Latest Cleveland Guardians Playoff Chances 2024
The betting odds below were taken from DraftKings Sportsbook Ohio and converted from odds into an implied probability.
| 📈 Cleveland Guardians Playoff Chances: | 46.5% |
| 📉 Cleveland Guardians Chance to Miss Playoffs: | 57.4% |
| 📊 Cleveland Guardians Playoff Odds: | +115 |
| 📅 Info Last Verified: | April 29, 2024 |
What Are the Guardians Playoff Chances?
The odds for the Cleveland Guardians to make the playoffs are +115, with missing the playoffs coming in at -135. This means oddsmakers are giving the Guardians a 46.5% chance of making the playoffs and a 57.4% chance of missing them. As it is still early in the season, however, these numbers could differ wildly from the numbers we'll see as the end of summer approaches.
Can the Guardians Make the Playoffs?
Yes, the Guardians can still make the playoffs.
The MLB regular season is long, and it only started in April. It will be at least a few months before teams begin to be officially eliminated from playoff contention. That includes the Guardians, a team oddsmakers currently believe has a decent chance of making the postseason and a long-shot chance of reaching and winning the 2024 World Series.
Latest Cleveland Guardians Odds: World Series, Division Title & More
The latest Cleveland Guardians World Series odds are +4000, according to the top Ohio sportsbooks.
| 🏆 Cleveland Guardians World Series Odds: | +4000 |
| 🚩 American League Pennant: | +1500 |
| 🥇 AL Central Division Title: | +225 |
| 📊 Guardians Regular Season Projected Wins: | 79.5 |
| 📅 Odds Last Verified: | April 29, 2024 |
Who Is Favored to Win the World Series in 2024?
The Los Angeles Dodgers (+310), with huge free-agent signing Shohei Ohtani and an entire lineup of All-Star players, are heavily favored to win the MLB World Series. The Atlanta Braves (+425), New York Yankees (+800), and Houston Astros (+1100) 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 +1500 to win the American League. This means oddsmakers give them a 6.3% chance of becoming American League champions for the first time since 2016.
What Are the Cleveland Guardians AL Central Odds?
The Guardians' odds of winning the American League Central are currently +225, which translates to a 30.8% chance of winning the division. The American League Central betting favorites are the Minnesota Twins at +175, with oddsmakers giving the Guardians the second-best chance to win the division.
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. Then called The Columbus Buckeyes, the team was part of the Western League, a minor baseball league in the Midwest United States.
In a significant move in 1900, the team relocated to Cleveland, changing their name to the Lake Shores. They eventually changed their name to the Indians and became a founding member of the AL after Western League founder Ban Johnson changed the name to the American League. This marked a pivotal moment in the team's history. The Guardians are one of just four remaining founding American League teams, along with the Tigers, Red Sox, and White Sox.
The team won its first World Series championship in 1920, one year after the infamous Black Sox scandal rocked the national pastime to its core and nearly destroyed the sport. Nearly three decades would pass before the Indians won their second title in 1948.
But if those 28 years between championships felt agonizingly long for Indians fans, then the 75-year (and counting) wait for its third World Series title likely feels interminable. It is the longest active World Series title drought of any team in Major League Baseball. It's also the second-longest drought for any team in the four major American sports (baseball, football, hockey, basketball); only the Arizona Cardinals, who last won a championship in 1947, has gone more years without winning another title. The Indians came close to another World Series title in 2016, but blew a 3-1 series lead against Chicago.
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 Aug. 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 6 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 finished 1 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 16 times in their history and won 2 World Series championships.
Cleveland Guardians FAQs
The Guardians current odds of winning the 2024 World Series are +4000, giving them just a 2.4% chance of winning baseball's world championship. The Guardians posted a record of 76-86 in 2023, which placed them third in the American League Central.
Yes, the Cleveland Guardians can make the playoffs. They currently have a 46.5% chance of making the 2024 Major League Baseball playoffs, but it's early in the season, so a lot can change between now and September.
The Guardians have played their home games at Progressive Field since 1994, when the ballpark opened under its original Jacobs Field name. Prior to 1994, the team's games were played at historic Cleveland Stadium, which opened in 1932 and also served as the home of the Cleveland Browns.
Larry Dolan owns the Cleveland Guardians franchise. Dolan purchased the club for $323 million in 2000 from former owner Richard Jacobs.
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.
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.
