Wizofodds.com

An outfit called Las Vegas Sports Consultants who dispenses odds to 90% of the casinos in Nevada also ranks the thirty Major League Baseball teams on a weekly basis during the regular season. I would believe the sports book managers use these ratings to adjust their future prices on teams to win the American and National League Championships as well as the World Series. Their week twelve poll has the Boston Red Sox and the Los Angeles Dodgers ranked first and second respectively. The Sox with a record of 44-28 .611 and the Dodgers sporting a MLB best record of 47-26 .644  are the only two teams playing +.600 baseball. They both have 25-10 home records but Joe Torre’s group has experienced much more success on the road going 22-16 versus the Sox who have only gone 19-18. They have the New York Yankees ranked third and with a record of 40-32 they have fallen four games behind the Red Sox and have the Toronto Blue Jays 40-34 and Tampa Bay Rays 39-35 breathing down their necks. The regular readers of this space know that I wagered on the Blue Jays to win the American League pennant at 17 to 1 back in May. LVSC has Toronto ranked number ten up from position fourteen last week. It is my observation over the years that the REAL contenders usually stay within five games of their division lead so I have not given up hope that when they get ace Ray Halladay back in the rotation they can make a run at the boys from Fenway. The Blue Jays have been forced due to injuries to use eleven different starters five of whom are rookies. Baseball is the streakiest sport of all and this year’s edition of the Colorado Rockies are living proof of that. The Rockies have gone  17-3 since June 4th which has earned them the number 18 post in this week’s rankings. The defending world champions Phillies are ranked 4th and lead the Mets by a half game in the NL East Division. They are a league best 24-11 on the road but are an unexplainable 13-22 at home. The team I wagered on in May to win the National League Pennant the St Loius Cardinals are ranked 7th in this week’s LVSC poll.  They currently hold a one game lead over the Milwaukee Brewers a team they have exchanged the division lead with multiple times over the course of this season. The Red Birds have also suffered injuries to their pitching staff and the return of ace Chris Carpenter should tell us if they are REAL pennant contenders or middle of the road pretenders. Below I have listed the top ten as well as the bottom ten in this week’s LVSC rankings. The bottom ten might be a good way to start a bet against list for the next month or so.

Here are MLB’s worst teams according to the Las Vegas Sports Consultants

I find these weekly rankings intriguing and I have a lot of respect for the people over at Las Vegas Sports Consultants and their numbers but we haven’t even started the dog days of summer so I am in no hurry to concede the AL and NL Pennants to the Red Sox and Dodgers. Anyway the time to play the futures for Major League Baseball has come and gone. The sports books and offshore establishments have lowered the odds on all the REAL contenders to unbettable odds for most astute handicappers. Thanks for listening.

Uncategorized Weekly MLB rankings mean little today