Betting: Yankees ahead of Blue Jays to win their division

Charles-Alexis Brisebois
Betting: Yankees ahead of Blue Jays to win their division
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The Blue Jays had a superb 2025 season. They made it to the World Series and came close to winning top honors against the Dodgers, as you know.

Throughout the season, they had the Yankees' number. That was also the case in the playoffs.

Even so, that didn't stop Major League Baseball's big thinkers from favoring the Yankees (who hadn't necessarily lost more or fewer pieces than the Blue Jays on the free-agent market) over the Blue Jays in their November 10 power rankings.

Today, however, the Bet Online platform still rates the Yankees as favorites (by two games) to win their division.

From the moment the Blue Jays sacred a volley to the Yankees in 2025 and dominated American in general, they've spent over $300M trying to keep improving.

In fact, they've already had what can only be described as an excellent off-season. They're also the favorites for Kyle Tucker, but that's not a factor in today's exercise.

What about the Yankees? They brought Trent Grisham back at too big a price. But what if they didn't?

We all know that big markets often have an advantage in predictions of this kind. But logically, right now, it's hard to see why the Bombers are the favorites in their division.

I'm not even sure I'd put them ahead of the Red Sox right now…

Note that in the National League, there is no such big anomaly at the top of a division. And we also note that, according to the figures used to construct the predictions, no one is on track to easily win 100 games in 2026.

This content was created with the help of AI.

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