2024 MLB Win Total Odds - How to Bet MLB Win Totals

This MLB betting guide explains how to bet on season win totals. You’ll also learn what win total odds mean and how to place a MLB season win total bet. After that, place a Major League baseball win total bet at one of our trusted sports betting sites, all of which are licensed and legal in their respective state or jurisdiction.

SportsBetting3.com regularly updates MLB win total odds prior to the start of the season. Remember to place your win total bets before Opening Day in late March. Be sure to bookmark this page for future reference.

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Table of Contents

1. What are MLB Win Totals?
   • How Win Totals Win or Lose
   • What Win Total Odds Mean
   • How Win Totals are Graded
   • When do win total odds come out?
2. Win Total Example
   • Sizing up the odds
   • Two or more teams
3. How to Bet
4. MLB Win Total Odds
5. MLB Standings
6. When to Bet
   • Moderate Risk
7. MLB Win Totals FAQs

What are MLB Win Totals?

A win total bet is placed on the line a sportsbook assigns indicating the number of games a team will win during the season. The sportsbook will offer odds for betting over or under the line. Season win total bets must be placed prior to the MLB’s Opening Day. Like other season specials, the season win total is a part prop, part future hybrid. It functions like an over-under total bet, where you decide whether to bet over or under the sportsbook’s line.

Win Totals vs Futures

Knowledgeable sports bettors prefer season win totals to futures bets. Betting a MLB win total offers more room for error compared to a futures bet on a team to win the World Series, AL Pennant, or NL Pennant. While the futures bet depends on the result of a specific event, the win total requires much less precision. If you think a team will win more games than the sportsbook’s line, bet over. If you think a team will win fewer, bet under. How and when the team’s win tally goes over or under the win total line doesn’t matter.

Why Bet Win Totals

Most importantly, the win total offers bettors the ability to take either side of the win total line. This offers bettors more flexibility for placing a winning bet following the results of their MLB season handicapping.

Even if you don’t bet season win totals, the total lines can offer you some insight into the how the sportsbook thinks the season will unfold. Since sportsbooks want to balance action on both sides of a line, the win total opening line is essentially a projection about the middle, or median, possible number of wins. Because the win totals contain half game increments, you must therefore decide whether to bet over or under the line.

Win total odds will change as bets are placed. Substantial action to one side of the line may cause the sportsbook to shift the line itself.

How MLB Win Total Bets Win or Lose

Your win total bet wins if you select the correct outcome. If you bet over and a team wins more games than the sportsbook’s line, you win. If you bet under and a team wins fewer games than the sportsbook’s line, you win. On the other hand, if you bet under and a team wins more games than the sportsbook’s line, you lose. The bet functions like an over-under total bet.

What MLB Win Total Odds Mean

Each side of the win total line – over or under – will have moneyline odds at American sportsbooks.

The most likely, or favorite outcome, will have a minus value. The minus value indicates how much you risk to win $100. -115 odds on the over means you risk $115 to win $100.

The less likely, or underdog outcome, will have a plus value. +130 odds on the under means you risk $100 to win $130.

Occasionally, you’ll see a minus value equal to the odds for the opposite side, for example -115 for both the over and under. In either case you’d risk $115 to win $100.

Less commonly, there may be a minus value smaller than the odds for the opposite side, for example -110 for the under and -105 for the over. In this case you’d risk $110 to win $100 on the under and $105 to win $100 on the over.

Note that the over isn’t always the more expensive side, just as the under may not always be the less likely side. Betting action will determine the odds values while the season win total is open.

How MLB Season Win Totals are Graded

The sportsbook will grade the MLB win total bet when the team’s record determines a result.

When the team has won more games than the total line, the over wins. The sportsbook will payout all over bettors. The over could pay the day the team wins more games than the win total line, or it might be as late as the last game of the season. This could happen if the team is within one game of going over heading into the final days of the regular season.

Grading the under is different. The under could pay at the end of the season based on the team’s overall record. Or the under could pay when it would be impossible for the team to win enough games to go over the win total line.

For example, suppose a team has a 94.5 game win total line. The under pays if they win 94 or fewer games. After losing a game on July 31st, the team has a 41-68 record. If the team wins all 53 of its remaining games (162 total – [41+68] played), it would finish with a 94-68 record (41 +53 = 94 wins to 68 losses). Since winning all remaining games wouldn’t be enough to go over the win total line, all under bets would win before the season ends.

When Do MLB Win Totals Come Out?

MLB win total lines and odds typically come out after the league announces the next regular season schedule. Win total lines are usually posted by early February at the very latest.

