World Series Predictions, Odds, Best Bets for 2025 MLB Season

Futures betting is one of the most exciting ways to capitalize on long-term value in sports betting. Whether you're backing an MLB team to win its division, the pennant, or picking who will win the World Series, futures allow you to lock in favorable odds before the market shifts and affects the World Series odds.

Take the Texas Rangers, for example. Heading into the 2023 season, they were a +5000 longshot to win it all, but smart bettors who spotted their potential before the odds shortened saw massive returns. By the summer, they were barely +1500 and by November, they were champs.

Or back in 2021 when Dimers seized the early-season value and famously predicted three out of four World Series finalists, returning a big bet on the Braves winning it all, and sharing the $9,000 winnings with our followers.

FUTURES FLASHBACK ⏪

in 2021, we had 3 clear preseason edges to win the World Series - Braves, Astros, Red Sox.

They all made the LCS with the Braves cashing in at +1400. 🏆

The best part?

We gave away shares of tickets all year, with five Dimers fans leaving with a piece of… pic.twitter.com/8O2dIcYYv4

— Dimers.com (@DimersCom) March 15, 2025

The key to successful futures betting is timing and good data. Betting on a team before a hot streak—or capitalizing on undervalued squads after a rough start—can yield major payouts. 

At Dimers, we use data-driven insights to uncover the best futures value throughout the MLB season, powered by our expertly-built predictive analytics model.

Below, you will find some standouts from our model's World Series predictions. Readers can access our full futures predictions for MLB, including World Series, AL/NL and Divisions with Dimers Pro, now available for just $9.99 for your first month.

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World Series Predictions and Best Bets

We'll look at three categories for these teams: last year's finalists, two mid-range teams and one big longshot value play.

The Favorite: Los Angeles Dodgers (+290)

There hasn't been a back-to-back World Series in 25 years since the Yankees capped off a threepeat back in 2000. Only twice since has the reigning champ even returned to the Fall Classic ('01 Yanks, '09 Phillies).

With a $400M payroll, a roster upgraded from what what already the league's best, and the latest international stars, the LA Dodgers will look to be the first repeat champ in a quarter century.

They're the massive favorite on the books, even more than last season, with their +290 odds implying a 25.6% chance to win it all. Our model isn't very far off, predicting a Dodger repeat at 21.3% for fair odds of close to +400. This team could certainly do it, but with the grind of a 162-game season and the rare B2B champion history up against them, these odds feel a little too short and our model agrees.

Last Year's Runner Up: New York Yankees (+900)

For a couple of innings in last year's Game 5 of the World Series, it looked like the Yankees might be taking steps towards history - the first ever team to come back 3-0 in a World Series. Alas, it was not meant to be as a series of heartbreaking errors, led to a blown lead and 5-game exit from the Fall Classic.

Determined to get back and get revenge, the Yanks made more moves in the offseason than an otherwise stubborn franchise usually does - they acquired former NL MVP Cody Bellinger, ace pitcher Max Fried and did away with their "no beards" rule.

Unfortunately, they've lost starting pitcher Gerrit Cole to Tommy John surgery and will be without slugger Giancarlo Stanton to start the year. Still, a roster of this talent and postseason pedigree lands them at third in our overall World Series probabilities with a 7.0% chance to win. Our fair odds for a celebration in the Bronx would be about +1300, a notable amount off of their best price at +900.

Mid-Range Contender: Houston Astros (+1800)

An annual contender even when things look bleak in the early-mid season, the Astros may finally be peeking through the last cracks of their championship window. They should remain a top force in the AL West as demonstrated by our model's 36.2% probability to win the division, but playing deep into October will need everything to go right for Houston.

Though they lost Kyle Tucker, they added Isaac Paredes, who's likely to be a popular choice in our Home Run Round Robins with his dangerous pull power and the Astros short left field porch. A strong rotation behind Framber Valdez will make them competitive on a nightly basis regardless of who's on the mound.

Currently, we give Houston a 5.6% probability to win the World Series, good enough for sixth overall in our projections and fair odds of +1690 for a nice little edge at their best price of +1800.

Mid-Range Contender: Boston Red Sox (+2300)

The Red Sox are a hot sleeper pick this year and for good reason. They've somewhat quietly improved their roster over the past few years with a combination of homegrown talent, trades and free agent acquisitions and it's paying off at least from an expectations perspective.

New arms Walker Buehelr and Garrett Crochet vault Boston's rotation to a Top 10 unit on their own. Triston Casas and Jarren Duren are on the verge of elite breakouts and veteran Alex Bregman gives them a boost on offense and defense.

We've got them as a +350 sleeper to win the AL East (26.5% behind Yankees at 29.2%) and at 4.9% to win the whole thing. That would make fair odds of around just +1950 for a World Series victory, identifying big value on a team that should be right on the heels of a spot in the ALDS all season long.

Dark Horse: St. Louis Cardinals (+14000)

When we said longshot, we meant it. The Cardinals are in the midst of a transition, with a planned transference of power in the front office at the end of the season and could be in sell mode come the trade deadline.

However, they play in of baseball's tighter divisions as far as runaway talent and despite our model giving them just a 17.7% probability to win the NL Central, it also vastly disagrees with their odds.

Our model does not predict St. Louis will win the World Series - they are at a 1.2% probability which is just at the top of the bottom third of the league. But that 1.2% probability says they should be +8230. A good start from the Cardinals could push them down to those odds, which would still be longshot value, but a big drop off from where they are now. A team of talented young prospects and veterans looking to make a mark in a contract year just might surprise.

Why Dimers is The Expert When it Comes to Futures Betting

Now that we've covered the basics of futures betting in regards to the upcoming MLB season let's show you just how valuable those futures bets can be when used as betting investments with a look at one of our biggest futures predictions, and see an expanded list of our best calls and profitable wins here.

Before the 2021 MLB season started, we got the greenlight from the bosses to make a little Dimers investment in the World Series winner.

We took our cash and played our top three value plays to win the Fall Classic - the Houston Astros (+2200), Atlanta Braves (+1400) and Boston Red Sox (+7500).

Sharp-minded readers will see those first two names and remember that was the World Series matchup that year. But don't forget - the Red Sox also made the ALCS.

Over six months in advance, we picked three of the four finalists in the World Series that year, with the Braves ultimately winning it all and cashing us $9,000 on out $600 ticket.

Not too bad, huh? All thanks to Dimers' advanced MLB World Series Predictions.

That's not all either - we gave out the winnings to our followers!

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