Toronto Blue Jays -115 and Burnett to fly past Bush & Brewers
Game Time: 06/19/2008 02:05 PM -
By: LT Profits Sports Group | who2beton.com
Although you may not know it from their recent stats, A.J. Burnett is a far superior hurler than David Bush, and when you add in a better bullpen, the Jays get the call.
The Toronto Blue Jays have lost four straight games, but we look for them to stop that skid behind A.J. Burnett and salvage the last game of the series vs. David Bush and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Burnett has some of the best stuff in the league when he is on, but his numbers are skewed by his occasional awful outings like two starts back when he allowed eight runs and 10 hits in 4.1 innings vs. the Orioles. The fact of the matter though is that Burnett has allowed three runs or less in six of his last seven starts and he has 61 strikeouts in his last 42 innings pitched.
Besides, we are not very high on his counterpart Bush here tonight. He is 2-7 overall this season with a gaudy 5.73 ERA, and he has allowed at least four runs in six of his last nine starts. Even his official Quality Starts have been an adventure, as he was credited with a QS in last outing when only three of the four runs he allowed were earned in six innings of work (the minimum requirement for a Quality Start), yet he allowed 10 hits and a walk in those six innings.
Thus, this is actually a bigger pitching mismatch than the recent numbers of these starters would lead you to believe, and Toronto also has the far superior bullpen.
Free Pick: Blue Jays -115
Game Time: 06/19/2008 02:05 PM -
By: LT Profits Sports Group | who2beton.com
Although you may not know it from their recent stats, A.J. Burnett is a far superior hurler than David Bush, and when you add in a better bullpen, the Jays get the call.
The Toronto Blue Jays have lost four straight games, but we look for them to stop that skid behind A.J. Burnett and salvage the last game of the series vs. David Bush and the Milwaukee Brewers.
Burnett has some of the best stuff in the league when he is on, but his numbers are skewed by his occasional awful outings like two starts back when he allowed eight runs and 10 hits in 4.1 innings vs. the Orioles. The fact of the matter though is that Burnett has allowed three runs or less in six of his last seven starts and he has 61 strikeouts in his last 42 innings pitched.
Besides, we are not very high on his counterpart Bush here tonight. He is 2-7 overall this season with a gaudy 5.73 ERA, and he has allowed at least four runs in six of his last nine starts. Even his official Quality Starts have been an adventure, as he was credited with a QS in last outing when only three of the four runs he allowed were earned in six innings of work (the minimum requirement for a Quality Start), yet he allowed 10 hits and a walk in those six innings.
Thus, this is actually a bigger pitching mismatch than the recent numbers of these starters would lead you to believe, and Toronto also has the far superior bullpen.
Free Pick: Blue Jays -115