Caesar's better bettor: Cardinals are slight favorites in series vs. Phillies

The Cardinals won 93 games this year, seven more than the Phillies. The Cardinals and Phillies will meet in a best-of-three first-round playoff series that opens Friday afternoon. FanDuel has the most favorable odds of the bunch for those wanting to bet on the Cardinals.

Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper, Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado, Rhys Hoskins and Albert Pujols are the top players who are most likely to hit home runs in the series.

DraftKings and DraftKings offered a prop: Who will have the most hits in the series? Goldschmidt and Arenado were at the lowest odds, 8-1. Alex Bohm and J.T. Realmuto were the leading Phillies. Longshots were Schwarber, Pujols, Lars Nootbar and Corey Dickerson.

FanDuel is taking bets on the number of runs scored off the first pitch that results in the series' first run. Cardinals are slight favorites in series vs. Phillies.

Cardinals are fourth among the six National League teams in odds to win the pennant. They are seventh among 12 teams to play in the World Series. Florida is a 9½-point favorite over Missouri for the game at 11 a.m. (St. Louis time) in Gainesville, Florida. The Gators are 10½ at FanDuel. It costs $110 up front to try to make a $100 bet on Florida and $550 to bet $500. If Florida wins by exactly 10 points, the bettor would get his $ 110 investment back plus an extra hundred bucks at both.

This week's odds are the most favorable that were available Thursday afternoon among the three area sportsbooks.

Auburn plays Georgia at 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Georgia has had a couple sub-standard outings in a row. Auburn is a 16-point favorite.

Giants and Packers are playing in London on Sunday. Giants have won three games already. Green Bay is 7½ points favorites.

Bengals are playing the Ravens at 7:20 p.m. on Sunday. The Bengals have not allowed more than 20 points this season. Ravens are allowing 25 points per game.