The Yankees acquisition of Aroldis Chapman is great notion that the club will continue to make plans to acquire more players on the last year of their team control.  I hope you cashed in on their +2000 odd last week.  If not, the +1500 mark is still fair to bet now.

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Just as predicted, the Yankees odd went from +2000 to +1500 overnight with the Aroldis Chapman trade coming down.

If you had them with one of our own best bets last week, then you capitalized on the best odd you are going to get from the Bronx Bombers this winter.

So how exactly do the oddsmakers have so much faith in the Left Handed Reliever?  Well it has more to do with the masses betting on New York with given hope.

We outlined at the MLB Reports about their coming season.  With Chapman in the fold, forthcoming suspension withstood, the Yankees will have the man even for just 4 months.

The Yankees will won a ton of games if they are leading after 5 innings, and with the top 3 Strikeout ratio Relievers, these guys could come up huge in the playoffs for next campaign.

if you bet the Yanks, or believe they are not done shopping in the Free Agent Market yet, that +1500 odd is still not a bad wager.

The Nationals have bettered their cause to win the World Series from the Daniel Murphy signing. The oddsmakers now have them tied with the Mets for the 3rd place in the National League. New York signed Alejandro De Aza over the past week. While the Nats and Mets should be considered both a great bet to earn playoff spots. The Mets should still be slightly favored, although both make the best bets this week.

I firmly believe if this team adds 1 – 2 decent Starting Pitchers like Scott Kazmir, Wei-Yin Chen.  The budget also runs up to near the $220 MIL mark for New York next season.

Chapman’s contract makes him a Free Agent after 2016 (unless he is suspended for more than 35 days in 2016).  Something the Yankees wouldn’t mind as that would give him another year of Arbitration.

I have to believe this trade also signifies that the brass will pull several more deals with players on the last year of Team Control – and that the ownership has said okay to doing this.

The Yankees are pegged about right for their odd right now at +1500.  I would peg them for 88 – 90 wins with this move, which should have them within earshot of the Red Sox and Blue Jays now.

The only other big move over the last week was the Nationals inking Daniel Murphy to a deal.  This contract dropped the Mets down to be at par with Washington by the oddsmakers.

I still would favor the Mets slightly for the Division right now, however both clubs have the easiest path to the playoffs in my view out of the National League.

This is the same reason why the Royals are still giving out great odds at +1200.  Although I can’t give KC the nod on this website, because we have seen them at better odds on other websites – including a ridiculously great bet here at +2500.

A lot of our favorites and dislikes for value remain the same since last week.

ODDS courtesy of bet365.com

Odds To Win 2016 World Championship

Blue – Good Value

Red – Bad Value

Chicago Cubs +700

SF Giants +900

Toronto Blue Jays  +10000

Boston Red Sox +1000

NY Mets +1100

Washington Nationals +1100

KC Royals +1200

St. Louis Cards +1200

Houston Astros +1300

Texas Rangers +1500

Pittsburgh Pirates +1500

Arizona Diamondbacks +1500

LA Dodgers +1500

NY Yankees +1500

LA Angels +2200

Detroit Tigers +2500

Cleveland Indians +2500

Seattle Mariners +2500

Miami Marlins +3000

Minnesota Twins +3300

Chicago White Sox +3300

TB Rays +5000

Baltimore Orioles +5000

Oakland A’s +6600

SD Padres +7500

Milwaukee Brewers +10000

Cincinnati Reds +12500

Atlanta Braves +17500

Colorado Rockies +20000

Philadelphia Phillies +35000

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