MLB Playoff Odds 2024 - Postseason Odds for Every Team (2024)

We continue to chronicle the MLB playoff odds as the season progresses with a look at every team's yes/no market to play in October.

The ring is the thing. Baseball's ultimate goal is the World Series, but you have to make it to October before you can start planning the parade. With expanded playoffs, the field is more wide open than ever before. And like always, you can still wager on one of the simpler markets available: will a team make the playoffs?

So let's look at a simple yes/no betting market and each team's MLB odds to reach baseball's postseason this October.

2024 MLB playoff odds

Team	Yes	No
Los Angeles Dodgers	-20,000	+2,500
Philadelphia Phillies	-10,000	+2,200
Atlanta Braves	-5,000	+1,500
New York Yankees	-5,000	+1,700
Baltimore Orioles	-900	+600
Cleveland Guardians	-550	+400
Seattle Mariners	-220	+180
Milwaukee Brewers	-215	+175
Kansas City Royals	-175	+145
Minnesota Twins	-160	+130
Chicago Cubs	-125	+105
San Diego Padres	+100	-120
San Francisco Giants	+125	-150
Houston Astros	+145	-175
Arizona Diamondbacks	+180	-220
St. Louis Cardinals	+200	-245
Texas Rangers	+200	-245
Boston Red Sox	+330	-425
Detroit Tigers	+360	-450
Toronto Blue Jays	+380	-500
Tampa Bay Rays	+400	-550
Cincinnati Reds	+550	-800
Pittsburgh Pirates	+700	-1,100
New York Mets	+750	-1,200
Los Angeles Angels	+2,200	-10,000
Washington Nationals	+2,500	-20,000
Oakland A's	+2,500	-20,000
Miami Marlins	+2,500	-20,000
Colorado Rockies	+2,500	-20,000
Chicago White Sox	OTB	OTB

Odds courtesy of DraftKings as of 5-29-24.

MLB playoff odds analysis

Ronald Acuna Jr. going down for the season with a torn ACL has caused at least a bit of a ripple in the playoff odds, though the expectation is his Atlanta Braves will indeed reach October. However, the Philadelphia Phillies have jumped up the board after storming to a big NL East lead, which will be harder for the Braves to overcome without Acuna.

Missouri hosts two other big movers in the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals. Before dropping three straight, the Royals had rattled off eight consecutive wins and have pulled within striking distance of the Cleveland Guardians — who have also been on a heater. Bobby Witt Jr. leads the American League in FanGraphs WAR (3.4) as he's slashing .303/.360/.548 with nine home runs and 16 stolen bases while playing elite defense.

The Cardinals were effectively declared dead in the water by mid-May after an extremely underwhelming start to the season, particularly from star hitters Paul Goldschmidt and Nolan Arenado (and Jordan Walker, who has since been dumped to Triple-A). St. Louis is 8-2 in its last 10, trails the Milwaukee Brewers by 4.5 games, and is only 1.5 games out of the final Wild Card.

MLB Postseason format

The MLB playoffs expanded in the 2022 season, adding an extra wild card to both the AL and NL, making it a total of 12 teams in the postseason.

The new format will see the top two division winners in each league (Seeds 1 and 2) get a first-round bye, while the third-best division winner (Seed 3) will host the third wild card (Seed 6) — and the two remaining wild cards (Seeds 4 and 5) will face off — in a three-game series.

Following the Wild Card Round, the No. 1 seed will face the winner of the two wild cards (Seeds 4/5), while the No. 2 seed will face the No. 3 vs No. 6 winner in the Divisional Round.

If the second-best record in the league does not come from a division winner (e.g. the San Francisco Giants in 2021), they will remain the top wild card — and not get a first-round bye.

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