A huge weekend in American League baseball begins Friday night when the New York Yankees host the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Houston Astros visit the Boston Red Sox. According to betting markets, those are four of the five teams most likely to win the AL this season.
Though we’re just past the 25 percent mark in the 2019 campaign, the playoff picture already is very well defined. Betting markets are saying the five American League qualifiers (three divisional winners and two wild cards) very likely will come from just six teams.
Here’s a quick peek at William Hill’s odds to win the AL for those six contenders, with money-line equivalents in parentheses:
Astros 12/5 (+240), Yankees 7/2 (+350), Red Sox 4/1 (+400), Twins 11/2 (+550), Rays 7/1 (+700), Indians 15/2 (+750).