{"id":207240,"date":"2025-10-12T06:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/207240\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T06:36:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T06:36:08","slug":"mlb-championship-series-betting-odds-favorites-for-alcs-and-nlcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/207240\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB championship series betting: Odds, favorites for ALCS and NLCS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oct 12, 2025, 02:05 AM ET<\/p>\n

We’re down to the final four in the MLB playoffs, with the ALCS beginning Sunday and the NLCS starting Monday.<\/p>\n

The defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> defeated the National League top-seeded Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> in four games and will face the Milwaukee Brewers<\/a>, who went five games with the Chicago Cubs<\/a> before advancing to the NLCS.<\/p>\n

The Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, who had the best regular-season record in the American League, reached the ALCS by knocking out the New York Yankees<\/a> in four games and will be opposed by the Seattle Mariners<\/a>, who are coming off a dramatic series win over the Detroit Tigers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ALCS will be televised on FOX, and TBS will carry the NLCS.<\/p>\n

For more on the MLB playoffs, check out each team’s odds to win the World Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All odds accurate as of publish time. For more, visit ESPN BET Sportsbook.<\/a> <\/p>\n

ALCS<\/p>\n

Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> <\/p>\n

Series odds: Blue Jays -120, Mariners +100<\/p>\n

Game 1: Sunday, 8:03 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

ML: Blue Jays -165, Mariners +140<\/p>\n

Spread: Blue Jays -1.5 (+130), Mariners +1.5 (-155)<\/p>\n

Run total: 7.5 (Over -115, Under -105)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Monday, 5:03 p.m. ET
Game 3: Wednesday, time TBD
Game 4: Thursday, time TBD
Game 5*: Friday, time TBD
Game 6*: Sunday, Oct. 19, time TBD
Game 7*: Monday, Oct. 20, time TBD
*If necessary<\/p>\n

play<\/p>\n

0:33<\/p>\n

Brewers punch ticket to NLCS after eliminating Cubs<\/p>\n

The Brewers defeat the Cubs 3-1 in Game 5 of the NLDS to advance to their fourth National League Championship Series in team history.<\/p>\n

NLCS<\/p>\n

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Milwaukee Brewers<\/a> <\/p>\n

Series odds: Dodgers -210, Brewers +175<\/p>\n

Game 1: Monday, 8:08 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

ML: Dodgers -155, Brewers +130<\/p>\n

Spread: Dodgers -1.5 (+115), Brewers +1.5 (-135)<\/p>\n

Run total: 7.5 (Over -120, Under +100)<\/p>\n

Game 2: Tuesday, 8:08 p.m. ET
Game 3: Thursday, time TBD
Game 4: Friday, time TBD
Game 5*: Saturday, time TBD
Game 6*: Monday, Oct. 20, time TBD
Game 7*: Tuesday, Oct. 21, time TBD
*If necessary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct 12, 2025, 02:05 AM ET We’re down to the final four in the MLB playoffs, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-207240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}