For today's action, I will be going with these two picks. I have thoroughly researched them and hopefully the teams will perform as well as they were handicapped to perform. On to brass taxes:
Rockies+110
Cubs/Braves under 8
Starting pitcher WHIP last 3 games
COL 1.05
LAA 1.29
Advantage Rockies
Power ranking
COL-123
LAA+123
Line
COL+116
LAA-124
Advantage Rockies. With a meager 25% of bettors on their side, the Rockies drove the line down from Angels-124 to Angels-120. That's one hell of a reverse line movement against the public. According to the power rankings, the Rockies should be favored (-123)
Batting average last 3 games
COL .340
LAA .253
Advantage Rockies HEAVY
Slugging% last 3 games
COL .629 (WOW!)
LAA .400
Advantage Rockies HEAVY
Bullpen WHIP last 3 games
COL 1.129
LAA 1.690
Advantage Rockies
My pick: Rockies+110
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Starters WHIP last 3 games
CUB 1.32
ATL 0.55 (WOW!)
Advantage UNDER
Opening line
Cubs/Braves over/under 9 (6/21 8:41pm Golden Nugget, Las Vegas)
Current line
Cubs/Braves over/under 8
Advantage UNDER as with 76% of bettors on the over, the line fell a full digit, surpassing 8.5 along the way and going down to 8 defying the action on the over. This is a HUGE RLM.
Batting average last 3 games
CUB .271
ATL .294
Advantage UNDER as neither team is above .300, so obviously the combined averages will not be .300 or more
Slugging% last 3 games
CUB .483
ATL .392
Advantage PUSH. The combined slugging% is .437 which is good, but tempered somewhat by the WHIP of the pitchers. I estimate a combined slugging% average of .275 with one of the pitchers having a WHIP below 1.00 (Vazquez)
Bullpen WHIP last 3 games
CUB 1.277
ATL 0.492
Advantage UNDER as the combined bullpens are giving up less than 1.5 runs. Vazquez averages about 7 innings and Dempster is about the same. So the good form of the bullpens is key in this game and may help tp produce the under that I am looking for.
My pick: Cubs/Braves under 8
Rockies+110
Cubs/Braves under 8
Starting pitcher WHIP last 3 games
COL 1.05
LAA 1.29
Advantage Rockies
Power ranking
COL-123
LAA+123
Line
COL+116
LAA-124
Advantage Rockies. With a meager 25% of bettors on their side, the Rockies drove the line down from Angels-124 to Angels-120. That's one hell of a reverse line movement against the public. According to the power rankings, the Rockies should be favored (-123)
Batting average last 3 games
COL .340
LAA .253
Advantage Rockies HEAVY
Slugging% last 3 games
COL .629 (WOW!)
LAA .400
Advantage Rockies HEAVY
Bullpen WHIP last 3 games
COL 1.129
LAA 1.690
Advantage Rockies
My pick: Rockies+110
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Starters WHIP last 3 games
CUB 1.32
ATL 0.55 (WOW!)
Advantage UNDER
Opening line
Cubs/Braves over/under 9 (6/21 8:41pm Golden Nugget, Las Vegas)
Current line
Cubs/Braves over/under 8
Advantage UNDER as with 76% of bettors on the over, the line fell a full digit, surpassing 8.5 along the way and going down to 8 defying the action on the over. This is a HUGE RLM.
Batting average last 3 games
CUB .271
ATL .294
Advantage UNDER as neither team is above .300, so obviously the combined averages will not be .300 or more
Slugging% last 3 games
CUB .483
ATL .392
Advantage PUSH. The combined slugging% is .437 which is good, but tempered somewhat by the WHIP of the pitchers. I estimate a combined slugging% average of .275 with one of the pitchers having a WHIP below 1.00 (Vazquez)
Bullpen WHIP last 3 games
CUB 1.277
ATL 0.492
Advantage UNDER as the combined bullpens are giving up less than 1.5 runs. Vazquez averages about 7 innings and Dempster is about the same. So the good form of the bullpens is key in this game and may help tp produce the under that I am looking for.
My pick: Cubs/Braves under 8