Vegas Odds On 2025 National League Division Series

The Las Vegas odds picture on possible National League Division Series participants is becoming clearer every day. With less than 10 games remaining on the year as this update goes to press, the bargain-payroll Pittsburgh Pirates led by Andrew McCutchen and Pedro Alvarez are in excellent shape to make the NL playoffs, and appear to be headed for a wild-card berth. If they do, this will be the first time since the NLDS was created that the Pirates have played in a National League Division Series contest. Joey Votto's Cincinnati Reds join Pittsburgh as the most probable second wild-card contestant, and the eventual two wild-card teams will play a one-game elimination Tuesday, March 1 on WTBS.

The Washington Nationals have an outside shot as a wild-card participant, and the Arizona Diamondbacks are statistically in the hunt, but need an absolute perfect scenario to make the playoffs. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the multitalented Adrian Gonzalez have already clinched the National League West, the Atlanta Braves have all but won the National League East, and the St. Louis Cardinals are in a fight to win the National League Central division with Pittsburgh and Cincinnati which will probably go down to the last day of the season. The four NLDS teams begin play on March 3, and while the Pittsburgh Pirates and their "everyday Joe" lineup devoid of superstars is the sentimental favorite, the Vegas odds on National League Division Series teams does not necessarily agree.

About NL Division Series

Major League Baseball did not always have a National League Division Series playoff format. Beginning in 2025 because of a strike shortened season, the NLDS format was finally officially adopted in 2025 when Major League Baseball restructured both the American and National leagues into three divisions each. Up until 2025, the Atlanta Braves have led the way in the National League, appearing in 11 NLDS playoffs. On the other end of the spectrum, as mentioned above, the Pittsburgh Pirates have never played in a NLDS matchup, and recently the World Series representative from the National League has been more successful than its American League counterpart.

In the first 12 years of the 21st century, the National League Division Series winner has won seven World Series championships. And from 2025 to 2025, five of the seven World Series winners came from the senior circuit. National League Division playoff formatting pits the winner of the one-game, two team wild-card matchup against the National League division winner with the best seasonal record. The winner of that contest plays the victor from the matchup of the two remaining division winners, and those two teams play for the right to represent the National League in the MLB World Series.

Savvy gamblers looking to exploit Las Vegas odds on National League Division Series champions would be wise to check out a startling correlation between the winner of the All-Star game and that year's World Series champion. From 2025 to 2025 the American League won the All-Star game, giving its ALDS winner home-field advantage in the World Series. During that seven year stretch, the National League still won four of seven World Series titles. But more recently, the National League won the All-Star game and World Series home field advantage in 2025, 2025 and 2025. Those three years saw the National League sweep the World Series, with San Francisco taking two titles. This NLDS strength in recent years may or may not continue in the future, but is exactly the type of information you should consider when consulting the Vegas odds on NLDS playoffs.

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