The Oakland Athletics went 86-76 (.531) last season, averaging 4.59 runs per game while allowing 4.24 RPG. The 2021 season marked the fourth in a row that the A’s finished over-.500. But it was a season of much optimism early and a fade late.
After opening the season with six straight losses, the Athletics went 44-21 in their next 65 games. But the club was very streaky after that. Oakland did go on a seven-game win streak in early-August, but the A’s went just 18-27 the rest of the way to miss the American League playoffs by six games.
Several key players from last year’s club have moved on, but several pieces are still in place. Below, we look at the Oakland Athletics MLB futures odds, including their projected 2022 win total and World Series odds at Tipico Sportsbook.
Oakland Athletics 2022 World Series odds
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Friday, April 1 at 12:18 p.m. ET.
Odds: +9000 (bet $100 to win $9,000)
Oakland is tabbed in the bottom 20% as far as odds to win it all. The Los Angeles Dodgers (+480) are the favorites, followed by the Houston Astros (+900), and Toronto Blue Jays (+900).
At +9000, Oakland has an implied probability of winning the World Series of 1.1% or 90/1 fractional odds.
With what the A’s lost in the offseason, that 90-to-1 oversells this club by quite a bit. By some WAR measures, Oakland lost more talent than any other team in baseball. Near the top of the bottom 20% in the odds is not low enough: STEER CLEAR.
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Oakland Athletics 2022 playoff odds
Will the Athletics make the playoffs: Yes +600 | No -847
PASS on this prop. The No is way more of a lean, and it would take way more of an investment than most bettors would make as part of preseason array of futures.
Oakland Athletics 2022 win total
Over/Under: 70.5 (O: -110 | U: -125)
This is such a precipitous drop from a year that saw the Athletics legitimately compete for a postseason berth. Oakland has some nice pitching, but when the A’s traded SP Chris Bassitt to the Mets on March 12, it signaled the part of a rebuild that puts other current-season assets in jeopardy. Its hard to imagine a September not played out by very young baseball club.
This play is maybe worth a line watch: I’d want the Under at 72 wins and a play without 35 cents funneled away. Otherwise, PASS.
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Odds to win AL West Division
- Houston Astros -170 (bet $170 to win $100)
- Los Angeles Angels +330 (bet $100 to win $330)
- Seattle Mariners +480 (bet $100 to win $480)
- Texas Rangers +1500 (bet $100 to win $1,500)
- Oakland +2000 (bet $100 to win $2,000)
Oakland’s implied probability of winning the AL Central is 4.76% or 20/1 fractional odds. Houston is the clear and worthy favorite here. Other clubs are better positioned to pick up any slack that may be there, even the Rangers. PASS.
Odds to win American League
Odds: +4000 (bet $100 to win $4,000)
The price on Oakland to make the postseason is well short of what would be required to pull the trigger. The Athletics making it to October and then representing the AL in the Series? I would want significantly more than the 40-to-1 implied odds here. AVOID.
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