College Baseball Futures Update – May 13th

Welcome to the weekly Future Update report, a look at our current portfolio of investments to win Omaha. The goal is to assess each team midweek, determining if the market has value with regards to winning the College World Series. Every week I will publish a Futures Top 10, a ranking that will focus on the value of the number and not so much on who can win Omaha. Although LSU is the best team in College Baseball, the better number for investment may reside in another team.

Here is our Top 10 Ranking of the best College Baseball futures (odds per DraftKings):

Notes for the latest Top 10:

In summary, the Futures portfolio is humming. Here is a small summary of where our numbers were purchased and the projected seeding when announced after next week’s conference tournmanets
- Arkansas 14/1, now +450: Slated to be a Super Regional seed. Only weakness has been a leaky bullpen on the road
- Oregon State 33/1, now 40/1: Competing to be a Super Regional seed because of an insane Independent road schedule
- Georgia 40/1, now +800: near lock to be a Super Regional seed. The pitching has improved over the last month
- Oklahoma 60/1, now 90/1: Teetering 2 or 3 seed, only SEC road series wins are Missouri and South Carolina
- Stanford 75/1, now 300/1: Laminate the ticket and use as a coaster
- UCLA 100/1, now 30/1: Projecting as one of the last Regional hosts and is sure to draw the SEC in the Supers
- Texas A&M 50/1, now 50/1: Not sure if the Aggies sent College Station High School to Columbia to be swept
- Florida 75/1, now 22/1: Will be the most dangerous two seed in Regionals and certainly a favorite to advance
- Oregon 50/1, now 30/1: Projected Regional seed, have not lost a series since March
- Auburn 40/1, now 25/1: Lock for a Super Regional seed if no sweep in Oxford this weekend
Tennessee has been in a holding pattern in the futures market all season, now listed at +800. The Volunteers have lost 5 of their last 6 SEC series and now travel to Arkansas. If the Razorbacks are to take the final series, the number for the reigning national champions should improve. If Tennessee is swept in Fayetteville and does not show up in Hoover, this could be a two seed heading out West for Regionals. The main culprit is the defense, with a Fielding Percentage rank of 141st.
Kade Anderson was a full participant in his throwing routine on Saturday, as he is not expected to miss any starts after leaving the Arkansas game with injury. UC San Diego transfer Anthony Eyanson has allowed 4 earned runs over his last 4 games against Arkansas, Texas A&M, Tennessee and Alabama. LSU is looking every part of a national champion ball club, with -150 odds to make Omaha and +600 odds to win it all. LSU is our future of the week, but how much depends on the current portfolio. A win for the Tigers would want to cover the total number of investments. As always, shop for the best number.