How do you read baseball odds?

Question

How do you read baseball odds?

Answer 1

Yes, they are confusing.

Say the Indians are playing at the Angels.

The odds read:

Angels -140: Indians +125

That means the Angels are the favorite.  The bet is a straight up bet, meaning whoever wins the game wins the bet.

With odds like that, it means you would have to lay $140 dollars to win $100 on the Angels.  But if you bet $100 on the Indians, you would win $125.  Of course, you get your original 140 or 100 back as well.

You lay 140 to collect 240.  Or you lay 100 to win 225.