MLB Playoffs: How the Dodgers dominated the Phillies and advanced to the NLCS
After a Phillies pitcher error in Game 4, the Dodgers advance to the NLCS.
With the 2025 World Series just days away, bettors across the country are trying to answer the age-old question: “Who will win?”
Will the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers win? They are a talented team and have made it through the playoffs so far. Or will it be the Toronto Blue Jays? They are the No. 1 seed in the American League, have home-field advantage in this series, and are fresh off a dramatic come-from-behind victory in Game 7 of the ALCS.
Here are the odds for each team heading into Game 1.
2025 World Series Odds:
All odds via BetMGM
Who will win?
According to BetMGM, the Dodgers are favorites to win the 2025 World Series.
- Dodgers (-220)
- Blue Jays (+180)
According to betting odds, the most likely outcome of the series is a tie between the fifth-place Dodgers and the sixth-place Dodgers. The odds for either series outcome are (+350). According to the odds, the most unlikely outcome is a Blue Jays sweep at (+1800).
World Series MVP odds
Here are the players with the top 15 odds to win World Series MVP:
- Shohei Otani, DH/SP, LAD (+165)
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, TOR (+600)
- George Springer, DH/OF, TOR (+1000)
- Freddie Freeman, 1B, LAD (+1300)
- Teoscar Hernandez, OF, LAD (+1600)
- Mookie Betts, SS, LAD (+1800)
- Beau Bichette, SS, TOR (+2000)
- Blake Snell, SP, LAD (+2000)
- Dalton Varsho, OF, TOR (+2500)
- Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR (+3000)
- Max Muncy, 3B, LAD (+3000)
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, SP, LAD (+3000)
- Will Smith, C, LAD (+3500)
- Tommy Edman, 2B, LAD (+3500)
- Addison Berger, 3B, TOR (+4000)
Game 1 odds, lines
- Spread: Dodgers (-1.5)
- Money line: Dodgers (-150); Blue Jays (+125)
- Top/Bottom: 7.5
2025 World Series Schedule
* — if required
- Game 1: Friday, October 24th, Dodgers vs. Blue Jays, 8pm ET on FOX.
- Game 2: Saturday, October 25th, Dodgers vs. Blue Jays, 8pm ET on FOX.
- Game 3: Monday, October 27, Blue Jays vs. Dodgers, 8pm ET on FOX.
- Game 4: Tuesday, October 28th, Blue Jays vs. Dodgers, 8pm ET on FOX.
- *Game 5: Wednesday, Blue Jays vs. Dodgers, airs October 29th at 8pm ET on FOX
- *Game 6: Friday, October 31st, Dodgers vs. Blue Jays, 8pm ET on FOX
- *Game 7: Saturday, November 1, Dodgers vs. Blue Jays, 8pm ET on FOX
