2024 MLB playoffs championship series round betting guide - Props, picks, futures - ESPN

The 2024 MLB championship series round is here, with a pair of best-of-seven showdowns ready to get going. In both series, Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 (those last two games, if necessary) will take place at the home stadium of the better-seeded team.

Check back every day to see the latest odds for each game as well as a few betting tips on some of the prop bets available to be made on each contest.

For more on the MLB playoffs, check out each team's odds to win the World Series here.

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New York Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

Dodgers lead series 1-0

Series line: Mets (+260), Dodgers (-320)

Series result: Mets in 5 (+1500), Mets in 6 (+900), Mets in 7 (+550)

Series result: Dodgers sweep (+450), Dodgers in 5 (+340), Dodgers in 6 (+320), Dodgers in 7 (+475)

Zola's series picks

I don't believe in momentum, but I do believe teams can get in a collective groove and elevate their game. Even with Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing five scoreless innings last night, the Mets' pitching is currently better than the Dodgers'. That's enough for me to pick the underdog Mets to win this series (+150).

Furthermore, with the way the pitching lines up, Yamamoto is going to appear in only one game. I'll give another win to the Dodgers and call for the Mets to defeat the Dodgers in six games (+550).

Game 1: Dodgers 9, Mets 0

Game 2: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, Monday, Oct. 14, 4:08 p.m., (Fox)

Game 2 run line: Mets +1.5 (-175), Dodgers -1.5 (+145)

Game 2 money line: Mets +120, Dodgers -145

Game 2 O/U: 8.5 runs, O (-110)/U (-110)

Zola's picks

After losing Game 1 of the NLDS, the Mets seek a split of the first two games in Chavez Ravine. With Jack Flaherty delivering seven frames in Game