Historical MLB Playoff Odds from Past Seasons

• This page is dedicated to preserving MLB win totals from past seasons
• The seasons are listed in reverse chronological order, below
• Looking for the this season’s MLB playoff odds?

SBD has tracked the MLB win totals odds in for all 30 teams since 2018 (with the exception of 2024). This page preserves the MLB win totals from past seasons.

Readers can use the jump links below to see how the odds progressed in each individual season.

2025 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020

2025 National League Playoff Odds

Final Odds to Make the 2025 National League Playoffs

Odds as of September 26th at DraftKings Sportsbook. 

2025 National League Playoffs Odds Movement Timeline

• September 26 – Just one NL playoff spot remains and the Mets may yet hang on to it. New York is getting -330 to pick up the sixth seed, thanks to their one-game cushion over the Reds.
• July 17 – The Brewers entered the All-Star Break having won six in a row and are now getting a short -330 to make the NL Playoffs.
• May 7 – After getting plus-money odds to open the season, the Padres (-210) are a likely candidate to nab a NL Wild Card at season’s end.
• April 10 – The Braves’ slow start to the season have seen their playoff odds already drop from -400 to -185, though they’re still getting the fourth-best odds in the National League.
• February 19 – The opening MLB Playoffs odds in the National League has four clear frontrunners (the Dodgers, Braves, Phillies, and Mets) before a mess of teams vying for the final two spots, ranging from the Cubs at -140 down to the Cardinals and Pirates at +360 each.

2025 American League Playoff Odds

Final Odds to Make the 2025 American League Playoffs

Odds as of September 26th at DraftKings Sportsbook. 

Notes on the latest MLB Playoffs odds movement in the American League include:

• September 26 – The collapse of the Detroit Tigers may have been preempted… only by the collapse of the Houston Astros, who at +295 are now on the outside looking in.
• July 17 – Just a few weeks removed from a push to top the AL East, the Rays are starting to fade. Their AL Playoff odds have dropped from -105 to +160 coming out of the break.
• May 7 – Big shakeup in the American League Playoff odds with the Tigers climbing as high as -500 to lead the way, while the Orioles plummet from +145 to +280.
• April 10 – The Texas Rangers have nearly climbed to the top of the AL Playoffs odds table, going from -130 to -240 in the two weeks since Opening Day.
• February 19 – Going into Spring Training, the New York Yankees are the only clear favorite to make the American League playoffs. In terms of probability, there’s just a 10.1% difference between the Texas Rangers with the fourth best odds at -125 and the Cleveland Guardians with the 10th best at +120.

2023 National League Playoff Odds

Odds as of July 10, 2023.

2023 American League Playoff Odds

Odds as of July 10, 2023.

2022 National League Playoff Favorites

Teams Still on the Board All NL Teams

Closing 2022 NL Playoff Odds

Odds as of September 27, 2022

• Sep. 12: The only real question in the NL is whether the Brewers (+170) can catch either the Phillies (-1200) or Padres (-390). MIL currently trails SD by two games and PHI by 3.5.
• July 20: At the All-Star break, the Giants have faded from -135 to +131, while the Cardinals have improved from -110 to -158.
• April 7: The Dodgers are massive -1100 favorites to make the NL playoff field. Seven other teams are odds-on favorites: the Braves (-370), Brewers (-285), Mets (-245), Padres (-245), Phillies (-140), Giants (-135), and Cardinals (-110).

2022 American League Playoff Favorites

Teams Still on the Board All AL Teams

Closing 2022 AL Playoff Odds

Odds as of September 27, 2022

• Sep. 12: The Orioles (+1230) have slipped 5.5 games back of the final Wild Card, but the White Sox (+260) are just 2.5 games behind the Guardians (-295) for the AL Central lead. That’s the only real playoff question mark in the AL.
• July 20: The Twins have mad the biggest improvement at the All-Star break, going from +188 at the start of the season to -120.
• April 7: The Blue Jays open as the biggest playoff favorites in the AL at -425, followed by the Astros (-400). The Orioles, as usual, are the longest shot (+1800).

2021 National League Playoff Odds

Top Three Top Six All Remaining All Teams

Odds as of Sep. 20, 2021.

