Sportsbook News – Does the Top Record in Baseball Mean Anything?. The New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Minnesota Twins are likely to be on the sportsbook odds board as playoff teams in just a few weeks. When you get ready to bet the playoffs at the Internet sportsbook should you bet on the home teams? Does home-field advantage or the best overall record mean anything?
The Yankees, Rays, Twins and Rangers are almost assuredly going to be the four playoff teams. Will home-field advantage mean much when these teams meet? Let’s take a look.
Recent History of Top Seeds – Since 1998 the number one seed has made it to the World Series eight times in 24 chances. That is a rotten percentage when you think about it. The top team makes it only 33% of the time. Do you know how insignificant that makes the top overall record? If you just took all four teams being equal then each would have a 25% chance of making it. Only once in 12 years have the best teams in both leagues made it to the World Series. Keep that in mind when you bet the playoffs at the Sbg sportsbook.
Top Seed Guarantees Nothing – Did you know that five times in the last twelve World Series that neither of the top seeds has made the World Series? That is almost half the time that both of the best teams in the league don’t make it.
What about Home Field in the First Round? Does home field do you any good in the first round? Since 1998 the home teams win their first-round series just barely over half the time. Even in a critical game 7 the home-field edge is meaningless. There have been 19 series since 1998 that have gone to a deciding game and the home team is 9-10 in those games.
What Does it All Mean? – What this tells you is to take the road teams in the playoffs against the baseball odds at the sportsbook news. The percentages really are in your favor, especially when you are getting plus money most of the time. Home field advantage sounds great but the bottom line is that the road team has almost a 50% chance of winning in a series and you are getting plus money when you bet on them.