Despite being ravaged by injury, the Yankees managed to scrape together an 85-win season last year, and were in wild-card contention until the season’s final week.
They then made quite the splash in the offseason, signing Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, and Masahiro Tanaka.
However, Las Vegas isn’t sold on the re-tooled Yankees, as Bovada.lv set the Yanks’ over-under for the 2014 season at just 86.5 wins.
Vegas also believes that the Mets’ impact offseason signings — Bartolo Colon, Curtis Granderson and Chris Young — won’t move the needle all that much, as their over-under of 73.5 wins is actually just below the 74-88 record the team has posted each of the last two seasons.
As far as other teams go, Vegas is predicting a let-down season for the defending champion Red Sox, pegging them for 87.5 wins. The Rays (88.5) are seen as the American League East favorite, with the Orioles (80.5) and Blue Jays (79.5) seen as the fourth- and fifth-place teams.
The National League champion Cardinals check in at 90.5 wins, just below the Dodgers’ projection of an MLB-best 92.5 victories.
The Nationals, who had a disappointing 86-win season last year, are the National League East favorite (88.5). Right behind them are the Braves (87.5), while the Phillies (76.5) are pegged for third. The Marlins (69.5) sport baseball’s second-worst over-under, just ahead of the Astros (62.5).
Here is the complete list (courtesy of Bovada):
Los Angeles Dodgers 92.5
St. Louis Cardinals 90.5
Detroit Tigers 89.5
Oakland Athletics 88.5
Tampa Bay Rays 88.5
Washington Nationals 88.5
Atlanta Braves 87.5
Boston Red Sox 87.5
Los Angeles Angels 86.5
New York Yankees 86.5
San Francisco Giants 86.5
Texas Rangers 86.5
Cincinnati Reds 84.5
Pittsburgh Pirates 83.5
Kansas City Royals 81.5
Seattle Mariners 81.5
Arizona Diamondbacks 80.5
Baltimore Orioles 80.5
Cleveland Indians 80.5
Milwaukee Brewers 79.5
Toronto Blue Jays 79.5
San Diego Padres 78.5
Colorado Rockies 76.5
Philadelphia Phillies 76.5
Chicago White Sox 75.5
New York Mets 73.5
Minnesota Twins 70.5
Chicago Cubs 69.5
Miami Marlins 69.5
Houston Astros 62.5


