The latest odds from BetOnline are out, and the Texas Rangers are currently at 14:1 to with the American League West. That gives them the fourth-best odds out of the five teams in the A.L. West, ahead of only Seattle (which is at 100:1). The Houston Astros are the favorites, at 4:9, while the Oakland A’s are at 7:2 and the Anaheim Angels are at 6:1.
The Rangers are at 33:1 in the odds to win the American League pennant — no other American League team is really in that same vicinity, as Cleveland, Chicago, Oakland and Boston are all in the 12:1 to 16:1 range among the teams with immediately better odds than Texas, while the Toronto Blue Jays are at 50:1.
The favorites in the American League are the New York Yankees, at 3:2 odds, and the Houston Astros are at 4:1 odds. The Minnesota Twins are the third choice currently, at 8:1.
In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers are at 8:5 to make the World Series, while the Atlanta Braves are the second choice at 15:2, with the New York Mets, Washington Nationals and St. Louis Cardinals from 8:1 to 9:1.