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2025 World Series: Do Dodgers or Blue Jays have better odds?

With the 2025 World Series just days away, bettors across the country are trying to answer the age-old question: ‘Who is going to win?’

Will it be the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers? They’re a team loaded to the brim with talent, having coasted their way through the playoffs thus far. Or will it be the Toronto Blue Jays? The American League’s No. 1 seed, boasting home field advantage for this series and fresh off a dramatic come-from-behind win in Game 7 of the ALCS.

Here are the odds for each team as we approach Game 1.

2025 World Series odds:

All odds via BetMGM

Who will win?

Per BetMGM, the Dodgers are the favorites to win the 2025 World Series.

  • Dodgers (-220)
  • Blue Jays (+180)

The most likely outcome of the series, per betting odds, is a tie between Dodgers in 5 and Dodgers in 6. Both series results have odds of (+350). The most unlikely result, per odds, is a Blue Jays sweep, sitting at (+1800).

World Series MVP odds

Here are the players with the top-15 odds to win World Series MVP:

  1. Shohei Ohtani, DH/SP, LAD (+165)
  2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, TOR (+600)
  3. George Springer, DH/OF, TOR (+1000)
  4. Freddie Freeman, 1B, LAD (+1300)
  5. Teoscar Hernandez, OF, LAD (+1600)
  6. Mookie Betts, SS, LAD (+1800)
  7. Bo Bichette, SS, TOR (+2000)
  8. Blake Snell, SP, LAD (+2000)
  9. Daulton Varsho, OF, TOR (+2500)
  10. Alejandro Kirk, C, TOR (+3000)
  11. Max Muncy, 3B, LAD (+3000)
  12. Yoshinobu Yamamoto, SP, LAD (+3000)
  13. Will Smith, C, LAD (+3500)
  14. Tommy Edman, 2B, LAD (+3500)
  15. Addison Barger, 3B, TOR (+4000)

Game 1 odds, lines

  • Spread: Dodgers (-1.5)
  • Moneyline: Dodgers (-150); Blue Jays (+125)
  • Over/Under: 7.5

2025 World Series Schedule

* — if necessary

  • Game 1: Friday, Oct. 24, Dodgers at Blue Jays, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
  • Game 2: Saturday, Oct. 25, Dodgers at Blue Jays, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
  • Game 3: Monday, Oct. 27, Blue Jays at Dodgers, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
  • Game 4: Tuesday, Oct. 28, Blue Jays at Dodgers, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
  • *Game 5: Wednesday, Blue Jays at Dodgers, Oct. 29, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
  • *Game 6: Friday, Oct. 31, Dodgers at Blue Jays, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
  • *Game 7: Saturday, Nov. 1, Dodgers at Blue Jays, 8 p.m. ET on FOX
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