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

The 2024 MLB division series round is here, with four best-of-five showdowns ready to get going. In each series, Games 1,2 and 5 (if necessary) will take place at the home stadium of the division winners that earned a bye into this round of the playoffs.

Check back each 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.

All odds accurate as of publish time. Series odds reflect the lines as of the start of Game 1. For more, go to ESPN BET.

Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Guardians

Series line: Tigers (+105), Guardians (-125)

Series result: Tigers sweep (+600), Tigers in 4 (+400), Tigers in 5 (+400)

Series result: Guardians sweep (+550), Guardians in 4 (+325), Guardians in 5 (+450)

Zola's series pick: Playoff baseball is intriguing since runs are harder to come by, but the successful teams usually hit more homers. The Guardians offense is ideal for this scenario, and they manage their pitching as well as any team in the postseason. That said, they will face Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal in Game 2, so predicting a sweep is aggressive. So is anticipating the Guardians to sweep both games in Motown, but that's where I am going, avoiding betting simply on the Guardians to defeat the Tigers, but instead calling it in four games.

Game 1: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1:08 PM ET (TBS)

Game 1 line: Tigers +1.5 (-175), Guardians -1.5 (+145)

Game 1 money line: Tigers +130, Guardians -155

Game 1 O/U: 7.5 runs, Over (+110)/Under (-130)

Game 2: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Monday, Oct. 7, 4:08 PM ET (TBS)

Game 3: Comerica Park, Detroit, Wednesday, Oct.