MLB Season Win Total Bet Example

The following 87.5 game u -115/o -115 season win total example is for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Win Total	Line & Odds
Phillies Season Win Total	87.5 u -115 87.5 o -115

Sizing Up the Odds

The Phillies’ win total line is 87.5 games. Under 87.5 games has -115 odds. Over 87.5 games has -115 odds.

Since the odds for both sides are the same, neither the over nor the under are the more likely outcome. The risk and win amounts for either side are the same.

Under bettors risk $115 to win $100. If the Phillies finish with 87 or fewer wins, under bettors would win.

Over bettors risk $115 to win $100. If the Phillies finish with 88 or more wins, over bettors would win.

Less commonly, some teams will have an integer value line, like 90 games. The under wins if the team wins 89 or fewer games. The over wins if the team wins 91 or more games. The bet ties or pushes if the team wins exactly 90 games. In the event of a push, your wager will be refunded.

Betting 2 or More Teams

You may place bets on two or more teams. In fact, this is a good way to manage risk and potentially increase your profit.

Carefully shop win total lines, looking for those that don’t match your expectations for the upcoming season. Ideally, you’re looking for an unexpectedly high win total line with favorable under odds. Or conversely, a low win total line with favorable over odds.

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How to Bet MLB Win Totals

MLB Win Total Odds

2024 MLB Season Win Totals
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Diamondbacks 2024 Season Win Total	84.5 o -115 84.5 u -105
Braves 2024 Season Win Total	101.5 u -110 101.5 o -110
Orioles 2024 Season Win Total	91.5 u -115 91.5 o -105
Red Sox 2024 Season Win Total	79.5 u -120 79.5 o +100
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Cubs 2024 Season Win Total	83.5 u -110 83.5 o -110
White Sox 2024 Season Win Total	63.5 u -110 63.5 o -110
Reds 2024 Season Win Total	82.5 u -110 82.5 o -110
Guardians 2024 Season Win Total	78.5 u -110 78.5 o -110
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Rockies 2024 Season Win Total	60.5 u -120 60.5 o +100
Tigers 2024 Season Win Total	81.5 u -115 81.5 o -105
Astros 2024 Season Win Total	92.5 u -110 92.5 o -110
Royals 2024 Season Win Total	73.5 u -110 73.5 o -110
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Angels 2024 Season Win Total	71.5 o -120 71.5 u +100
Dodgers 2024 Season Win Total	103.5 u -120 103.5 o +100
Marlins 2024 Season Win Total	78.5 u -115 78.5 o -105
Brewers 2024 Season Win Total	76.5 o -120 76.5 u +100
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Twins 2024 Season Win Total	85.5 u -110 85.5 o -110
Mets 2024 Season Win Total	82.5 u -115 82.5 o -105
Yankees 2024 Season Win Total	93.5 u -110 93.5 o -110
Athletics 2024 Season Win Total	56.5 u -110 56.5 o -110
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Phillies 2024 Season Win Total	89.5 o -115 89.5 u -105
Pirates 2024 Season Win Total	74.5 o -115 74.5 u -105
Padres 2024 Season Win Total	81.5 o -130 81.5 u +100
Giants 2024 Season Win Total	81.5 u -110 81.5 o -110
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Mariners 2024 Season Win Total	86.5 u -115 86.5 o -105
Cardinals 2024 Season Win Total	85.5 u -120 85.5 o +100
Rays 2024 Season Win Total	85.5 u -115 85.5 o -105
Rangers 2024 Season Win Total	89.5 u -120 89.5 o +100
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Blue Jays 2024 Season Win Total	87.5 o -115 87.5 u -105
Nationals 2024 Season Win Total	66.5 u -115 66.5 o -105

We also have helpful previews featuring win total odds and write-ups for the American and National Leagues. Learn how to bet American League win totals and National League win totals, and see which teams are top contenders for the upcoming season:

• American League Win Totals – Regular season win totals for every American League team. Learn how to bet win totals.
• National League Win Totals – Regular season win totals for every National League team. Learn how to bet win totals.

