I did very well betting underdogs last year in MLB. I am starting again tomorrow and this will be a season long thread. Each play will be 2% of my total bankroll. I will also throw in the odd UNDER play that I like. I will keep my record up to date all season long. Hopefully I can help some of you out this year. Here is what I have so far for tomorrow (Saturday):
Washington Nationals +138
(Y. Gallardo must start / J. Marquis must start)
Houston Astros +134
(M. Latos must start / N. Figueroa must start)
Kansas City Royals +130
(F. Hernandez must start / S. O'Sullivan must start)
I like the underdog system myself, if you go 2-2, you actually make $$$. Having a system to point you to the right underdog can be a solid way to make a living.
Bad luck on Thursday going 0-3 with 1 game in losing in the 12th, and one game having only 1 run scored... Hope to get it back on Friday. Here are the picks:
Chicago Cubs +101
(C. Billingsley must start / C. Coleman must start)
Washington Nationals +106
(L. Hernandez must start / J. Karstens must start)
Arizona Diamondbacks +122
(J. Saunders must start / M. Pelfrey must start)
San Diego Padres +113
(C. Hamels must start / C. Richard must start)
Toronto Blue Jays +105
(J. Hellickson must start / JJ. Reyes must start)
LAA Angels +106
(J. Lester must start / D. Haren must start)
Oakland Athletics +124
(T. Ross must start / M. Pineda must start)
14-14 still means profit with an all underdog system, as the year progresses and pitchers even out I imagine the system will be a nice source of steady profit.
wow... I stopped watching the boston game when it was 3-1 in the 8th thinking it was a win... the other 2 games are tied late into the innings. Hope the coin flips right for me here
3-2-1 last night for a nice profit... too bad there were 3 runs scored in the 9th int the TB/BAL game! But I guess thats better than if 4 runs were scored! Here is what I have for Saturday:
Chicago Cubs +127
B. Arroyo must start C. Coleman must start
Houston Astros +120
B. Norris must start C. Morton must start
Toronto Blue Jays +106
J. Verlander must start R. Romero must start
Kansas City Royals +104
B. McCarthy must start L. Hochevar must start
I see you have the record at the bottom of your posts, was just wondering if you could add the unit total as if you did 1 unit per bet. Since you are doing underdogs, your win-loss total is a little deceiving, I imagine you are up money even with a slight losing record.
Nice plays yesterday I had Det also although not much of a dog it was a great play. I wish I had to balls to take more under action as my favs are getting burned more and more often.
Ryan, I do % of bankroll betting, so its kind of hard to determine how many "units" i'm up.
LGHT, nice hit on detroit! I used to play faves too, but you need to hit around 60%-65% to actually make any money. With the straight dogs you only need to hit around 40%-45%
Here are my plays for Tuesday:
Chicago Cubs +108
C. Carpenter must start C. Zambrano must start
Seattle Mariners +103
M. Pineda must start J. Arrieta must start
I normally wouldn't bet against carpenter, but he has been garbage this year... and the opposite for zambrano - he is usually garbage and I wouldn't bet on him, but this year he has been awesome.