The Cleveland Guardians haven't won the World Series since 1948, which is the longest drought in MLB. The Tampa Bay Rays have never won one, losing in the Fall Classic in 2008 and 2020. The team that moves on from the ALCS -- which starts Monday in St.
Petersburg -- will have a chance to change that. Monday's Game 1 will be the third all-time Guardians vs. Rays postseason matchup – and the series winner will be an underdog in the World Series against either the Dodgers or Brewers.
Tampa Bay is a -169 favorite in the Guardians vs. Rays odds at DraftKings Sportsbook, and the Over/Under for runs is 6.5. Bet $5+ on any of today's MLB games to get $200 in bonus bets at DraftKings Sportsbook: It's an 8 p.m.
ET start at Tropicana Field, and if there's one good thing we can say about the Trop it's that we don't have to worry about weather. At -169 via DraftKings, Tampa Bay is taking 54% of handle and 93% of wagers. There is split action on the total of 6.5.
On the series line, the Rays are -165 and Guardians +135 and I favor Tampa Bay in probably six. That happens to be the +370 exact result favorite. Fans can try MLB betting on the best sports betting apps and get bonuses.
The SportsLine Projection Model also has picks on games like Guardians-Rays from its 10,000 simulations, and our experts also offer insights on games every day. FanDuel: SGP price: +107 (subject to change) One really interesting storyline here is what could have been for the Guardians. Every team in the major leagues has made numerous bad trades in their history, but boy did Cleveland get robbed, as it turned out, in November 2021 when it traded 18-year-old prospect Junior Caminero to Tampa Bay for mediocre reliever Tobias Myers.
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