Wild Card Trends

VegasInsider Staff Sports Betting Expert

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MLB Wild Card History & Trends (2012-2018)

-- Favorites have won seven of the last eight Wild Card games

-- The 'over' is on a 3-1 run the past two years

-- Road teams have gone 8-6 overall

-- Favorites have gone 10-4 overall

-- Two wild card games have gone into extra innings and the underdog won both contests

-- The 'over'/under' has gone 7-7 overall

2018 Wild Card Results

Game	Matchup	Score	Favorite-Underdog	Over-Under
AL	Oakland at N.Y. Yankees (-200)	7-2	Favorite	Over (8.5)
NL	Colorado (+125) at Chicago	2-1 (13)	Underdog	Under (7.5)

2017 Wild Card Results

Game	Matchup	Score	Favorite-Underdog	Over-Under
AL	Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees (-255)	8-4	Favorite	Over (7.5)
NL	Colorado at Arizona (-150)	11-8	Favorite	Over (8.5)

2016 Wild Card Results

Game	Matchup	Score	Favorite-Underdog	Over-Under
AL	Baltimore at Toronto (-165)	5-2	Favorite	Under (8.5)
NL	San Francisco (-120) at N.Y. Mets	2-0	Favorite	Under (6)

2015 Wild Card Results

Game	Matchup	Score	Favorite-Underdog	Over-Under
AL	Houston (-110) at N.Y. Yankees	3-0	Favorite	Under (7)
NL	Chicago (-125) at Pittsburgh	4-0	Favorite	Under (5.5)

2014 Wild Card Results

Game	Matchup	Score	Favorite-Underdog	Over-Under
AL	Oakland at Kansas City (+100)	9-8 (12)	Underdog	Over (6.5)
NL	San Francisco (-110) at Pittsburgh	8-0	Favorite	Over (6.5)