Baseball Series Betting

To add a little more flavor to your MLB betting this season, you should add baseball series betting to your repertoire. Making a series bet is not the most common bet, and it is one that many MLB bettors aren’t even aware of. In case you aren’t exactly sure what I’m referring to by a series bet, this is what I mean. In the simplest of phrases, you are wagering on which team you think will win a series. For example, the Cubs just completed a series victory over the Milwaukee Brewers winning two of three games. If you liked the Cubs to win that series, you could have placed a bet on them to win at least two of the three games. I definitely don’t recommend making series betting a regular habit, but I think you’ll agree that there are a number of situations when these bets could be very effective. 

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So why not make this bet every time the Yankees play a set with the Royals? It’s the same reason why betting the Yankees on a daily basis even though they win 60 percent of their games is a bad idea-the juice. Not very many books are offering series betting yet, although I expect it to rise in popularity as the market for it also rises. If there are things that people want to wager on, you can be rest assured that sports books will provide it. Right now, because the market isn’t competitive for this type of wagering, often times you will be at the mercy of the juice seeing outrageous prices on both sides. Hopes are that this form of MLB betting will catch on and we will also see dime lines with series bets.

Another thing to consider before making a series wager is the risk involved with certain players not playing or certain pitchers not throwing. Unlike betting on an individual game when you can list pitchers, you must make this bet on several games in advance. You can find out who the projected starters are, but if one suddenly gets sick or an injury flares up and a rookie from double-A or a member of the bullpen has to take the mound, you could be kissing your bet goodbye.

I’m not trying to sour you on this type of betting by any means. Any time you bet on the Giants for example in a single-game bet, Barry Bonds could decide to take a day off because his hamstring is bothering him. Without him in the lineup, the Giants are not the same team offensively. So there are obviously risks with single-game bets as well. It will just be up to you when series betting to decide if possible risks are worth the reward.

Here are some circumstances when making a series bet may be a money play. If the price is good on the team you think will win the set, then by all means go after the books in those spots. Sometimes a series bet will help you get even better value on a team like playing a parlay will. For example, when Roy Halladay is hurling for Toronto, the Blue Jays will always be favored and often times rather heavily at home. If Toronto is playing the Kansas City Royals at home, you may want to make a series bet on the Jays in this situation as otherwise you would be paying heavy juice to get them against the Royals at home. If Halladay is starting the first game of the series and he happens to lose, you will still have two more games to win your bet. If you were to have bet on the Blue Jays straight up in a single-game situation with Halladay, you would have lost a big chunk of change.