Well now, boys and girls for today's action in small ball we have a small slate of games but we do have some juicy ones, provided the bullpens don't kill your bets like they do with mine this year! Good luck, I have mine in a written form instead of my formula.
Early games
D-Backs
D-Backs/Red Leggins over 8.5
And why not? They got shut out yesterday, have an inferior pitcher on the bump who happens to be in better form than the favorite Davis WHIP is 1.47 to Harang's 1.61. I also have a wager on the over for this game as both pitchers are combined to havea WHIP over 1.50, and the slugging % is over .350 combined as well. This spells runs. The consensus for the total is 81% of bettors are on the under. I have to go the other way on that!
San Diego+100 HEAVY
Correia has been filthy nasty with a sterling WHIP of 0.51 that reads like a misprint. Chicken dinner lovers have jumped on the side of Houston 70% to 30%, but my ears on the ground out in Vegas say that some smart money was thrown on the Padres a little while ago, to counter what the joes are doing.
Middle games
Mets+128 HEAVY
Mets-1.5 +180 RRL
If you can believe it or not, Joe McLovin has jumped ship on the Mets after getting burnt the past few weeks. Kind of hard to get the joes off of a New York team, but the Mets have not won a game by 2 runs in 7 games. The ears on the ground in Vegas tell me that this is not a popular bet, matter of fact, no one is taking the Mets to win by 2 on the alternate runline, however, 98% of bettors are taking the Pirates runline. This is a good spot to get you some Metropolitans.
Cubs-1.5 +140
Well now here is an interesting pick. The Brewers are out of gas and now must face a Cubs team that as their own concerns. When you see Lou Piniella get tossed from a game, then you already know that the losses are starting to get to him. Soriano and Soto sat out for the Cubbos in their last game, and they still won. Now with them back and refreshed, this game has the look of a blowout. Maholm has been getting roughed up a bit lately. It will continue today as the Pirates once again prove that they are what we thought they were.
I took the Royals for their series with the White Sox at -105. So with that in mind, I have to pick up two wins in this series. No better way to get things started than to go against the grain. Gimmie the Burger Kings!
Royals+115
Early games
D-Backs
D-Backs/Red Leggins over 8.5
And why not? They got shut out yesterday, have an inferior pitcher on the bump who happens to be in better form than the favorite Davis WHIP is 1.47 to Harang's 1.61. I also have a wager on the over for this game as both pitchers are combined to havea WHIP over 1.50, and the slugging % is over .350 combined as well. This spells runs. The consensus for the total is 81% of bettors are on the under. I have to go the other way on that!
San Diego+100 HEAVY
Correia has been filthy nasty with a sterling WHIP of 0.51 that reads like a misprint. Chicken dinner lovers have jumped on the side of Houston 70% to 30%, but my ears on the ground out in Vegas say that some smart money was thrown on the Padres a little while ago, to counter what the joes are doing.
Middle games
Mets+128 HEAVY
Mets-1.5 +180 RRL
If you can believe it or not, Joe McLovin has jumped ship on the Mets after getting burnt the past few weeks. Kind of hard to get the joes off of a New York team, but the Mets have not won a game by 2 runs in 7 games. The ears on the ground in Vegas tell me that this is not a popular bet, matter of fact, no one is taking the Mets to win by 2 on the alternate runline, however, 98% of bettors are taking the Pirates runline. This is a good spot to get you some Metropolitans.
Cubs-1.5 +140
Well now here is an interesting pick. The Brewers are out of gas and now must face a Cubs team that as their own concerns. When you see Lou Piniella get tossed from a game, then you already know that the losses are starting to get to him. Soriano and Soto sat out for the Cubbos in their last game, and they still won. Now with them back and refreshed, this game has the look of a blowout. Maholm has been getting roughed up a bit lately. It will continue today as the Pirates once again prove that they are what we thought they were.
I took the Royals for their series with the White Sox at -105. So with that in mind, I have to pick up two wins in this series. No better way to get things started than to go against the grain. Gimmie the Burger Kings!
Royals+115
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