Despite being ravaged by injury, the Yankees managed to scrape together an 85-win season last year, and were in wild-card contention until the season’s final week.
They then made quite the splash in the offseason, signing Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, and Masahiro Tanaka.
However, Las Vegas isn’t sold on the re-tooled Yankees, as Bovada.lv set the Yanks’ over-under for the 2014 season at just 86.5 wins.
Vegas also believes that the Mets’ impact offseason signings — Bartolo Colon, Curtis Granderson and Chris Young — won’t move the needle all that much, as their over-under of 73.5 wins is actually just below the 74-88 record the team has posted each of the last two seasons.
As far as other teams go, Vegas is predicting a let-down season for the defending champion Red Sox, pegging them for 87.5 wins. The Rays (88.5) are seen as the American League East favorite, with the Orioles (80.5) and Blue Jays (79.5) seen as the fourth- and fifth-place teams.
The National League champion Cardinals check in at 90.5 wins, just below the Dodgers’ projection of an MLB-best 92.5 victories.
The Nationals, who had a disappointing 86-win season last year, are the National League East favorite (88.5). Right behind them are the Braves (87.5), while the Phillies (76.5) are pegged for third. The Marlins (69.5) sport baseball’s second-worst over-under, just ahead of the Astros (62.5).
Here is the complete list (courtesy of Bovada):
Los Angeles Dodgers         92.5
St. Louis Cardinals           90.5
Detroit Tigers               89.5
Oakland Athletics            88.5
Tampa Bay Rays            88.5
Washington Nationals         88.5
Atlanta Braves              87.5
Boston Red Sox            87.5
Los Angeles Angels          86.5
New York Yankees           86.5
San Francisco Giants         86.5
Texas Rangers              86.5
Cincinnati Reds             84.5
Pittsburgh Pirates            83.5
Kansas City Royals          81.5
Seattle Mariners             81.5
Arizona Diamondbacks        80.5
Baltimore Orioles            80.5
Cleveland Indians            80.5
Milwaukee Brewers           79.5
Toronto Blue Jays           79.5
San Diego Padres           78.5
Colorado Rockies           76.5
Philadelphia Phillies          76.5
Chicago White Sox           75.5
New York Mets              73.5
Minnesota Twins             70.5
Chicago Cubs              69.5
Miami Marlins               69.5
Houston Astros             62.5