Latest Cleveland Guardians Playoff Chances 2025
The betting odds below were taken from sportsbooks like DraftKings Sportsbook Ohio and converted from odds into an implied probability.
| 📈 Cleveland Guardians Playoff Chances: | 35.7% |
| 📉 Cleveland Guardians Chance to Miss Playoffs: | 71.4% |
| 📊 Cleveland Guardians Playoff Odds: | +180 |
| 📅 Info Last Verified: | August 16, 2025 |
Odds vary across sportsbooks, but as the season nears its end, most list the Guardians as playoff contenders.
What Are the Guardians Playoff Chances?
The odds for the Cleveland Guardians to make the playoffs are +180, with missing the playoffs at -250. This means sportsbooks are giving Cleveland a 35.7% chance of making the playoffs and a 71.4% chance of missing the postseason. Cleveland will face fellow Wild Card contenders, the Rangers and Mariners, this month.
Can the Guardians Make the Playoffs?
The Guardians can still make the playoffs. While the postseason picture is starting to take shape, no teams will officially clinch or be eliminated until September. Cleveland reached the playoffs in 2024 by winning their division and currently sits just 1.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race.
With the MLB regular season running from March through October, there’s still time left. Oddsmakers still view Cleveland as a legitimate contender for a postseason spot, though their chances of making and winning the 2025 World Series remain long shots.
Latest Cleveland Guardians Odds: World Series, Division Title & More
The latest Cleveland Guardians World Series odds are +9000, according to the top Ohio sportsbooks.
| 🏆 Cleveland Guardians World Series Odds: | +9000 (1.1% chance) |
| 🚩 American League Pennant: | +3500 (2.8% chance) |
| 🥇 AL Central Division Title: | +1500 (6.3% chance) |
| 📊 Guardians Regular Season Projected Wins: | O/U 81.5 (-110/-110) |
| 📅 Odds Last Verified: | August 16, 2025 |
Who Is Favored to Win the World Series in 2025?
The Los Angeles Dodgers (+400), the defending champions, who won it last season thanks to Shohei Ohtani and an entire lineup of All-Star players, are favored to win the MLB World Series. The Philadelphia Phillies (+600), Milwaukee Brewers (+800), and Houston Astros (+800) are the three teams currently closest to the Dodgers, according to oddsmakers.
What Are the Guardians Odds to Win the American League?
The Guardians are currently +3500 to win the American League, the seventh-shortest odds among AL teams. That gives Cleveland a 2.8% chance of becoming American League champions for the first time since 2016. The Detroit Tigers lead the way with the best AL title odds at +350. As for making the ALCS, the Guardians sit at a 6.7% chance.
What Are the Cleveland Guardians AL Central Odds?
The Guardians' odds of winning the American League Central are currently +1500, which translates to a 6.3% chance of winning the division and are the second-shortest odds. The Detroit Tigers lead the division and have the best odds to win the AL Central at -2500. Cleveland will face Detroit twice in September.
How to Bet on the Guardians in Ohio
Individuals 21 years of age or older and physically within the state borders of Ohio (or any other state where sports betting is legal) are eligible to place bets on the Guardians (and other major sporting events). Leading Ohio betting apps such as DraftKings, FanDuel, Fanatics, and BetMGM offer betting lines and futures for the Guardians and the other 29 MLB teams.
Are There Any Guardians Betting Promos?
There are no Ohio sportsbook promos that are specific to the Guardians. But sports betting operators across the state will likely offer odds boosts on Guardians games frequently.
Cleveland Guardians World Series History
The Cleveland Guardians were founded in 1896 as the Columbus Buckeyes, part of the Western League, a minor baseball league in the Midwest.
In 1900, the team relocated to Cleveland and became the Lake Shores. They later changed their name to the Indians and became a founding member of the American League after Western League founder Ban Johnson transformed the league. This marked a pivotal moment in the franchise’s history. Today, the Guardians are one of just four remaining original American League teams, alongside the Tigers, Red Sox, and White Sox.
The team won its first World Series championship in 1920, just one year after the infamous Black Sox scandal rocked the sport and nearly destroyed baseball’s reputation. Nearly three decades passed before the Indians captured their second title in 1948.
If those 28 years between championships felt agonizing for Indians fans, the 75-year (and counting) wait for a third World Series title has been even more excruciating. It’s the longest active World Series title drought in Major League Baseball and the second-longest across the four major American sports, only the Arizona Cardinals, who last won a championship in 1947, have gone longer without a title. The Indians came close again in 2016 but squandered a 3-1 series lead against the Chicago Cubs.
Have the Cleveland Guardians Won a World Series?
The Cleveland Guardians have won two World Series titles, in 1920 and 1948.
- 1920: The Indians beat the Brooklyn Robins, 5-2, to win the World Series and cap off a season that would be remembered for the death of shortstop Ray Chapman, who died August 17 after being struck in the head by a pitch from Yankee hurler Carl Mays. Chapman remains one of just two batters who have died after being struck by pitches during official games.
- 1948: Led by future Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, the Indians beat the Boston Braves in six games to capture their second World Championship.
How Many Times Have the Guardians Won the American League?
The Guardians have won the American League pennant six times.
- 1920: Led by Tris Speaker, the Indians beat out the Chicago White Sox just one year after the infamous 1919 Black Sox scandal rocked baseball
- 1948: The Indians finish one game ahead of the Boston Red Sox
- 1954: The Indians' 111-43 record sets the new high-water mark for season winning percentage by an American League team. It's a record that stands today.
- 1995: Albert Belle finishes second in the MVP voting after becoming the first player to ever hit 50 home runs and 50 doubles in one season.
- 1997: The Indians win the American League Central on the strength of an 86-75 record.
- 2016: Returning to the World Series for the first time since 1997, the Indians blow a 3-1 series lead over the Chicago Cubs, allowing the Cubs to finally win the World Series title they'd been chasing for over 100 years.
How Many Times Have the Guardians Made the Playoffs?
The Cleveland Guardians have made the MLB playoffs 17 times in their history and have won two World Series championships.
Cleveland Guardians FAQs
The Guardians' current odds of winning the 2025 World Series are +9000, giving them a 1.1% chance of winning baseball's world championship. Based on +3500 odds, Cleveland has a 2.8% chance of making it to the World Series.
Yes, the Cleveland Guardians can make the playoffs. They have a 35.7% chance of making the 2025 Major League Baseball postseason based on +180 odds. The Guardians have a 71.4% chance of missing the playoffs based on -250 odds.
The Guardians have played their home games at Progressive Field since 1994, when the ballpark opened under its original Jacobs Field name. Before 1994, the team played at historic Cleveland Stadium, which opened in 1932 and served as the Cleveland Browns' home.
Larry Dolan owns the Cleveland Guardians franchise. In 2000, Dolan purchased the club from former owner Richard Jacobs for $323 million. Under his ownership, the Guardians have made multiple playoff appearances and remained a competitive force in the American League.
For most of its history, Cleveland's Major League Baseball franchise was known as the Indians. But for decades, the name, and its accompanying Chief Wahoo logo, were criticized for perpetuating Native American racial stereotypes, so they changed it to the Guardians.
The Cleveland Indians became the Cleveland Guardians on November 19, 2021, after decades of protests by Native American rights groups and others. The team stopped using the Chief Wahoo logo as its primary mark in 2014, instead opting to use a classic C as its logo.
Author
Jeremy Botter is a commercial editor for BetOhio.com. He is a former senior writer for CNN, managing editor at FloSports and associate editor for Heavy.com in addition to spending more than 10 years as a combat sports beat writer for the Houston Chronicle.
