Opening 2024 World Series Odds – Atlanta Braves Favored Over LA Dodgers, Texas Rangers

• The Atlanta Braves have opened as favorites in the 2024 World Series odds
• The reigning-champion Texas Rangers are tied for the third-best World Series odds
• See the 2024 World Series odds for all 30 MLB teams

Minutes before the Texas Rangers captured their first World Series with a 4-1 rout of the Arizona Diamondbacks in the best-of-seven final, sportsbooks released the 2024 World Series odds for all 30 teams in Major League Baseball.

The Rangers are near the top of the 2024 World Series futures, but not at the absolute apex. The mantle of 2024 World Series betting favorite goes to the team that racked up the most regular-season wins last year: the Atlanta Braves.

World Series Odds 2024

The current NL champions from Arizona are much further down the list than the team that finally ended their storybook playoff run. The Diamondbacks are only tied for the 14th-best odds at +2500, trailing four teams that didn’t make the postseason last year (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox, and New York Mets).

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Odds as of Nov. 1, 2023, at DraftKings Sportsbook.  

The longest odds on the board belong to the Colorado Rockies and Oakland Athletics at +15000. Oakland finished dead-last in the majors last year with just 50 wins and 112 losses. The Rockies were the worst team in the National League by a wide margin; their 59 wins were 12 fewer than any other team on the Senior Circuit.

Atlanta Braves Open as 2024 World Series Betting Favorites

The home-run happy Atlanta Braves, who led the league with 307 long balls, 104 wins, and +231 run differential, opened as +700 favorites in the 2024 World Series odds. The vast majority of Atlanta’s major contributors are still under contract for 2024; the biggest upcoming free agents are soon-to-be 40-year-old pitcher Charlie Morton and left fielder Eddie Rosario.

Presumptive NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr and 54-homer, 139-RBI first baseman Matt Olson will continue to lead the most-dangerous batting order in baseball.  Young ace Spencer Strider figures to open as the favorite in the NL Cy Young odds when the player-award betting markets open.

World Series-Champion Rangers Third Favorite to Repeat

After dominating the 2023 playoffs, the Rangers have opened as the +900 co-third-favorite to win the 2024 Fall Classic. A late-season slump saw Texas lose out on its first division title since 2016, but that bitter taste was washed away expeditiously in the postseason. Texas went a perfect 11-0 on the road in the playoffs and 16-4 overall en route the first championship in the 62-year history of the team that used to be known as the Washington Senators.

The biggest impending free agents on the Texas roster are starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery, who was second on the team with 31.0 innings in the playoffs and a team-leading 2.90 ERA (among starters). Also hitting the market are catcher Mitch Garver (.270/.370/.500 with 19 home runs in 87 regular-season games) and reliever Aroldis Chapman (3.09 ERA, 2.52 FIP in 58.1 regular-season innings).

If the likes of Corey Seager, Adolis Garcia, and budding superstar Josh Jung can stay healthy, the Rangers figure to have one of the most-formidable lineups in baseball once again.