2025 MLB Playoff Odds: Braves Putting Bad Start in Rearview

Looking through 2025 MLB playoff odds, some teams (Los Angeles Dodgers) have prohibitive numbers to place a meaningful wager on. The Atlanta Braves are inching back into the playoff race after a brutal start.

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Jason Wilson • Publishing Editor
May 14, 2025 • 12:15 ET • 6 min read
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Braves OF Michael Harris greets C Drake Baldwin after a big home run.

The 2025 MLB season is in full gear and we're already thinking about October.

The MLB playoff odds market is a simple "yes/no" scenario positing whether or not a team will make the postseason.

By mid-April, the Atlanta Braves looked like they might be on the outside looking in, but they're getting hot and reports of their demise may have been exaggerated. So, let's look at how MLB odds are looking, organized from the biggest favorites to the wildest long shots.

2025 MLB playoff odds

Team Yes No
Dodgers Los Angeles Dodgers -10000 +2200
Mets New York Mets -750 +550
Tigers Detroit Tigers -750 +550
Yankees New York Yankees -425 +330
Cubs Chicago Cubs -350 +270
Phillies Philadelphia Phillies -290 +230
Mariners Seattle Mariners -195 +160
Padres San Diego Padres -185 +150
Braves Atlanta Braves -145 +125
Rangers Texas Rangers -120 +100
Guardians Cleveland Guardians -120 +100
Royals Kansas City Royals -115 -105
Astros Houston Astros -115 -105
Diamondbacks Arizona Diamondbacks -105 -115
Giants San Francisco Giants +110 -130
Red Sox Boston Red Sox +125 -145
Twins Minnesota Twins +130 -160
Blue Jays Toronto Blue Jays +240 -310
Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals +265 -340
Rays Tampa Bay Rays +275 -350
Brewers Milwaukee Brewers +370 -500
Orioles Baltimore Orioles +400 -575
Athletics A's +550 -800
Reds Cincinnati Reds +700 -1100
Angels Los Angeles Angels +1800 -5000
Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates +2200 -10000
Marlins Miami Marlins +2200 -10000
Nationals Washington Nationals +4000 -20000
Rockies Colorado Rockies +4000 -20000
White Sox Chicago White Sox +4000 -20000

Odds courtesy of DraftKings on 5-14-25.

MLB playoff odds analysis

The Atlanta Braves entered the year with the second-best odds to reach October baseball but opened the season 0-7 and have been playing catch-up ever since. However, the Braves may have turned a corner. After dropping two of three to the Toronto Blue Jays in mid-April, the Braves have gone 16-8 to claw back to .500 and into the postseason hunt.

They're now just 6.5 games back of the NL East-leading New York Mets. With the expanded playoff format, Atlanta was always going to have an easier path toward a postseason berth in spite of the terrible start. And now Ronald Acuna Jr. is nearing a return after hitting a home run in his first rehab game.

With Spencer Strider nearing activation from the IL as well, the Braves are getting healthy at the right time.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, the Baltimore Orioles do not look like they will bounce back anytime soon. At 15-24, Baltimore owns the second-worst record in the American League (only the Chicago White Sox are worse) and must really regret not adding an impact arm in the offseason.

With Grayson Rodriguez still sidelined, the group of Zach Eflin, Cade Povich, Dean Kremer, Tomoyuki Sugano, and Kyle Gibson isn't cutting it, not to mention Charlie Morton, who has been demoted to the bullpen. Rodriguez's return wouldn't be enough, but it would help.

It's just further evidence that the Orioles didn't meaningfully address the loss of Corbin Burnes in free agency. And even though Burnes hasn't been great with the Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore needs something else. Unfortunately for the O's, it's starting to look like a lost year for a talented offensive core with no support in the rotation.

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    MLB Postseason format

    The MLB playoffs expanded in the 2022 season, adding an extra wild card to both the AL and NL, making it a total of 12 teams in the postseason.

    The new format will see the top two division winners in each league (Seeds 1 and 2) get a first-round bye, while the third-best division winner (Seed 3) will host the third wild card (Seed 6) — and the two remaining wild cards (Seeds 4 and 5) will face off — in a three-game series.

    Following the Wild Card Round, the No. 1 seed will face the winner of the two wild cards (Seeds 4/5), while the No. 2 seed will face the No. 3 vs No. 6 winner in the Divisional Round.

    If the second-best record in the league does not come from a division winner (e.g. the San Francisco Giants in 2021), they will remain the top wild card — and not get a first-round bye.

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