Originally Posted by
EaglesPhan36
Thought long and hard during the past few weeks on how I wanted to play baseball this season. It's probably in my estimation one of the hardest sports to stay stout in your money management. I've dubbed this thread Twin Killing because the goal is two picks each night MAX, beat the books and make that Twin Killing as much as possible a.k.a. going 2-0. Might be a side. Might be a total. Might be a team total. Might be a prop. But just two picks total per night to minimize losses and hopefully maximize profits. I don't claim to be an expert, just providing my insight for what its worth.
No full game picks for Seattle-Oakland, but wanted to post up tonight because I have one future I am putting on the books tonight.
Future #1: Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki Total RBI's [2012] Over 50.5 [-115]
Ichiro must play 130 games for this to have action. Given his sturdy career, I'd expect that to not be a concern despite his age [38]. So why would you like taking an aging Ichiro to get his most RBIs in the past three years? #1, a switch to the #3 spot in the batting order. Seattle needed more production and they chose to stick Ichiro there. Last year. Smoak and Olivo were the top run producers with 55 and 62 RBIs for an anemic offense. Is it going to be that much better in 2012? Not expecting a big bump, but Dustin Ackley will be in the lineup from Day 1. Last year in 90 games and occupying the three hole, he drove in 36 runs. With Figgins slotted as the leadoff man and Ackley 2nd, Ichiro should be seeing some base runners when he comes to the plate. He's already had one of his best springs with 8 RBI and has a career best two homers this Spring. That leads to #2, he's adjusted his swing to try to provide more power. He's not going to hit 20, but he's got the ability to hit 10-15 HRs I believe. If he stays healthy and Figgins and Ackley can do a half-way decent job of getting on-base, I think he's got a great chance to surpass this RBI mark.