1:05 est ESPN Redsox vs Twins????

[KingKolzig]

Boston -155
Minnesota +135

I cant even find out whos pitching nevermind the starting lineups. Twins are a good price for a spring training game though, right?

Can someone help me on this pick i want to watch this game and id like to take the twins?

[Bob Loblaw]

Subject to change and there will likely be a few more pitchers than these but right now it is

Min - Blackburn, Crain, Guerrier

Bos - Lackey, Delcarmen

1. Scutaro SS
2. Pedroia 2B
3. Drew RF
4. Beltre 3B
5. Ortiz DH
6. Lowell 3B
7. Cameron CF
8. Varitek C
9. Hall LF

[Bob Loblaw]

Manny Delcarmen, Joe Nelson and Scott Schoeneweis all will pitch today against the Twins, meaning Lackey might not get to the same 90 or 95 pitches that both Josh Beckett and Jon Lester did in their final starts of spring training.

[KingKolzig]

no Youkilis but Lackey will probably pitch 6+ (7 ip last start)..........and minn didnt have any big bats in the lineup yesterday are they hurt?

Blackburn 11 ip 2.45 era this spring
Lackey 15 ip 1.20 era this spring

looks like Boston is certainly the play if mauer and morneau dont play

[nitty48]

id take the twins

[KingKolzig]

ok scrap that then Lackey might go what 4, 5 innings. it still comes down to the twins lineup, if mauer/morneau are both in then ill play the twins, if they both arent then the sox

[Bob Loblaw]

Span
Hudson
Kubel
Cuddyer
Thome
Young
Hardy
Harris
Butera

[KingKolzig]

Span
Hudson
Kubel
Cuddyer
Thome
Young
Hardy
Harris
Butera

ok so what do you think Bob, Sox -155?

[Bob Loblaw]

ok so what do you think Bob, Sox -155?

I'm playing the Twins +142. Blackburn has been no slouch himself and he's backed by the much better bullpen today. Its possible from what I am reading that Lackey is just getting work in today rather than going out there to get outs although I can't confirm that. Unless Lackey is going 7, which I don't think he is, the Twins have the better overall pitching and pitching means 100x more to me than lineups do. Both lineups are missing their big sluggers (VMart/Youk...Morneau/Mauer) but neither lineup would be considered a bad lineup. So the edge in pitching to the Twins and the +142 I'm getting with them makes me a Twins backer today.

[BGray14]

take the sox, don't take the twins

[babyanni]

taking the sox

[Facepunch]

I am on the sox, but the twins are live, this line is a bit off should be more like Boston -132, but whatever, I want to watch the game.

[KingKolzig]

I'm playing the Twins +142. Blackburn has been no slouch himself and he's backed by the much better bullpen today. Its possible from what I am reading that Lackey is just getting work in today rather than going out there to get outs although I can't confirm that. Unless Lackey is going 7, which I don't think he is, the Twins have the better overall pitching and pitching means 100x more to me than lineups do. Both lineups are missing their big sluggers (VMart/Youk...Morneau/Mauer) but neither lineup would be considered a bad lineup. So the edge in pitching to the Twins and the +142 I'm getting with them makes me a Twins backer today.

sounds good to me. i took them at +135. gl to us

[Snowball]

Nick Blackburn is a mediocre 4.XX ERA pitcher. He's barely pitched this spring training.

I have to go Sox here..

[greenshark11]

twins all the way

[Bob Loblaw]

FYI, Ortiz was scratched with a stiff neck

[ROYAJA8]

Dam that Fat ass Ortiz making any excuse to not play

[icsky3]

Fking Declarman...

[Snowball]

Fking Declarman...

Delcarmen did scare me this game.
Pain in the ass having to play Sox 1st 5 innings or avoid games when he's expected to relieve. Really can't stand this guy, he sucks so bad.

[Snowball]

Sox Baby