Where Odds Sit Heading into The 2022 World Series

• The Houston Astros have -185 odds to beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series.
• The Astros are taking 59% of total bets to win Game 1 of the series.
• The Astros have -165 odds to win Game 1.

HOUSTON – The 2022 World Series is set and oddsmakers are all over the Houston Astros taking down the Philadelphia Phillies not just in Game 1, but to win the World Series overall. There are some factors that come into play that back the oddsmakers decision to list the Astros as the favorites outright.

2022 World Series Price Odds

• Houston Astros -185
• Philadelphia Phillies +155

First off, online betting sites had both teams going into the season in different positions on the World Series odds board. Houston opened as one of the top-5 favorites to win with +1000 odds and continuously saw their odds drop all throughout the season. Philly though went into the season at +2500 odds and saw them creep up to as high as +4000 at one point in the season before going into the playoffs with them set at +2800.

Diving deeper into each of their opening odds, there are strong signs that back both of their 2022 World Series odds. Starting with the Astros, the last time they won the World Series in 2017, they opened their season with +1200 odds. Fast track to the current season, this is the first time since then that their odds opened in the +1000 odds range as the rest of the seasons since then have been under +1000. As for the Phillies, they’re in a similar situation as the last time they won the World Series in 2009, their preseason odds came in at +2000 and haven’t opened in that range since then aside from this season.

Game 1 World Series Odds

Game 1 Odds

• Moneyline: Astros (-165) vs. Phillies (+139)
• Runline: Astros -1.5 (+135)
• Total: 6.5 Runs

Off the bat, Bovada is seeing some significant action on the Astros both on the moneyline and runline going into Game 1. Houston is currently taking in 60% of bets on the moneyline and 68% of runline bets.

Trends are also heavily in favor of the Astros beating the Phillies in Game 1 based on trends. Since 2004, in playoff games where the Astros are favored by -150 to -170 on the moneyline, they’ve gone 6-1 overall and 3-1 since 2017 in that scenario. The Phillies, on the other hand, have been a playoff underdog of +130 to +150 four times since 2007 and have gone 0-4 S/U in those games.

Houston has also dominated Philadelphia in recent years. When playing in Houston and the Astros are favored by -150 to -200 on the moneyline since 2001, the Astros have won seven straight over Philly in that scenario. Sine 2017, the Astros have seen one another five times in which Houston has gone 4-1. That includes two wins this season with Houston winning 10-0 in one of them.

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