Sports betting has been impacted by recent trades by the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox. Actually, many other teams online sports betting numbers will be impacted as well, but the Phillies and Red Sox are the two high profile teams.
Sports betting has seen the odds at the sports book on the Red Sox and Phillies drop because of big trades they made. The Phillies added last year’s American League Cy Young winner Cliff Lee while the Red Sox added Cleveland’s Victor Martinez. Those are two players that can make a serious impact in sports betting at the sportsbook. The Phillies are one of the sports betting favorites in the National League while the Red Sox share co-favorites role in the American League with the Yankees.
The Phillies now are a serious threat in the National League to overtake the Los Angeles Dodgers in sports betting. With Cole Hamels and Cliff Lee they have a serious 1-2 punch in online sports betting. With the Red Sox adding Martinez they have positioned themselves to make the playoffs again and have a chance to win another World Series.
Other teams that made nice additions that could help them in sports betting were Detroit and the Chicago White Sox. The Tigers got Jarrod Washburn from the Seattle Mariners and his addition makes them the favorite in sports betting in the American League Central. The Tigers were already second in the American League in ERA and the addition of Washburn may help them further in sports betting. The White Sox made a deadline deal for San Diego’s Jake Peavy. If healthy, Peavy could turn the balance of power in the division in online sports betting as he would give the White Sox a very impressive addition to their pitching staff.
Some teams were affected negatively in sports betting. The Pittsburgh Pirates had a fire sale and got rid of almost all of their top players but the Pirates were already a sports betting underdog at the sportsbook. The San Diego Padres are a hopeless franchise and the loss of Peavy just indicates they are a risky sports betting wager at anytime at the sportsbook.
The Toronto Blue Jays still have Roy Halladay but they are an online sports betting loser since they got nothing for their top pitcher, who they are going to lose after next season to free agency.