No team has repeated as World Series champion since the New York Yankees won three straight Fall Classics from 1998-2000. That hasn’t scared off oddsmakers from installing the 2018 champion Boston Red Sox as the +650 favorites to win another title next year. They finished off the Los Angeles Dodgers in five on Sunday.

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

This year’s Red Sox team has to go on any short list of the best ever with 119 total victories and just one road playoff loss. It was the Sox’s fourth championship this century, most of any MLB team. Of course, before 2004 the Red Sox hadn’t won a World Series since 1918.

Boston should be loaded again next year. Every key member of the offense is under contract; that offense led the majors in nearly every major category. The main free-agents-to-be are second baseman Ian Kinsler (he was acquired during the season, and the Sox should have a healthy Dustin Pedroia to return to second in 2019), World Series MVP Steve Pearce (a platoon guy), starting pitchers Nathan Eovaldi and Drew Pomeranz, and closer Craig Kimbrel.