That's correct. In my mind, against such a horrible team and with the Reds playing well, I felt 75-77.5% chance of winning any one individual game in this series was reasonable. Hence, the math. I felt good about giving a 36% chance of us sweeping this series. Someone mentioned 10%. If I had seen 10% ( which is equivalent to 9:1 odds) for a Reds' sweep, I would have jumped all over that line with about a 5 C-Note bet. I would have profited a nice $4,500 this weekend.
I found this discussion of the odds quite entertaining. But one point about sports book odds.
They are not based on the actual odds of a team winning, they are based on how much money is bet on each side. The goal of the sports book is to get an equal amount of money bet on both sides, so that they their payout is the same for either result. They make their money by taking a 10% cut of each payout.
So the odds of a sports book can easily be out of wack from the actual odds of each team winning.
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Big Klu (08-09-2021)
Good post. That's very true. I felt good about the Reds having a 75% chance of winning any one of those games . Assuming we use that 75% number with each game , 3/4 x 3/4 x3/4 x 3/4 = 81/256 ~~ 2.16 :1 against. So, the odds against a sweep in that case would be about 2.2: 1 .
Last edited by Ky Fried Redleg; 08-08-2021 at 08:17 PM.
Heck of a series for you guys.
From an outsider’s point of view, you have to have one of the best trio of 2-3-4 hitters in all of baseball. Not to mention 1 and 5 are close to All-Star level in their own right. Plus a gold glove catcher? Not shabby.
I feel like if one or two of your starters can go on a hot streak for the last month and a half you have a real chance at leapfrogging the Brewers. Obviously the bullpen needs to get better also, but I believe a few guys will become reliable down the stretch. Givens and Lorenzen being two off the top of my head.
Just my thoughts.
I’ll see you folks again soon. In the mean time, we’ll try to give you some help this weekend. Go Bucs!
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