World Baseball Classic Odds, Betting Preview & How to Watch – Where to Find the Best Price for Every Team
By Sascha Paruk in News
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- The 2026 World Baseball Classic runs from March 4th to 17th
- Odds for the 20-team tournament are available at both sportsbooks and prediction markets
- See 2026 WBC odds, including the best price for all 20 teams
The sixth edition of the World Baseball Classic gets underway in roughly 48 hours and will feature daily action until the championship game in Miami, FL, on March 17th. Team USA is heavily favored to win the 20-team tournament, despite only claiming of the previous fifth titles.
Both traditional sportsbooks and prediction markets have posted World Baseball Classic odds, and bettors will find significantly different prices depending where they look.
The table below compares the WBC odds at two leading sportsbooks (bet365 and DraftKings) and prediction site Kalshi. The Kalshi prices are accompanied by the moneyline equivalent in parentheses.
World Baseball Classic Odds
Based on the currently prices, bettors can get better value on ten teams by purchasing “yes” contracts at Kalshi. Japan is listed at a market-best price of +350 at bet365. Kalshi’s 23¢ price is equal to a +335 moneyline.
Bettors can also get bigger payouts on the nine biggest longshots by using a traditional sportsbook, as Kalshi’s “yes” prices don’t go lower than 1¢, so their “moneyline” equivalent effectively maxes out at +9900. In this top-heavy tournament, almost half the field is listed at +10000 or longer at bet365.
The graphic above lists up-to-the-minute “yes” prices to win the 2026 WBC at Kalshi. If the odds move before the tournament begins, it will be reflected in below. Readers who haven’t signed up at Kalshi yet can claim SBD’s Kalshi referral code to get a bonus to use on the WBC (or other events).
2026 WBC Groups
Chinese Taipei is currently the second-rated team in the WBSC rankings, but was a pot 5 team and is listed at +15000 or longer at sportsbooks.
The USA received a rather favorable draw. The only previous medalist in its five-team group is Mexico, which is coming off a third-place finish in 2023, its first top-three finish ever at the WBC.
The top-two teams from each group will advance to the eight-team knockout stage.
How to Watch 2026 World Baseball Classic
The viewing options for the 2026 WBC will vary by region. Stateside, FOX Sports has exclusive broadcast rights. Between its flagship station and secondary channels, Fox Sports will air all 47 games live. FOX Sports is available through the streaming service Fubo TV.
Sportsnet will carry WBC games in Canada, while Netflix has the broadcast rights in Japan.
The Pool A, B, and C round-robin games will take place in the country of the Pot 1 team: Puerto Rico for Pool A, USA (specifically) Houston for Pool B, and Japan (specifically Tokyo) for Pool C.
Unsurprisingly, Pool D won’t take place in Venezuela, and if you don’t know why, you need to pay a little more attention to non-sports news. All Pool D games will be played in Miami, FL, which will also host all seven knockout-stage games. (Note that there is no third-place game; the third-place team is the semifinal loser that performed better during the tournament.)
WBC Winners by Year
This is the sixth WBC in roughly its current iteration, though the field expanded from 16 teams (2003, 2009, 2013, 2017) to 20 teams in the most-recent edition in 2023.
Japan has the best track record over the five previous WBCs, with three titles and two third-place finishes. Shohei Ohtani won the MVP award during the most-recent tournament in 2023, though MVP awards are doled out to each of the four groups after round-robin play, and then another is awarded for the eight-team knockout stage.
Team USA won its first and so far only crown in USA, powered by an MVP performance from Marcus Stroman.
The following table lists the four five-team groups for the 2026 WBC, along with each team’s current WBSC ranking which, as readers will soon find out, count for little in the eyes of oddsmakers.
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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.
