Opening World Series Odds for Every MLB Team in 2023 (World Champion Astros Not Favorites to Repeat)
By Ben Heisler
The Houston Astros finished their 2022 campaign with the best record in the American League, as well as a World Series championship, and the oddsmakers still don't have them at the top of the list to bring it back in 2023.
Instead, it's the Los Angeles Dodgers, falling short in 2022 to their division rival San Diego Padres in the NLDS, but coming off a season where they won 111 ballgames, and outscored their opponents by 334 runs last year. Via Sam McQuillan, L.A. has now opened as the World Series favorite for the third consecutive season.
Oddsmakers are less bullish on Houston's 2022 World Series counterpart in the Philadelphia Phillies, putting them on the board at +1300 to return and capture the Fall Classic next year. The Phillies rank seventh on the board behind two different teams in their division in the Atlanta Braves (+800) and New York Mets (+1100).
Perhaps the most surprising top tier team is the Chicago White Sox, who enter next season right behind the NL Pennant winning Phillies at +1400. After opening last year as a massive favorite to win the AL Central, the White Sox finished 11 games back of the Cleveland Guardians with an 81-81 year, going just 37-44 at home. Now armed with a new manager in former Kansas City Royals bench coach Pedro Grifol, perhaps the books feel a bounce-back is inevitable with a talented, yet inconsistent squad on Chicago's south side.
“We’re going to prepare every night to kick your ass.”
— Chuck Garfien (@ChuckGarfien) November 3, 2022
New White Sox manager Pedro Grifol on the White Sox Talk Podcast. 🎙🎧https://t.co/NZkLwcnL8Y pic.twitter.com/deKtb1S2Y9
Curious to know how every team stacks up in their quest to conquer next year's October?
Here are your opening World Series odds for every MLB team ahead of the 2023 season via DraftKings Sportsbook:
Every MLB Team's World Series Odds for 2023
Odds are as of Monday, November 7, 2022 at DraftKings Sportsbook
- Los Angeles Dodgers +500
- Houston Astros +600
- Atlanta Braves +800
- New York Yankees +900
- Toronto Blue Jays +900
- New York Mets +1100
- Philadelphia Phillies +1300
- Chicago White Sox +1400
- San Diego Padres +1400
- St. Louis Cardinals +1700
- Seattle Mariners +1900
- Milwaukee Brewers +2000
- Tampa Bay Rays +2200
- Boston Red Sox +2500
- Los Angeles Angels +3000
- San Francisco Giants +3500
- Cleveland Guardians +4000
- Minnesota Twins +4000
- Baltimore Orioles +4000
- Texas Rangers +5000
- Detroit Tigers +5000
- Miami Marlins +5000
- Chicago Cubs +6000
- Arizona Diamondbacks +7000
- Kansas City Royals +7000
- Colorado Rockies +8000
- Cincinnati Reds +9000
- Washington Nationals +10000
- Pittsburgh Pirates +10000
- Oakland Athletics +10000
Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change.