Not too many leans up on the board today so I'll start it off. Not liking too many plays but I think I'll roll with the following:
Arizona -138
The snakes are coming off an emotional win in which they rang up 12 runs, 6 off of Greinke no less, before punishing the Royals bullpen. There are no denying Haren's stats and he is 7-0 in interleague play, hoping to make it 8 straight. Though the snakes gave him no run support to start the season, they are average 6+ runs/game over Haren's last 6 starts or so. Both Haren and Hochevar are coming off complete games. A 1st round draft pick in 2006, Hochevar has looked impressive his last few outings but there's no way the edge goes to him. Add to that, the -1.5 RL for the Snakes is only +124...
Pirates +152
As far as crumbs, I'm leaning towards the Buccos but not sure I'll pull the trigger. The pitching matchup is fairly even and last 3 games slugging and bullpen WHIP favours the Buccos heavily (fairly even last 5 games). I'm looking to the Pirates to keep surprising with some heavy momentum but not quite sold on this yet.
Arizona -138
The snakes are coming off an emotional win in which they rang up 12 runs, 6 off of Greinke no less, before punishing the Royals bullpen. There are no denying Haren's stats and he is 7-0 in interleague play, hoping to make it 8 straight. Though the snakes gave him no run support to start the season, they are average 6+ runs/game over Haren's last 6 starts or so. Both Haren and Hochevar are coming off complete games. A 1st round draft pick in 2006, Hochevar has looked impressive his last few outings but there's no way the edge goes to him. Add to that, the -1.5 RL for the Snakes is only +124...
Pirates +152
As far as crumbs, I'm leaning towards the Buccos but not sure I'll pull the trigger. The pitching matchup is fairly even and last 3 games slugging and bullpen WHIP favours the Buccos heavily (fairly even last 5 games). I'm looking to the Pirates to keep surprising with some heavy momentum but not quite sold on this yet.