Rainy World Cup Friday
At least on the East Coast. No baseball in Boston, Washington and likely NYC today leaving a lighter than normal schedule and the prospect of double headers and weird pitching matchups tomorrow. Two baseball plays today however:
Texas (Tepesch) @ Toronto (Rogers) -103
San Francisco (Cain) +120 @ Arizona (Corbin)
Props to the Cardinals, winning 12-8 yesterday. Their strength in depth is amazing and they are clearly the best team in baseball at this point. Lynn and Miller are in the same class as Lincecum and Cain were few years ago and they still have Wainwright and a bunch of quality guys just up from the minors even after losing two starters from their rotation.
Today is also a World Cup qualifying day. FIFA moved the dates for these games off of Saturdays & Wednesdays and onto Fridays and Tuesdays as a nod to club teams to give the players a bit more recovery time in between national & club team duty. Why this extends into the summer I have no idea.
One play so far and that’s a mini-bet on Ireland -900 at home to the Faroe Islands. This is the kind of game that is ripe for match-fixing, but Ireland has a good chance to qualify for the playoffs in November. The Faroes are much better at home where they play on a small bumpy field in the middle of the North Atlantic.
One play I’ll post for tomorrow in MLS is Chicago +145 at home to Portland. Chicago isn’t really missing anyone on National Team duty this weekend and they have been much better since getting Magee from LA. We like plus odds for home teams too. Debating Jamaica tonight hosting the Americans and possibly one more MLS play tomorrow.
