- The Brewers took two of three from the Braves and lead the NL Central by six games at 81-50.
- Bovada prices Milwaukee -1200 to win the division, with the 75-56 Chicago Cubs next at +900.
- Atlanta is -300 in the NL East after its lead over Philadelphia fell from five games to three.
- The Phillies have won nine straight, and +240 is the shortest plus-money price on the NL division board.
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Brewers won two of three from the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, and Monday’s NL division futures board prices the result. Milwaukee is -1200 at Bovada to win the NL Central, while Atlanta is -300 to hold an NL East lead that has thinned to three games.
A Six-Game Lead Priced Like A Finished Race
Milwaukee won 2-1 Friday and 4-1 Saturday before Atlanta salvaged the finale 4-2 behind Tyler Mahle, who has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his four starts since arriving from San Francisco. The series matched the NL Central and NL East leaders, and the winner banked more than a tiebreaker. Milwaukee is 81-50 entering play Monday, six clear of the 75-56 Cubs.
Milwaukee’s -1200 risks $1,200 for every $100 in profit, a price that treats a six-game lead with 31 games left as a finished race. Chicago’s +900 reads the same way from below. The Cubs are on a 93-win pace and priced as a 9-1 longshot because the club in front of them is on pace for 100.
Milwaukee entered the series +850 to win the World Series, behind the Dodgers at +170, when the NL pennant race narrowed to two. Los Angeles, now 80-51 and nine games up in the NL West, sits one game behind Milwaukee’s record.
The NL division odds at Bovada frame the two races that remain.
NL Central
- Team
- Milwaukee Brewers
- Odds
- -1200
- Implies
- 92.3%
NL Central
- Team
- Chicago Cubs
- Odds
- +900
- Implies
- 10.0%
NL East
- Team
- Atlanta Braves
- Odds
- -300
- Implies
- 75.0%
NL East
- Team
- Philadelphia Phillies
- Odds
- +240
- Implies
- 29.4%
Nine Straight Phillies Wins Squeeze Atlanta’s -300
While Atlanta dropped two of three in Milwaukee, Philadelphia finished a home sweep of St. Louis, taking Sunday’s game 6-4 on Kyle Schwarber’s ninth-inning walk-off homer for a ninth straight win. A lead that stood at five games Friday morning was three by Sunday night.
Atlanta’s -300 asks bettors to lay 3-1 on a three-game cushion over the hottest team in the league. Philadelphia’s +240 pays close to 2.5-1 on a three-game deficit with 31 games to play, and that margin is the tightest of the three NL divisions, the only one bettors shopping legal sports betting sites will find priced as a race.
Milwaukee and Atlanta are both idle Monday. Philadelphia opens a series in Seattle, and a win there cuts the East margin to 2.5 games before the Braves play again.
