Baseball Underdog of the Day Contest - Wednesday, 5/7/08

[treece]

LT how much are they paying you to run this?

[SexyMit]

Twins +135

The twins are 4-1 when Hernandez is pitching. The bats give him run support when he is on the mound. Both pitchers have almost the exact ERA but the team seems to score when Hernandez pitches...

[wtt0315]

going with my mets.. love them they are the best and will beat a overated penny today

[Sportsgirl]

977 Minnesota Twins +135

Livan Hernandez held one of the most potent lineups, the Tigers', to just one run over seven innings in his last start.

[Dazzez]

Mets

[ClassicBaseball]

San Diego Padres +156


previous post of the mets is off... i seen that it wasn't an option.. i got them at +110 earlier but its not on there...


The padres up against the braves. Wolf (2-1, 3.57) looks to help them get on the right track. He pitched well enough for a win in his last outing Thursday at Philadelphia, where he limited his former team to two runs and struck out nine in six innings.

[billmunny]

951 Chicago Cubs +123

At this point, there aren't a lot of teams that I wouldn't take the Cubs at > +120 against. They've been slumping a bit, but they've got big bats and (for the most part) quality pitching. Ramirez is back today, and CIN hasn't been scoring too much lately either.

By the end of the second, I'm already hoping that I lose this one, because the only real money I put on the game was on the under.

[Wyndham]

Twins +135

Why: Crazy value for a 4-1 pitcher facing a 1-3 pitcher. Chicago had a good outing last night but I don't trust them to repeat it. Minnesota is the best play here.

[mofome]

Os +128, guthrie has pitched well of late and this is a decent price to get him at.

[Junkyard Dog]

979 Texas Rangers +146 - ill take the nice price with padilla who hasnt been that bad this year

[chipski]

Padres +156
looking for hudson to walk alot of hitters . looking for braves bullpen to give it up .
looking for padres to start a win streak .

[LT Profits]

wtt0315,

NO ACTION on Mets as they were not avalable for selection. (They were around +105 at time I posted lines).

[sharktank1]

CARDINALS + 111
Gotta go with the Redbirds here.
Better road record, that the Rockies home record.
Also, Wainright (vs) Francis)?
No contest.

[szaidi99]

san francisco +113
i look for sf to bounce back after that embarassing loss yesterday, zito should help also

[wtt0315]

ok no mets give me texas looking for another big win out west

[mundane]

Minnesota Twins +135
Twins are 5-1 in Hernandezs last 6 starts as an underdog of +110 to +150.

[MonkeyF0cker]

Cleveland Indians +131

I'm a bit shocked that I'm the only one playing this so far but I have to go with the hottest pitcher in baseball tonight. Without Posada and A-Rod, the Yankees began to struggle at the plate. For the last few games, they've started scoring again. However, they are facing a pitcher in Lee who has been absolutely lights out. Although I don't have a great deal of confidence in the Indians bats at the moment and I actually played the under FF instead, I think this line is a bit inflated. Good value for the best pitcher in baseball up to this point in the season...

[MonkeyF0cker]

LT how much are they paying you to run this?

I heard it was Zito-like numbers. Something like $4 million per post. Staggering.

Not to say your performance is anything like that of Barry's, however, LT.

[brock]

961 Washington Nationals +161 Oswalt 42 innings 52 hits.
He is pithing better but Wash sould not be +161

[soli]

St Louis Cardinals +111

St Louis are on a 3 game win streak and Colorado have lost 2 in row. Wainwright(STL) is on the mound tonight with a lower era than Francis(COL). I like STL against any left hander with a high era in Colorado. Should be many runs scored also.

[frostno98]

Giants +128

Both pitchers sux right now, But I give Zito the slight edge, Giants wins in a slug fest.

[goldengoat]

Washington Nationals +161
let's see oswalt prove he's back before making him this big a favorite

[rjt721]

Rays +132

Garza's performed much better in his 2 outings since a stint on the DL. Marcum's a very capable young pitcher in his own right, but the Jays' offense is struggling to score, particularly in Marcum's recent starts, in which he's received a total of 4 runs of support over his L3 appearances.

[msubulldog]

0-2 start and need to start win streak; going with 0-6 pitcher this year.

san fran +113
zito send to bullpen and did not pitch, now back in starting role. has been working with several pitching coaches and hope they found something to get him back to form.
dumatrait for pitt may be worst starter in league; last year in 6 starts in cinn had 15.00 era and this year in last 3 outings he pitches 4 innings 4 runs,4innings 2 runs, 2innins 2runs.

[clarkd32]

969 TB +

I think someone up above said it best... Toronto's offense not good enough to be a big fav over anyone really right now unless Doc is pitching.

[oakas]

St. Louis +111

Going with the much better pitcher here. Cards playing pretty well right now.

[ChuteBoxe]

Nationals +161

I'm not really 100% confident in Roy Oswalt's mechanics so far. I'm not confident that he's anywhere close to mid-season shape. The Astros hitting has been sub-par in my opinion, and Oswalt's team has a 3-3 record against the Astros. Perez's team record is 0-5, and I have to believe he knows that. Hopefully that will motivate him to pitch lights out tonight against a poor hitting Astros team.

[greg66]

977 Minnesota Twins +135
Sox averaging only 2.3 runs/game in their last 7 games with a BA of .195. Twins as a team are 6-1 in Hernandez's starts.

[THE HITMAN]

CLEV + 1.31 What the hey, I'll go with the 1-2 punch of Carmona last night and Lee today. While Cleve is off to a mediocre start, at best, Yanks are no great shakes either. The 1.31 here is a bit gigher than the present line.

[indy62]

Cleveland Indians +131 will take a sizzling pitcher against a a hot pitcher plus Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road

[mofome]

lost on unearned runs

[Kaps]

Wed 5/7 959 San Diego Padres +156

i like randy wolf catchin the big number

[diogee]

963 St Louis Cardinals +111 Colorado has been cold as of late so I'll take the team that has won 8 of their last 10. Wainwright has been solid and Francis has been a little off in a couple of starts.

[Checkerboard]

Washington Nationals +161

Trying Washington again tonight - cashed with them +1.5 last night, but lost late as a ml dog. Tonight I'm hoping Perez gets some focused team run support against Oswalt who may not be totally on plus as noted in last night's play the Nats have played pretty well at Minute Maid in the last little while . . .

[regularguy]

Phillies +122
I'm still riding the Phillies in this series. I'm betting they win this one, and go up 2-1 in the four game series in Arizona. For the snakes, Micah Owings, although he pitched well early on, has given up 12 runs in 10 2/3 innings over his last two starts. The Phillies' Kyle Kendrick, on the other hand, has been pitching pretty well, and the Phillies have won in his last three starts. The Phillies are a good team, hitting well, and they have better momentum right now than the D'Backs.