Baseball is one of the most engaging form of entertainment. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise if a lot of people go mad about this sport and become a total nerd about it. When someone is so taken, he or she may decide to bet on baseball to show his or her expertise.
There are a lot of ways to bet on baseball and it may be difficult to choose the most advantageous one or find the better odds on the market. Comparators exist to help bettors find the best daily parlays available on baseball, as well as on every other major sport, like football, basketball, hockey, American football, tennis, rugby, volleyball and so on. The betting landscape is pretty wild, but comparators can offer everyone some suggestions and insights before placing the bet.
Betting on baseball: what the bettor should know beforehand
Betting operators developed a way to bet on almost everything baseball-related that can happen during a game. These types of bets are awarded at the end of the match. Usually, extra-innings are included. Obviously, this concerns mainly the daily parlays. These, however, aren’t the only way to bet on baseball. If a fan would like to guess where the Tampa Bay Rays will play their next game (or games, probably), now that their home field in St. Petersburg has been devastated by hurricane Milton, he or she can do it. In this article, we keep our focus only on bets relating to actual games.
Before betting, it is better to remember to place money only on sports we love and know, in order to keep the experience less risky. Whoever bets on baseball should better know a thing or two about the sport. Another golden rule is to never chase losses, in order to not lose a burning passion because a bet went wrong.
The most popular types of bets on baseball
Among the most popular types of bets on baseball we find the head to head final result (with or without handicap), that consists in guessing the winner of a given bout; the head to head plus under/over, where the bettor has to guess who will win and if the total score would be under or over a certain number (this bet can include or exclude extra innings) and the classical 1×2 to bet on the winner of the game (including or excluding extra innings). The number 1 indicates the away team, while the number 2 is for the home team, or vice versa. Oftentimes, the operator gives the chance to bet on the 1×2 at the end of the first inning.
Very popular is also the under/over bet and the under/over team X. The first one asks to guess if the points scored by the two opponents will be under or over a certain number. The results will be checked at the end of the last extra-inning, not after regulation. The under/over team X is the same, but it doesn’t count the total points scored, only the ones scored by the chosen side. People may also find an under/over points period X, to guess if the score at a particular point during the game (usually an inning of choice), would be under or over a predetermined total. The under/over after the fifth inning bet is wildly popular, as well as the under/over team X after the fifth inning.
Extra-inning yes/no is a simple bet in which people must guess if the game would have at least 1 extra-inning. Even or odds asks if the sum of the points scored by the two opponents at the end of the game (after eventual extra-innings) would be an even or odd number.
What is the moneyline?
Typically, sportsbooks offer the so-called moneyline. The operator asks who will win a given baseball game, but it doesn’t evaluate the two teams equally.
Let’s make an example: in a Californian rivalry game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres, where the World Series’ champions are heavily favoured, a sportsbook can read Dodgers -220 and Padres +200. It means that a bettor can win 200 bucks by betting 100 on San Diego but he or she must bet 220 dollars to win a bill with the face of Benjamin Franklin. The positive number always shows how much would be gained on a successful bet of 100 dollars.
