PinnacleSports.com Releases 2002 World Series Odds

The Windy City hasn't even held the victory parade to celebrate the Chicago White Sox first World Series title since 1917 and already the odds makers at PinnacleSports.com have calculated the odds on which team will win next year's World Series. The largest sports betting site on the Internet, PinnacleSports.com has created odds on all 30 Major League teams winning the Series in 2006 and the newly crowned world champions are not the favorite to repeat next season.

It should really come as no surprise that the team with a payroll exceeding $200 million has been installed as the favorite to capture their 27th World Series title as PinnacleSports.com has made the New York Yankees 5/1 favorites to win it all in 2006. The St. Louis Cardinals, who finished with a league-best 100 wins this season, are listed as a close second at 11/2 odds to win the World Series next year. According to PinnacleSports.com the 2004 world champion Boston Red Sox (8/1), 2003 champion Florida Marlins (11/1) and ALCS runner-up Los Angeles Angels (12/1) should also figure into the World Series chase. Despite sweeping their way to their first World Series title in 88 years, the White Sox are slightly off the pace to win another world championship next year at 15/1.

After making an impressive second half run that found them both just missing out on the playoffs, the Cleveland Indians (15/1) and Oakland Athletics (16/1) appear to be solid contenders again next season. Meanwhile, PinnacleSports.com has listed the World Series runner-up Houston Astros at 18/1 to win their first championship in team history in 2006. At the other end of the spectrum, PinnacleSports.com lists the Milwaukee Brewers (100/1), Pittsburgh Pirates (100/1), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (150/1), Colorado Rockies (200/1) and Kansas City Royals (300/1) as the long shots to win the 2006 World Series.