Texas Rangers AL Playoffs Odds & Predictions: Just five weeks remain in baseball's regular season, and several good divisional races still percolate. But one team in particular has separated itself from its closest competition, and is quickly closing in on securing a playoff berth.
In the American League's West Division the Texas Rangers, who went off this season as +200 picks at SBGglobal.com to win their division, are 8.5 games up on their closest pursuers.
Texas has maintained the biggest divisional lead in the majors, even though they struggled through the first part of this month, going through a 4-9 stretch. But the Rangers have righted the ship and won four straight, including the first three games of a home series with Minnesota that finishes up on Thursday.
The Oakland A's have won six of their last eight games, including the first two of a three-game series in Cleveland that ends Thursday, just to stay within a prayer of Texas. But in trying to make up ground on the Rangers the A's only get two more chances; this weekend, when the teams meet for three games in Arlington, and in late September, with four games at Oakland.
As of Thursday morning SBGglobal.com is offering odds of +3,000 on Oakland rallying and winning the AL West. The Rangers, meanwhile, are getting +250 to win the American League pennant and +500 to win the World Series.
So far this season the A's and Rangers have split 12 games. And the totals have played 4-7-1 in that series, as those 12 games have averaged just 7.4 runs per.
Texas looks like a solid pick to finish the regular season on top. Baseball gambling aficionados should not hesitate to throw a friendly wager on Rangers futures.
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