• Sep. 20: The Cardinals have improved from +900 at the start of September to -290, on average, today.
• Sep. 13: The Braves shortened to -650, while the Phillies (+450) and Mets (+550) cling to slim hopes in the NL East.
• Aug. 31: The Giants and Brewers have been taken off the board with their playoff berths all but certain. The Mets faded to a devastating +900 as the second-half collapse rolls on.
• Aug. 22: Atlanta (-425) has built a five-game stranglehold in the NL East. The Phillies (+425) and Mets (+700) have become big longshots, also sitting five games out of a Wild Card spot.
• Aug. 16: The Padres faded from -400 to -215. Their lead in the race for the NL’s second Wild Card is down to 2.5 games over the Reds (+225) and 4.5 over the Cardinals (+1000). They are 10 back of the Giants in the NL West, so the division is out of reach.
• Aug. 12: The Braves have improved from +310 to +165 over the past eight days and they are now tied for the NL East lead with the Phillies (+160). The Mets (+165) are one game back.
• Aug. 10: The Mets’ make/miss odds are now at +180/-220, almost the inverse of where they were a week ago. They’ve lost four straight and eight of ten.
• Aug. 8: The race in the NL East is scalding hot. The Phillies (+135) have a 1.5-game lead on the Mets (+135) and two games on the Braves (+225).
• May 25: The Giants were -2000 to miss at the start of the season but are now just -230 thanks to a 28-19 start.
• Feb. 22: No huge surprises in the opening odds. LAD is a -1400 favorite, followed by division-rival SD (-595) and three-time defending NL East champion ATL (-268).

2021 American League Playoff Odds

Top Three Top Six All Remaining All Teams

Odds as of Sep. 13, 2021.

• Sep. 20: The Yankees continue to fade, going from -145 odds-on favorites to a +165 longshot with just 14 games remaining. They are 1.5 games out of the second Wild Card.
• Sep. 13: As short as -1600 about ten days ago, the Yankees have faded to -145 thanks to a miserable 2-8 run that included a four-game sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays, who moved from the +500 range to -215.
• Aug. 31: The A’s have faded to +390 on average, now sitting two games out of the final Wild-Card berth.
• Aug. 22: New York has won nine straight and sits in the first Wild Card. Their odds improved from -140 to -700 in the process. Toronto was the biggest casualty of the Yankees’ run, fading from +190 to +400.
• Aug. 16: The Yankees are still 2.5 games behind both Boston and Oakland in the Wild Card race, but remain -140 favorites to make the postseason.
• Aug. 12: The Jays (+100) are pushing hard and that’s making the Yankees (-115) fade along with the Red Sox (-220).
• Aug. 10: The Red Sox’ odds to make the postseason faded from -285 to -225 as the Yankees (-145), A’s (-105), and Blue Jays (+115) creep closer.
• Aug. 8: The Yankees are still -170 favorites to get in despite trailing Oakland by 1.5 games for the second AL Wild Card and sitting 5.5 back of Tampa in the AL East.
• May 25: The Twins’ odds to make the postseason have faded from -157 to +980 due to a horrid 18-29 record at roughly the quarter-mark of the season.
• Feb. 22: NYY (-950) is the runaway favorite in the opening AL playoff odds. CHW is a distant second at -288.

2020 National League Playoff Odds

Top-Five Favorites Second-Tier Contenders Longshots

• July 15: The Braves (+103) have joined the Dodgers (+688) as the only NL teams that are plus money to miss the playoffs.
• Mar. 5: The Cubs have dropped from +140 to +152, while NL Central rival Cincinnati has improved from +170 to +155.
• Feb. 25: The early money (which tends to be from sharps) is fading two teams in the NL: the Padres fell from +210 to +245, while the Cardinals dropped from -110 to +110.
• Feb 18: The opening NL playoff odds favor the Dodgers, Nationals, Cardinals, and Braves returning to the postseason, with the Mets ever-so-slightly favored to claim the final spot.

2020 NL Playoff Odds

Odds as of July 15, 2020.

2020 American League Playoff Odds

Top-Five Favorites Second-Tier Contenders Longshots

• July 15: The shorter season has narrowed the gap between the favorites and the second-tier contenders. NYY dropped from -3267 to -577.
• Mar. 5: Bettors are buying into the Twins repeating their 2019 performance; Minnesota’s odds improved from -210 to -237.
• Feb. 25: Not a single AL team has moved as far as the make/miss odds in the first week of betting action.
• Feb. 18: If the early chalk holds, the 2020 American League playoffs will feature the Yankees, Twins, Astros, Rays, and Athletics … the exact same field as last year.

2020 AL Playoff Odds

Odds as of July 15, 2020.