, 6.7 percent
8. Cardinals, 5.3 percent
9. Brewers, 5.3 percent
10. Nationals, 5 percent
11. Braves, 4.8 percent
12. Mets, 4 percent
13. Rockies, 3.4 percent
14. Athletics, 2.9 percent
15. Rays, 2 percent
16. Angels, 2 percent
17. Twins, 2 percent
18. Pirates, 1.5 percent
19. Diamondbacks, 1.4 percent
20. Padres, 1.4 percent
21. Mariners, 1.2 percent
22. Blue Jays, 1.2 percent
23. White Sox, 1 percent
24. Reds, 1 percent
25. Giants, 1 percent
26. Rangers, 0.5 percent
27. Tigers, 0.5 percent
28. Royals, 0.4 percent
29. Marlins, 0.4 percent
30. Orioles, 0.2 percent

The Orioles, Marlins, Royals, Tigers and Rangers represent the bottomfeeders this year. In fact, the odds are so low for the Orioles to win it all that you could turn $100 into a new BMW or Cadillac. The Orioles have the worst odds this year with just a 0.2 percent chance. This means that a successful $100 bet on the Orioles would result in the gambler earning a massive payout of just over $40,000.

Perhaps the biggest early storyline this year will be how much newly acquired phenom Bryce Harper will boost the Philadelphia Phillies. According to OddsShark, The Phillies’ World Series odds jumped from 7.69 percent before signing Harper all the way to 10.5 percent after he joined the team.

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