American League Winner Showdown: Yankees Vs. Orioles Odds

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00:00Five teams, Donnie, in the American League at 7-1, we'll show you the NL odds in just

00:08a moment.

00:09That has really been a two-team race all year long.

00:12But there are five teams at 7-1 or shorter in the American League, only three at that

00:18price or better in the National League.

00:20So we expect it to be highly, highly competitive for that American League pennant.

00:24Yeah, and by the way, you are looking at those top two teams here, the Yankees and the Orioles,

00:28and rightfully so.

00:29Now, the FanBlue Sportsbook plus 240 and plus 280, I completely agree with that.

00:33I still think the Yankees have the slight upper hand here.

00:35I think they're going forward for the rest of the season as a complete team, just a little

00:40bit better than the O's.

00:41But that margin is close.

00:42And if you're telling me, hey, Don, I think the O's are going to win, look, there's arguments

00:45to be made for that as well.

00:46But if I'm looking in totality for the American League myself, Yankees, Orioles, clear-cut

00:51favorites here.

00:52Then, of course, Guardians, Astros, Twins, and Mariners.

00:54But if we're being honest, like if you are, I don't know, Yankees or Orioles fans, you

00:58expect to hopefully meet up, let's just say, in an ALCS at that point.

01:03But the thing that's going to happen here is, as we head down the stretch, right now,

01:06it's a dead heat in the American League East.

01:09And why that is big?

01:10Because both teams can't win a division here.

01:12They're in the same division.

01:13So once you see the Yankees and the Orioles win, you might be getting a really nice price

01:18point on number two.

01:20Because the Orioles, let's just say, plus 280, they're still the second-best team record-wise

01:25in the American League.

01:26They shouldn't be the second-best team in the odds market, because their path is going

01:29to be much harder, where other teams are going to have home-field advantage against the Baltimore

01:33Orioles.

01:34So maybe if you're looking at a stance like, you know what, Donny, I'm not ready to make

01:37a decision right now on who I think is going to win that division, Yankees or Orioles.

01:41But at the end of the season, let's just say the Yankees win it by two games or the Orioles

01:44win it by two games.

01:45I'm interested to see what that price point, not on the division champions going to be,

01:49but on the second-place team, because you're going to get a much better price point.

01:52And for me, I do think it's far and away, Ben, in the American League.

01:55The two best teams are the Yankees and the Orioles, and I don't think it's particularly

01:59close.