Bettor lights money on fire, has Rockies winning it all

If you thought Carlos Alcaraz winning Roland Garros on Sunday was improbable, well, let me introduce you to a miracle.

The world’s second-ranked men’s tennis player was on the ropes, down two sets at one point, and fought off three championship points at another. Alcaraz, who was defending his French Open crown, came back from odds as low as 65 to 1 to force a fifth-set tiebreak and beat the No. 1 Men’s player in the world, Jannik Sinner. It was an all-time sporting moment.

However, being +6,500 is nothing compared to what one person in Nevada has wagered $20 on. The person has the Colorado Rockies at +500,000 to win the World Series, which would get him a payout just short of 100 K. While Alcaraz’s effort was improbable, it was always plausible. On this same planet, no version of this year’s Rockies even goes .500, let alone makes the playoffs, advances to the World Series, and then wins it.

There was a brief amount of hope when the Rockies swept the Miami Marlins, but just a few days later, the team was swept by the New York Mets, falling to 12-53 on the season. Two years ago, the Texas Rangers won it all with a 90-72 record. But let’s just focus on their month-long postseason. In the playoffs, the Rangers went 13-4. Meaning, against the best competition in baseball two autumns ago, the Rangers scored more wins in 17 games than the Rockies have this season against everyone in 65 contests.

Colorado, of course, has a zero percent chance at the playoffs, according to the fancy stats. The Rockies are on pace to go 30-132, while Fangraphs is a bit nicer with their projection of 51-111, which, funny enough, is the inverse of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ record from 2022, the fourth-best regular season mark in baseball history.

The lone time the Rockies went to the World Series was in 2007, when they won 21 of 22 games to make the playoffs and win the pennant. If this horrible Rockies team somehow replicated that streak twice in a row starting on Monday, they would still be under .500 at 54-55.

Good luck, Nevada person; you could have spent your money on countless useful gadgets from late-night television commercials.

A bettor in Nevada wagered $19.99 on the Colorado Rockies (+500000) to win the World Series 🗻

Potential Payout: $99,970 pic.twitter.com/TJJ90ldhoO

— Caesars Sportsbook (@CaesarsSports) June 8, 2025

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