Inside the numbers: Arizona Diamondbacks’ improbable World Series run continues to defy the odds at sportsbooks


The Arizona Diamondbacks and Texas Rangers were both 100-loss teams in 2021. A short two seasons later, they now find themselves playing the part of one of baseball’s most iconic underdog stories.

The preseason odds for a Rangers-Diamondbacks World Series matchup were listed at +175000, or a 1 in 1,750 chance, making this the most unlikely World Series matchup of all time.

From day one, hardly anyone, including oddsmakers, would have predicted the Diamondbacks to win the National League pennant…

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