Major League Baseball

2025 World Series odds: Dodgers favored as spring training begins

Updated Feb. 20, 2025 11:59 a.m. ET

The countdown to the 2025 MLB Fall Classic has officially begun, with spring training starting Thursday.

The Dodgers blew past the Yankees in the 2024 World Series, winning 4-1 to earn their second title in the past five years.

With a revamped pitching staff, will L.A. make it three in six years at the conclusion of next season? Or, will the Mets — whom the Dodgers defeated in the 2024 NLCS — make a run after the addition of Juan Soto?

Let's take a look at the early odds to win next year's Fall Classic at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Feb. 20.

World Series winner 2025:

Los Angeles Dodgers: +300 (bet $10 to win $40 total)
Atlanta Braves: +750 (bet $10 to win $85 total)
New York Yankees: +800 (bet $10 to win $90 total)
New York Mets: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Philadelphia Phillies: +1200 (bet $10 to win $130 total)
Houston Astros: +1500 (bet $10 to win $160 total)
Baltimore Orioles: +1700 (bet $10 to win $180 total)
Boston Red Sox: +2200 (bet $10 to win $230 total)
Texas Rangers: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Arizona Diamondbacks: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
Minnesota Twins: +2500 (bet $10 to win $260 total)
San Diego Padres: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)
Seattle Mariners: +2800 (bet $10 to win $290 total)
Chicago Cubs: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Kansas City Royals: +3000 (bet $10 to win $310 total)
Detroit Tigers: +3500 (bet $10 to win $360 total)
Cleveland Guardians: +4000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Milwaukee Brewers: +5000 (bet $10 to win $410 total)
Tampa Bay Rays: +5000 (bet $10 to win $510 total)
Toronto Blue Jays: +6000 (bet $10 to win $610 total)
San Francisco Giants: +8000 (bet $10 to win $810 total)
Cincinnati Reds: +10000 (bet $10 to win $1,010 total)
St. Louis Cardinals: +12000 (bet $10 to win $1,210 total)
Pittsburgh Pirates: +12000 (bet $10 to win $1,210 total)
Los Angeles Angels: +20000 (bet $10 to win $2,010 total)
Athletics: +25000 (bet $10 to win $2,510 total)
Washington Nationals: +30000 (bet $10 to win $3,010 total)
Miami Marlins: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
Colorado Rockies: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)
Chicago White Sox: +50000 (bet $10 to win $5,010 total)

The Dodgers have not put a stop to their spending this offseason, putting the onus on their pitching rotation.

In November, they inked two-time Cy Young winner Blake Snell to a five-year, $182 million deal. In January, Japanese pitching sensation Roki Sasaki announced that he would join the defending World Series champs ahead of next season.

Also in January, All-Star free-agent reliever Tanner Scott signed a four-year, $72 million deal with L.A, and this month, the Dodgers re-signed three-time Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw.

The wealthy get wealthier.

And with that, the Dodgers' are favored to repeat as World Series champions entering this season.

Still, going back-to-back in professional baseball has proven difficult in the history of the sport, meaning, although the Dodgers are favored to repeat, it will by no means be easy.

The last time a team won consecutive World Series, the Yankees won three in a row from 1998 to 2000. Prior to that, the Blue Jays repeated in 1993 after winning it all in 1992.

Arguably the most unique occurrence of consecutive titles happened between 1972 and 1978. The Athletics won three straight titles from 1972-1974, followed by the Reds going back-to-back in 1975 and 1976, before the Yankees won in 1977 and 1978.

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