2025 American League Pennant Odds and Expert Picks

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00:00both looking at the American League. DRS went with the Rangers at an eight to one price.

00:04Donnie, I'm surprised you did not go with the Boston Red Sox. And it should be made a distinction

00:09atop those AL pennant prices. All the three best numbers hail from the same division in the AL

00:16East. The Yanks still the favorites. The O's at plus 650. The Red Sox at plus 750. I feel like

00:22Boston, those in Fenway this year, that's your American League team in 2025. It is. And I do

00:29like them. And I'm going to bet them a lot on a day-to-day basis, the RBI props. I love the way

00:32that lineup is. The reason I went with the Rangers as opposed to taking the Boston Red Sox was the

00:37division they play in. I think it's much more manageable for me to get a win for the Rangers

00:42in their division. And you might say, well, Donnie, that doesn't mean pennant, but it means

00:45you get home field advantage in that first round. If I'm vying against the Yankees and the Orioles,

00:49where I might be a wild card team, it's just a tougher path to win the actual pennant. So that

00:54was my thought process behind it. I do like the Red Sox a lot. I just think the path might be a

00:58little bit easier come playoff time for the Rangers than it would be for a wild card team,

01:02which might be the Boston Red Sox. It's a good point. The Yankees are still the favorites,

01:06but of course the big story for New York, it is not Garrett Cole getting the start today

01:10to throw out that first pitch for the Yanks in our first pitch of opening day. It's Carlos Rodon

01:16Cole out for the entirety of this season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, my pennant pick

01:22in the American league, the Detroit Tigers at a 10 to one number. I believe in Tarek Scoble.

01:29I believe in the addition of Jack Flaherty back in the motor city. I believe in this

01:33young Tigers roster led by AJ Hinch that got the playoff experience a year ago. Their first time

01:39in the post season since 2014, their first playoff win in over a decade as well, hosting a playoff

01:46game inside Comerica park in Detroit. That was news alone. You have that experience and now you

01:53get from that DRS valuable growth. I'm going to go with the Detroit Tigers to win the American

01:59league pennant at a 10 to one price. It has been a long time since even a team from the American

02:05league central has won the pennant in the AL since 2016 when Cleveland did so to take on the cubbies

02:12in a world series. I'm going to back the Detroit Tigers at a price that I like a 10 to one number.