Betting MLB Futures – Yankees and Red Sox Regular Season Wins

With Opening Day quickly approaching, now is the best time to make your MLB futures bets for regular season win totals. Let’s check out what the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox have done to prepare for the upcoming baseball betting season.

Both of these teams are picked in the baseball futures odds to qualify for the postseason, although only one team can win the American League East division.

Regular Season Wins:

New York Yankees

Over 91.5 -125 Under 91.5 -105

Boston Red Sox

Over 95.5 -115 Under 95.5 -115

The Yankees finished the 2010 season with 95 wins and 67 losses for a second-place finish in the American League East behind the Tampa Bay Rays. The futures odds for this season place the number of regular season wins at 3.5 games lower.

The Yankees battled the Rays throughout the season before finishing one game behind at the end of the regular-season standings. The Yankees won the Wild Card but lost to the Texas Rangers in the American League Championship Series.

The season before the Yankees were the World Series champions however, with 103 wins in the regular season. The Yankees have managed to maintain a consistent roster over the years, although the individual success of each player has varied.

However, 91.5 wins on the season seems like a feasible feat for the ever-strong New York Yankees. Pick the Over with New York for the 2011 season!

A more complex bet, however, will be on the Boston Red Sox for 95.5 regular season wins. Boston skidded to a third-place finish in the American League East last season with only 89 wins and 73 losses, failing to qualify for the postseason.

Although many MLB betting fans have high expectations for the Red Sox to compete for the American League East title this season, I find it difficult to believe that Boston can achieve 6.5 more wins in 2011 than in 2010.

Come the end of the season, each win is a huge feat in itself. Although Boston should outperform its disappointment of last season, I would bet the Under on the Red Sox for the 2011 season!

Major League Baseball Futures Pick –

New York Yankees: Over 91.5 wins

Boston Red Sox: Under 95.5 wins