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NYC MLB Season Preview: Tickets, Odds For Yankees, Mets
Oddsmakers give the New York Yankees the best chance to win this year's World Series and have the Mets as a middle-of-the-pack team.
NEW YORK, NY — This Thursday rings in the beginning of Major League Baseball's 2019 season and New Yorkers ought to be excited because, if for no other reason, it means spring has truly 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 on opening day.
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New York is a tale of two cities when it comes to its professional baseball teams. Up in the Bronx, the perennial powerhouse New York Yankees are an early favorite to take home the World Series. Oddsmakers have pegged the New York Mets of Flushing, Queens as a middle-of-the-pack team.
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Bookies give the Yankees a 14.3 percent chance to win the world series, which is best in the major leagues, and the Mets a 4 percent chance to win. Reigning champion, and heated rival of the Yankees, the Boston Red Sox are No. 2 with a 13.3 percent chance and rounding out the top five are the Houston Astros (13.3 percent), Los Angeles Dodgers (11.1 percent) and Philadelphia Phillies (7.7 percent).
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Here are the implied World Series odds for every team, according to Oddschecker:
- Yankees, 14.3 percent
- Red Sox, 13.3 percent
- Astros, 13.3 percent
- Dodgers, 11.1 percent
- Phillies, 7.7 percent
- Cubs, 6.7 percent
- Indians, 6.7 percent
- Cardinals, 5.3 percent
- Brewers, 5.3 percent
- Nationals, 5 percent
- Braves, 4.8 percent
- Mets, 4 percent
- Rockies, 3.4 percent
- Athletics, 2.9 percent
- Rays, 2 percent
- Angels, 2 percent
- Twins, 2 percent
- Pirates, 1.5 percent
- Diamondbacks, 1.4 percent
- Padres, 1.4 percent
- Mariners, 1.2 percent
- Blue Jays, 1.2 percent
- White Sox, 1 percent
- Reds, 1 percent
- Giants, 1 percent
- Rangers, 0.5 percent
- Tigers, 0.5 percent
- Royals, 0.4 percent
- Marlins, 0.4 percent
- Orioles, 0.2 percent
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.
Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.
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