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Nobody Is Betting the Best Team in the American League

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Comparison graphic showing the Tampa Bay Rays opened the 2026 season at +5000 to win the World Series and enter August 2 at 65-45, the best record in the American League. Their price is now +1200 to +1700, but they rank 13th in tickets and 12th in handle at BetMGM.

The trade deadline closes Monday at 6 p.m. Eastern, and Tampa Bay goes into Sunday holding the best record in the American League at 65-45. Rays World Series odds have come in from 50-1 to somewhere near 16-1 since Opening Day. The money has not followed. On BetMGM’s championship board in the last week of … Read more