Insights and advice for betting MLB American League in July

The dog days of big league baseball continue into July past the halfway point of the 2025 season. The MLB American League teams separating themselves at the top of the divisions are the Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros with the New York Yankees holding a slight half-game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays, who have been among the very best teams in July going 16-7 into the final few games of the month with the Toronto Blue Jays also in the AL East chase. 

More key games and schedules provided for July with the MLB All-Star Game Tuesday, July 15 at Truist Park in Atlanta. The MLB trade deadline is July 31 as teams continue to push towards the playoffs and American League Pennant. Check out the Interleague schedule below along with the top teams in the National League article, update, standings, schedules and odds in July. 

The 2025 baseball odds including AL Pennant and most wins in July (to be provided) are below. Bettors who follow the daily betting opportunities in baseball are looking for favorable odds, value and added prop bets of interest at leading online sportsbooks, which includes taking advantage of dime lines offered at top online sportsbooks.

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Key MLB American League Series And 2025 Baseball Odds In July

Here are the MLB American League division records, top teams and matchups. Adjusted futures odds are added to compare, and understand in the most wins market that number of games for each teams vary in the month. The tiebreaker for most wins is fewest games played in the month. 

The Astros (+775), Tigers (+885) and Mariners (+1250) are the leading favorites in the American League to have MLB's most wins in July. 

American League

AL Central 

Detroit (51-31)
Cleveland (40-39)
Minnesota (39-42)
Kansas City (38-43)
Chicago (26-55) 

June records: DET (13-10), CLE (9-13), MIN (8-16), KC (7-14) 

The Tigers (-2500) are huge favorites to win the division after starting the season behind their two main rivals with the Guardians (+1600), Twins (+1800) and Royals (+4000) more than 9-games behind halfway through the season. 

AL East 

New York (46-34)
Tampa Bay (46-35)
Toronto (43-37)
Boston (40-42)
Baltimore (34-46) 

June records: NYY (11-12), TB (16-7), TOR (13-9) BOS (12-10), BAL (13-10) 

The Yankees (-250) remain favorites to win the AL East ahead of the Rays (+325) and Blue Jays (+650) with the Red Sox (+2500) trying to make up ground while staying in the Wild Card chase just 2-games behind the Mariners for the final WC spot. 

AL West  

Houston (48-33)
Seattle (41-39)
Los Angeles (40-40)
Texas (40-41)
Athletics (33-50) 

June records: HOU (17-6), SEA (10-13), LAA (14-9), TEX (12-10), A's (10-14)

The Astros (-400) are favorites ahead of the Mariners (+450), and those two teams flipped spots in the standings from the start of June. The Rangers (+1000) and Angles (+2200) remain the Wild Card chase but 7-8 games behind Houstin in the AL West.

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American League Pennant odds at BetOnline show the Yankees (+270) and Tigers (+280) near co-favorites followed by the Astros (+470), Rays (+800), Mariners (+1200), Blue Jays (+1400), Rangers (+2000), Red Sox (+2000), Twins (+2200), Guardians (+2500), Royals (+3300) and the rest big longshots 80/1 to 750/1.

Key games and schedules

July 1-3: New York at Toronto / Kansas City at Seattle
July 4-6: Tampa Bay at Minnesota / Detroit at Cleveland
July 7-9 - Tampa Bay at Detroit / Cleveland at Houston
July 8-10: Seattle at New York
July 10-13: Tampa Bay at Boston
July 11-13: Seattle at Detroit / Texas at Houston
July 18-20: Detroit at Texas / Houston at Seattle
July 21-23: New York at Toronto
July 24-27: Toronto at Detroit
July 25-27: Cleveland at Kansas City
July 28-31: Tampa Bay at New York / Boston at Minnesota (3) / Texas at LA Angels (3)

Interleague Matchups

July 1-3: Detroit at Washington / Cleveland at Chicago Cubs
July 4-6 – NY Yankees at NY Mets / Houston at LA Dodgers / Boston at Washington / Kansas City at Arizona
July 8-10 - Chicago Cubs at Minnesota
July 11-13: Chicago Cubs at NY Yankees / NY Mets at Kansas City
July 18-20: NY Yankees at Atlanta / San Francisco at Toronto / Boston at Chicago Cubs
July 21-23: Boston at Philadelphia / Minnesota at LA Dodgers / Kansas City at Chicago Cubs / Houston at Arizona / Milwaukee at Seattle
July 24-27: Seattle at LA Angeles
July 25-27: Philadelphia at NY Yankees / LA Dodgers at Boston / Atlanta at Texas
July 28-30: Arizona at Detroit / Atlanta at Kansas City 

Follow the stats leaders and daily matchups, and compare the odds, futures and season win totals. As you watch and wager, monitor the team schedules, injuries and key series as the leading online sportsbooks adjust the odds and post daily MLB odds and matchups throughout the 2025 MLB season. 

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