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MLB Hold
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The hold (juice) every sportsbook charges on each MLB market — the book’s theoretical margin, devigged from closing two-way prices. Lower is cheaper for you. In the matrix, each market row is shaded green = cheapest → red = priciest across books, so you read a row left-to-right to see who is taking the least on that bet.
Player props run far more expensive than game lines — the same book will take ~4–5% on a spread and 6–12% on a prop. That spread across books is the single biggest cost most bettors never price in. This is what each book charges — shop the cheapest one for the market you actually bet.
| Market |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | 4.3% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 5.8% | · | · | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Moneyline (3-way) | · | · | · | · | · | · | 8.9% | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Spread | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.5% | 4.2% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 4.7% | 7.7% | · | · | 8.3% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Game Total | 4.7% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 6.7% | · | · | 6.0% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Team Total | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.3% | · | 6.2% | 5.5% | · | 6.6% | 10.2% | · | · | 3.8% | · | · | · |
| Total Bases | 6.9% | · | 6.7% | 6.9% | 7.2% | 7.8% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 9.8% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.1% | 6.3% | · | · |
| Hits | 6.6% | · | 6.3% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 6.5% | 6.3% | 6.8% | 9.7% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.1% | 5.4% | · | · |
| Home Runs | 6.5% | · | 5.2% | 6.5% | · | 5.9% | 4.9% | · | 8.8% | · | · | 3.3% | 4.0% | · | · |
| RBIs | 6.7% | · | 6.2% | 7.3% | 7.7% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 6.6% | 9.5% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.5% | 6.4% | · | · |
| Runs | 6.9% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 6.8% | 7.7% | 7.4% | · | 7.0% | 9.8% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.3% | 7.3% | · | · |
| Singles | 6.9% | 5.6% | 6.3% | 7.1% | 7.8% | 7.1% | 7.9% | 6.5% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% | · | 8.6% | · | · |
| Doubles | 6.2% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.6% | · | 5.9% | 9.0% | · | · | · | 7.5% | · | · |
| Triples | 3.9% | · | 6.0% | · | · | · | · | 4.0% | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Walks | 6.7% | · | 6.1% | 8.4% | 6.8% | · | 7.4% | 6.8% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 31.4% | 6.0% | · | · |
| Stolen Bases | 5.7% | · | 7.7% | 7.4% | · | 6.6% | · | · | 8.5% | · | · | 5.1% | 6.3% | · | · |
| Strikeouts (B) | 6.6% | · | 6.3% | · | · | 8.2% | · | 7.1% | 9.3% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 9.0% | · | · | · |
| Hits + Runs + RBIs | 6.7% | · | 6.2% | 7.0% | 6.6% | · | 6.5% | 6.5% | 10.0% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.0% | 6.3% | · | · |
| Strikeouts (P) | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7.8% | 6.9% | 6.4% | 6.9% | 10.0% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 4.6% | 3.7% | · | · |
| Outs | 6.6% | 6.5% | 7.8% | 8.0% | 7.4% | 6.9% | 7.1% | 6.9% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 3.7% | 4.4% | · | · |
| Hits Allowed | 6.9% | · | 7.6% | 7.9% | 7.7% | · | 7.7% | 6.9% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 4.5% | 5.1% | · | · |
| Earned Runs | 6.6% | · | 7.8% | 7.8% | 7.8% | · | 7.1% | 6.9% | 9.9% | 13.5% | · | 4.6% | 5.8% | · | · |
| Walks (P) | 6.9% | · | 6.2% | 7.8% | 7.8% | · | · | 6.5% | 9.8% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 5.3% | 7.8% | · | · |
| Fantasy | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 13.5% | · | · | · | · | · |
Hold = (Σ implied − 1) / Σ implied over a market’s complete outcome set, averaged per (book, market) at the closing line, main full-game markets only (alternate ladders and period lines are priced differently by design). A market needs 30+ instances to appear. Pick’em apps (PrizePicks, Underdog) post a fixed payout rather than a quoted two-way price, so their figure is the cost of the pick’em structure itself and is identical on every market. No-vig exchanges (Novig, ProphetX, Kalshi, Polymarket) charge a commission on winnings instead, which this margin does not include.