Opening MLB Division Series Odds – ALDS & NLDS Series Prices (Yankees/Royals, Guardians/Tigers)
By Sascha Paruk in MLB Baseball
Updated: October 3, 2024 at 12:16 am EDTPublished:
- The ALDS matchups have been set with the Royals vs Yankees and Tigers vs Guardians
- The Yankees are big favorites while Detroit/Cleveland is nearly a pick’em
- Below, see the opening ALDS odds and NLDS odds (once the matchups are finalized)
After the minimum four games, both American League Wild Card Series have been completed, cementing the matchups for the 2024 ALDS, which will featured the #5 Kansas City Royals vs #1 New York Yankees, and the #6 Detroit Tigers vs #2 Cleveland Guardians.
The NLDS matchups could be finalized as early as tonight, with the Mets leading the Brewers 1-0, and Padres leading the Braves 1-0. The #1 LA Dodgers and #2 Philadelphia Phillies await the winners.
The table below lists the opening prices for both ALDS. The NLDS odds will be added when they are available.
ALDS & NLDS Odds 2024
Team (Seed) | Odds | Total Games |
---|---|---|
Kansas City Royals (5) | +190 | O 4.5 (+172) |
New York Yankees (1) | -230 | U 4.5 (-215) |
Team | Odds | Spread |
Detroit Tigers (6) | +102 | O 4.5 (+154) |
Cleveland Guardians (2) | -120 | U 4.5 (-192) |
Team | Odds | Spread |
San Diego Padres | +118 | O 4.5 (+152) |
LA Dodgers (1) | -138 | U 4.5 (-188) |
Team | Odds | Spread |
NYM/MIL | TBD | TBD |
Philadelphia Phillies (2) | TBD | TBD |
The latest MLB odds show both ALDS over/unders at 4.5 games, but with the under heavily favored in both matchups.
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The latest World Series odds continue to favor the Dodgers (+350) and Yankees (+390) with the Phillies (+), Padres (+750), and Guardians (+800) rounding out the top-five favorites.
Royals vs Yankees Odds
The top-seeded New York Yankees have opened as big -230 favorites in their best-of-five series with the Kansas City Royals. The over under lists under has been set at 4.5 (O +172/U -215).
The Royals and Yankees split their six regular-season meetings three games apiece.
Kansas City dispatched the Orioles in Baltimore in the minimum two games in the Wild Card round, limiting the O’s to just one run over 18 innings, though they only managed three runs, themselves, in a pair of one-run victories (1-0, 2-1).
Game 1 will be played on Saturday at 6:38 pm ET at Yankee Stadium. Gerrit Cole (3.41 ERA, 1.13 WHIP), the 2023 AL Cy Young-winner, is slated to start for New York. The Royals, who used top-two starters Cole Ragans and Seth Ludo in the Wild Card round, will likely turn to #3 starter Brady Singer (3.71 ERA, 1.27 WHIP).
Tigers vs Guardians Odds
The Detroit Tigers, one of the hottest teams in the final quarter of the regular season, kept up their momentum against the Houston Astros in the Wild Card round, winning two straight in Houston (3-1, 5-2) to sweep the best-of-three.
Detroit will now face their AL Central rivals from Cleveland in the ALDS. Cleveland won seven of 13 games against the Tigers in the regular season, including the last two. But the teams haven’t seen each other since the end of July.
Cleveland has opened as a very modest -120 favorite with the Tigers coming back at just +102. Like the Royals/Yankees series, Tigers vs Guardians will also start with Game 1 on Saturday. Detroit and Cleveland will play a matinee at 1:08 pm ET.
Tanner Bibee (3.47 ERA, 1.12 WHIP) is listed as the probable starter for the Guardians. The Tigers, whose pitching depth has been hammered by injuries, went with a bullpen game in the series finale against the O’s after presumptive AL Cy Young-winner Tarik Skubal dominated Game 1.
It’s unclear who manager AJ Hinch will hand the ball to in the opener against the Guardians.
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Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.