On Opening Day, the Rangers sat at +5000 to win it all, which were the 17th-best odds in baseball.
The Rangers just became one of the unlikeliest World Series champions in recent history.
On Opening Day, the Rangers sat at +5000 to win it all (BetMGM), which were the 17th-best odds in baseball.
Those are the longest preseason odds for an eventual World Series champion since the 2003 Florida Marlins, who were +7500, per SportsOddsHistory.com.
It’s tied with the 1987 Minnesota Twins for the third-longest odds since at least 1985.
It wasn’t until the ALCS that oddsmakers saw the Rangers as a real threat to be the champs.
At the outset of the wild card series, when the Rangers were set to play the Rays in a three-game set in Tampa Bay, Texas was +1800 to win the World Series.
