Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Tigers favored to win the World Series, and other odds

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER They are both hot teams. Detroit swept the Yankees, the Giants clipped the Cardinals three straight times. But the oddsmakers are more impressed with the Tigers entering the World Series, which begins Wednedsay night. Here are the odds presented by RJ Bell of pregame.com World Series Odds: Tigers $170 wins $100 (implying 62% chance to win championship) Giants: $100 wins $150 (implying 38% chance to win championship) Game One: Tigers $170 wins $100 (implying 62% chance to win game one) Giants: $100 wins $150 (implying 38% chance to win game one) Tigers with the exact same odds to win game one and win the series. MVP Odds ($100 wins . . . ) Miguel Cabrera: +500 Buster Posey: +650 Justin Verlander: +800 Prince Fielder: +800 Delmon Young: +1200 Hunter Pence: +1200 Marco Scutaro: +1200 Pablo Sandoval: +1200 Fun Props Odds say: 60% chance the World Series goes 6 or 7 games ($165 wins $100 on YES) Giants to sweep World Series 4-0? $100 wins $1800 (18 to 1) Detroit Tigers do NOT hit a home run in World Series? $100 wins $2,500 (25 to 1)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

18:1 came up a winner.