Johnny Avello has been an oddsmaker and baseball fan for more than 40 years, and he can’t remember a wilder final month of the MLB regular season than September 2025.

The Guardians’ white-hot September , coupled with the Detroit Tigers’ stunning collapse, has the clubs tied atop the American League Central as the final weekend commences tonight.

The Guardians lost to the Tigers Thursday, but still have won 18 of 22 and 22 of 29 entering Friday. Thus, Cleveland has gone from 15.5 games back of Detroit on July 6 (and +17000 to win the AL Central at DraftKings) to -230 to win the division at DraftKings .

This is historic: Since Major League Baseball created divisions in 1969, only the 1978 Yankees (14 games) have overcome a bigger deficit to win the division (according to M

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