Breaking Down the Betting Odds for NL East Division

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00:00If we look at the fan blue sports book right now with odds to win that division, it's Atlanta

00:04Braves at a plus 2125 number, followed by the Phillies at a plus 195 number, and then we get

00:10down to the Mets at plus 220, the Nats at 80 to one, and then the Marlins, always like these,

00:16not to win the World Series, to win their own division, 360 to one. So just like we started

00:22to talk about the NL standings for overall winning the pennant, does Mark agree that the Atlanta

00:27Braves at a plus 125 price should be the favorite right now in the NLEs at the fan blue sports book?

00:35That is a price because of the pedigree. Again, what they have done in the past

00:40has curried enough favor with odds makers to turn around and go,

00:43this is the favorite to win this division. Are they the best team in the division?

00:47I don't know. I think there's a toss up between all three of them that could tell you that they're

00:52the best team in the division. That's why the odds were all within a dollar of each other,

00:57because it's really, really close. So this is one of those things where it's like, hey,

01:03if you're going to try and bet one of these teams to win the division, good luck. Again,

01:10it doesn't provide you with a lot of value or a position that's going to be favorable down the

01:14road. I would look to the win totals more than anything and say, hey, if you believe in the team,

01:21believe them to go over their win total, because guess what? You can hit that bet and they don't

01:25have to win the division. The Bats could still win 91 games and not win the division. The Braves

01:30could win 94 games and not win the division. You're probably going to get better odds off

01:36the win total numbers than you would anything else as far as a way to make a wager on which

01:42of those three teams is going to win this thing. I just would look to an alternate market because

01:46I think it's very, very close.