MLB Standings

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2024 MLB Regular Season Standings

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Home	Away	RS	RA	Diff	Strk	L10
Atlanta Braves	17	6	0.739	0.0	9-3	8-3	137	93	+44	W3	9-1
Cleveland Guardians	18	7	0.720	0.0	8-4	10-3	134	85	+49	W1	8-2
New York Yankees	17	8	0.680	+1.0	8-4	9-4	111	87	+24	W2	5-5
Baltimore Orioles	16	8	0.667	+1.5	8-4	8-4	136	107	+29	W1	8-2
Milwaukee Brewers	16	8	0.667	+1.5	4-4	12-4	127	92	+35	W2	6-4
Chicago Cubs	16	9	0.640	+2.0	10-3	6-6	133	107	+26	W3	7-3
Kansas City Royals	16	10	0.615	+2.5	12-5	4-5	119	80	+39	W3	6-4
Philadelphia Phillies	16	10	0.615	+2.5	10-6	6-4	113	100	+13	W1	8-2
Los Angeles Dodgers	16	11	0.593	+3.0	9-8	7-3	141	113	+28	W4	5-5
Cincinnati Reds	14	11	0.560	+4.0	9-7	5-4	127	108	+19	L1	5-5
Detroit Tigers	14	11	0.560	+4.0	4-7	10-4	101	94	+7	L1	5-5
Boston Red Sox	14	12	0.538	+4.5	3-7	11-5	116	95	+21	L1	5-5
New York Mets	13	11	0.542	+4.5	6-6	7-5	113	103	+10	W1	7-3
Seattle Mariners	13	12	0.520	+5.0	7-6	6-6	93	89	+4	W1	7-3
Pittsburgh Pirates	13	13	0.500	+5.5	5-7	8-6	109	112	-3	L2	2-8
San Diego Padres	14	14	0.500	+5.5	6-8	8-6	139	130	+9	L1	5-5
Tampa Bay Rays	13	13	0.500	+5.5	8-9	5-4	103	127	-24	W1	4-6
Texas Rangers	13	13	0.500	+5.5	6-7	7-6	122	113	+9	L1	5-5
Toronto Blue Jays	13	13	0.500	+5.5	6-3	7-10	96	110	-14	L3	5-5
Arizona Diamondbacks	12	14	0.462	+6.5	7-6	5-8	149	114	+35	L1	4-6
Minnesota Twins	11	13	0.458	+6.5	6-6	5-7	92	103	-11	W4	5-5
San Francisco Giants	12	14	0.462	+6.5	7-6	5-8	107	127	-20	L1	6-4
St. Louis Cardinals	11	14	0.440	+7.0	5-7	6-7	87	113	-26	W1	4-6
Washington Nationals	10	14	0.417	+7.5	4-8	6-6	84	106	-22	L3	4-6
Los Angeles Angels	10	15	0.400	+8.0	3-6	7-9	106	123	-17	L1	3-7
Oakland Athletics	9	16	0.360	+9.0	4-9	5-7	71	111	-40	L2	3-7
Colorado Rockies	7	19	0.269	+11.5	5-8	2-11	100	156	-56	W1	3-7
Houston Astros	7	19	0.269	+11.5	4-9	3-10	102	138	-36	L5	2-8
Miami Marlins	6	20	0.231	+12.5	2-11	4-9	88	135	-47	L3	3-7
Chicago White Sox	3	22	0.120	+15.0	2-9	1-13	56	141	-85	L7	1-9

When to Bet MLB Win Totals

It’s important to time your win total bet properly, just like placing a MLB futures bet. If you bet over in late January, and then realize a star pitcher will be out for the season in March, there’s a good chance you’ll lose your wager. Similarly, if you bet under in January, and later discover a team will win more games than expected because their opponents have suffered injuries, it’s likely the under was a bad call.

It’s best to monitor the lines from January to March, placing a bet in mid to late March. The one exception would be an early bad line that you can jump on for an easy profit. Otherwise, don’t jump in without gathering as much information as possible first. Consider the following before placing a win total bet:

1. Do I have good data to backup the bet I’m making? – Your handicapping should support the side of the line you take. Review the team’s recent performances, standings, and stats. Check on the health of key players. Note any coaching changes.
2. What does the team’s schedule look like? – Besides the health of a team, their schedule is probably the most important factor influencing their prospective win total. Try to predict the outcome of each game, putting the result into one of three categories. One, a sure win; two, a sure loss; and three a toss-up. Count up the winners and see how close you get to the total. If you’re short a couple games, dig into the toss-ups to see which might go your way.
3. Are key players healthy and will they remain in good health? – Though you can’t predict a player’s health far into the season, try to assess where their starting point on Opening Day. Monitor team news and injury reports heading into the first game. If any star hitters or pitchers are on the long-term disabled list, you’ll need to reassess your win total bet.

Moderate Your Risk

First, consider placing small bets on multiple teams. Pick no more than 2-3 teams with win total lines that offer a good return on investment.

Second, choose bet amounts equal to your certainty about a particular outcome. If you’re confident, bet more. If you’re not confident, bet less. Though season win totals are less risky than futures bets, there are a number of ways they can go wrong. Don’t overextend yourself before the MLB season begins. There will always be opportunities to place winning bets in the future.

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