2024 World Series Outright Odds: Los Angeles Dodgers are the favorites

The Los Angeles Dodgers have separated themselves as World Series favorites with less than one month remaining in the 2024 MLB season.

The addition of Shohei Ohtani in the offseason made the Dodgers favorites to win the World Series, and they've held onto that status so far.

2024 World Series Odds

LA Dodgers	+320
PHI Phillies	+350
BAL Orioles	+650
NY Yankees	+650
HOU Astros	+1000
CLE Guardians	+1500
MIL Brewers	+1600
ATL Braves	+1700
SD Padres	+1700
KC Royals	+2000
NY Mets	+2000
ARI Diamondbacks	+2200

The Los Angeles Dodgers, so far, have reached expectations and remain as World Series favorites. Their odds have shortened from +375 in the preseason to +320 as they sit atop the NL West.

The Dodgers score the third-most runs per game (4.99) and allow the 10th-fewest (4.15). The team kept up a high level of play while dealing to injuries to key players, and with the likes of Mookie Betts and Max Muncy back, they'll hope starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto can return for the playoffs.

The Philadelphia Phillies are second in the World Series odds at +350 after having been +1100 before the season. The team went 62-34 in the first half of 2024, and it recovered from a slow start to the second half with a six-game winning streak in early September that was the culmination of a run of 11 wins in 13 games.

Philly had eight of its players named as All-Stars: Alec Bohm, Bryce Harper and Trea Turner were voted in as starters, and they were joined by pitchers Jeff Hoffman, Matt Strahm, Christopher Sanchez, Ranger Suarez and Zach Wheeler. This team is fifth in runs scored per game and eighth in runs allowed per game.

The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees, AL East rivals, have the joint-third shortest odds at +650.

Aaron Judge and Juan Soto have crushed the ball all season and sit first and fifth in WAR league-wide respectively, and the Yankees traded for Jazz Chisholm ahead of the trade deadline to bolster their lineup. Since the trade, Chisholm has a .946 OPS with nine home runs in 29 games while mostly playing third base, which he never played in MLB before the trade.

For the Orioles, shortstop Gunnar Henderson is playing at an MVP level with 8.3 WAR, and Anthony Santander, Adley Rutschman, Ryan Mountcastle, Ryan O'Hearn, and Jordan Westburg have also contributed heavily on offense.

Plus, Baltimore's top prospect and second baseman Jackson Holliday got called back up after struggling in his first short MLB spell, and he's hit the ground running this time with a grand slam in his first game back before homering in three straight games in early August.

The Houston Astros are fifth in the market as Yordan Alvarez, Jose Altuve and Yainer Diaz are all hitting .295 or higher, and Kyle Tucker recently returned from injury. On the mound, veteran starter Justin Verlander recently came back and closer Josh Hader has made 29 saves in 31 save opportunities.

Further back in the odds are the Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets and Arizona Diamondbacks, who are all between 15/1 and 22/1 to win the World Series.

Odds displayed within this article were correct at the time of writing and are subject to change.