With Spring training in full swing and the smell of freshly cut grass and white chalk in the air the baseball betting season can’ t be far off. And this year as in most recent years it’s not hard to pick out the top divisions in the MLB odds. In fact, this year will be little changed from last season’s baseball betting when it comes to hierarchy of the divisions.

It’s no secret that the AL East will once again be the hardest neighborhood to win an MLB odds playoff spot. Thumbing through the stats from last season it’s easy to see that the top AL East far outperformed any other division in AL baseball betting competition and the entire MLB odds competition for that matter.

The AL East’s top 3 teams -led by the New York Yankees 103 regular season wins (not to mention a World Series title)- combined for 282 regular season wins. In comparison the AL Central’s top three teams combined for just 252 victories. And it’s no wonder that the AL East was so successful. They have some of the best hitters in the game with A-Rod, Big Papi, Mark Texiera, and Derek Jeter but what makes this division so tough is the pitching.

Names like Sabathia, Halliday and Beckett send shivers down hitters spines. The NL West runs a close second in terms of top baseball betting divisions with teams like Dodgers, Rockies and even the Giants loaded with MLB odds talent. But until one of these teams wins the World Series the NL East is the division to beat.