Minnesota Twins Still Near Top of 2025 AL Central Odds; White Sox Prove Life Could Be Worse

The end of the 2024 MLB season was not fun for the Minnesota Twins. This offseason won’t be either. Being broke isn’t usually fun. That said, there is still the infrastructure of a good team.

It helps playing in the AL Central where just about everyone is doing way more selling this offseason, than buying, and that should make for a competitive division yet again, in 2025. Well… except for the White Sox.

AL Central oddsmakers like the 2025 Minnesota Twins

After a September to forget, the Minnesota Twins finished fourth in the AL Central last season. That, after they were a cinch playoff team for 120+ games. Unfortunately, 2nd half injuries in 2024 ultimately sank the squad. But as long as Falvey doesn’t trade away Carlos Correa, both DraftKings and FanDuel agree the 2025 Twins will be a prime player in the American League Central.

The AL Central sent three teams to the postseason last year. Detroit took a wild card series against Houston. Cleveland won a series, before ultimately falling to the Yankees in the American League Championship Series.

The Guardians may appear ahead of the Minnesota Twins, in the above odds table. But there is really no betting difference between the two teams, It’s the difference in betting $100 to win $200 (Twins) or $195 (Guardians). Those two teams are neck-and-neck favorites to win the division. The Detroit Tigers are a close underdog, the Kansas City Royals’ odds are a bit longer.

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Minnesota has yet to bolster the roster, outside of one Rule 5 Draft selection, Eiberson Castellano, who will join the big league pitching staff, where he must remain all season, or be offered back to the Philadelphia Phillies, which is where the Twins plucked him from. More moves are expected, but they’ll be more of the “sell” variety.

At least the Twins aren’t the White Sox

Nothing was more frustrating than the way in which the Minnesota Twins collapsed this fall. But it’s important to look around sometimes. Because things could always be worse. At least we don’t cheer for the Chicago White Sox, who lost a major league record 121 games last season. Oddsmakers, who have the Southsiders as +25000 to +50000, depending on the book, don’t expect much to change for the White Sox in 2025.

“Oh my goodness. The White Sox have just gone full White Sox.”@kevinnbrown sums up the Chicago White Sox, who are on their way to a 31-109 record. pic.twitter.com/Or7vspU7js

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 3, 2024

Obviously Chicago is expected to be the worst team in the division, and probably the worst team in baseball. The odds though suggest there’s no reason for them to even show up at the ballpark. But hey, if you are a White Sox believer… now is the time to strike. A $100 bet would win you $40,000, if proven correct.

Someone has to be the punching bag, and Chicago is ready and willing. Minnesota went 12-1 against the Chicago White Sox last season. The Guardians, who won the AL Central, were just 8-5 record. It’s truly sad how bad the Southsiders fell off, but I’m guessing Rocco Baldelli doesn’t mind a few in-division bye games on the schedule.

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The White Sox popped up as one of the surprises during a shortened 2020 season, then parlayed that into 93 wins in 2021. But in 2022, the downfall began… a downfall that has unfolded in a weird 20 loss pattern. In 2022, Chicago won 81 games (.500), then down to 61 in 2023, and 41 in 2024. Maybe, they can drop to 21 wins, in 2025?