My, how the mighty have fallen.
Wednesday is the anniversary of the Red Sox beating the Dodgers to win the 2018 World Series -- and in the ensuing two years, while the Dodgers are now World Series champions, the Red Sox are in the throes of a rebuild after a comically bad 2020 campaign.
How bad has it gotten? Boston's odds to win another World Series have steadily plummeted since that victorious night on the Dodger Stadium turf.
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Early on in the 2018 offseason, the Red Sox were co-favorites to repeat in 2019, with +700 odds. A year later, after the Nationals won the 2019 World Series, Boston was still among the top-five favorites to rebound in 2020, at +1000 odds. Then, following the Mookie Betts trade, the depleted Sox had dropped to +3000 to win this year's World Series once the 2020 schedule was announced.
And looking ahead to 2021, it's looking even more bleak for Sox fans.
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Here are the latest betting lines for the 2021 World Series -- Provided by our partner PointsBet
- Los Angeles Dodgers: +375
- New York Yankees: +700
- San Diego Padres: +750
- Tampa Bay Rays: +1000
- Minnesota Twins: +1000
So how far down are the Red Sox? They're +8000 longshots to win the 2021 World Series, the 22nd-best odds in baseball, ahead of only the Orioles, Rangers, Rockies, Royals, Marlins, Tigers, Mariners, and Pirates.
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PointsBet has also set the over/under for Boston's winning percentage at .497, the equivalent of 80.5 wins over a 162-game schedule, and has Boston and Toronto tied for the third-best odds to win the AL East at +1200, far behind the Yankees (-223) and the defending AL champion Rays (+240).
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It's no surprise why oddsmakers view the Red Sox this way. With questions surrounding when or if their top two starters -- Chris Sale and Eduardo Rodriguez -- will take the mound in 2021, Boston's chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom still has a lot of work to do to turn the Red Sox back into a legit title contender.