Cleveland Indians Opening Day: Tickets, Title Odds

CLEVELAND — MLB Opening Day is Thursday and Indians fans ought to be excited because, if for no other reason, it means spring has really arrived. Tribe ace Corey Kluber is slated to take the mound in Minnesota when the team opens with a three-game away stand against the Twins.

The Tribe will make their triumphant return to the cozy confines of Progressive Field on April 1, when they take on the Chicago White Sox in the home opener. With the glimmering hope of the 2019 season intact, oddsmakers are bullish on the Tribe's chances to win the World Series. According to Oddschecker.com, the Indians have a 6.7 percent chance to come home with a championship. Before you sniff, the Tribe have the seventh best odds of winning the Fall Classic.

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Who's got a chance than the Indians of winning in October? Oddsmakers are most bullish on the revamped New York Yankees, followed by the defending champion Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros. Bookies give the Yankees a 14.3 percent chance to win the title. The Red Sox and Astros each have a 13.3 percent chance to win the World Series.

Confused? Basically, all you need to know is the teams with the higher percentages are more likely to win it all than the teams with the lower percentages. That means a successful $100 bet on the Yankees to win it all would result in a payout of $700. The payout for the Red Sox and Astros would be $750.

Here are the implied World Series odds for every team, according to Oddschecker:

1. Yankees, 14.3 percent
2. Red Sox, 13.3 percent
3. Astros, 13.3 percent
4. Dodgers, 11.1 percent
5. Phillies, 7.7 percent
6. Cubs, 6.7 percent
7. Indians, 6.7 percent
8. Cardinals, 5.3 percent
9. Brewers, 5.3 percent
10. Nationals, 5 percent
11. Braves, 4.8 percent
12. Mets, 4 percent
13. Rockies, 3.4 percent
14. Athletics, 2.9 percent
15. Rays, 2 percent
16. Angels, 2 percent
17. Twins, 2 percent
18. Pirates, 1.5 percent
19. Diamondbacks, 1.4 percent
20. Padres, 1.4 percent
21. Mariners, 1.2 percent
22. Blue Jays, 1.2 percent
23. White Sox, 1 percent
24. Reds, 1 percent
25. Giants, 1 percent
26. Rangers, 0.5 percent
27. Tigers, 0.5 percent
28. Royals, 0.4 percent
29. Marlins, 0.4 percent
30. Orioles, 0.2 percent

The Orioles, Marlins, Royals, Tigers and Rangers represent the bottomfeeders this year. In fact, the odds are so low for the Orioles to win it all that you could turn $100 into a new BMW or Cadillac. The Orioles have the worst odds this year with just a 0.2 percent chance. This means that a successful $100 bet on the Orioles would result in the gambler earning a massive payout of just over $40,000.

Perhaps the biggest early storyline this year will be how much newly acquired phenom Bryce Harper will boost the Philadelphia Phillies. According to OddsShark, The Phillies’ World Series odds jumped from 7.69 percent before signing Harper all the way to 10.5 percent after he joined the team.

Patch national staffer Dan Hampton contributed to this report.

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