According to one Las Vegas sportsbook, the NL Central race is over.
Although 84 games remain in the 162-game season, Bovada has pulled the "Odds to win the 2016 NL Central" off the board completely. You can get odds on every other division in baseball, but there are no longer any odds available in the NL Central.
"Odds for this division are off the board due to Chicago's huge lead," Bovada noted in its latest monthly press release.
The Cubs entered the season as favorites to win the NL Central, according to Bovada, which gave the Cubs 2/3 odds on opening day, followed by the Cardinals (5/2), Pirates (3/1), Reds and Brewers (25/1).
You can still get 14/1 odds on the Cardinals to win the NL and 33/1 odds on the Cardinals winning the World Series.
After 78 games, the Cubs began Friday morning 11 games ahead of the Cardinals, 13.5 games ahead of the Pirates, 16 ahead of the Brewers and 23 ahead of the Reds.
So the Cardinals, Pirates, Reds and Brewers join the Rays, Twins, Angels, A's, Braves, Phillies, Diamondbacks, Rockies and Padres as the only teams Bovada has removed off the board in the division-race odds.
Bovada is giving 1} odds on the Cubs to win the World Series and 7/4 to win the NL pennant. Odds on the Cubs to win the World Series were at 5/1 at this time last month.
The Rangers, who are getting 1{ odds to win the World Series, have the best odds to win the AL pennant at 5/2 with the Indians following at 9/2.
Fortunately for the Cardinals, 84 games remain on a schedule that allows for the two wild-card teams in each league.
