Originally Posted by
habitualwinning
Even if they improved by 15 games, which would be a phenomenal feat, considering they won 97 games last season, they would still be below .500 on the -1.5 RL. You're confusing a team being good with equating to being able to profit off of gambling on them. You don't think the books already know they're good? The lines are already juiced on this team and it's still April. They're going off as -200 favs tonight against a team with an equal record to theirs on the season. The Cubs will be juiced against every team they play, except for an occasional away game against another good team or a game where the other team has their ace on the mound and they have their 4 or 5 going. You won't be able to make money off of that long term paying such high prices and sure as hell not spotting the other team runs before the game even starts. Just wait until they have a series like last season where they get swept at home by the Phillies or lose 2 straight series to the Brewers and you'll see what I mean, when you lose 3 straight >-200 bets or 7 out of 9 bets total all chalk. If it was that easy we'd all be millionaires.