World Series Thoughts
I don’t like either team for a series price (or length of series), but if you can find any price over +100 with either team, you are getting better than 50% of essentially what is a coin flip.
In terms of just my thoughts on who I think will win, I have to say I favor the Mets just because they have the better starting pitching that is also on a heater. It’s why the Giants won last year and they only really had one guy. Can Murphy keep hitting a HR per game? The long layoff might effect that. But he is +400 to win MVP as the favorite and honestly, the way he is going, that sounds about right.
KC is a better overall team with middle relief, 7-8-9 hitters, and home field. But better teams don’t decide series, better pitching does. And the Mets have the better starters and closer. The managers in both of these games can make cringe worthy decisions at times, and really will start the conversation for next year: “Maybe robots could do better at this managing baseball stuff”. Side note – the ASG deciding the home field in the championship series is dumb.
If #Cardinals had home field: 57% chance to win Series (via @JayKornegay). Actual odds: 45%. 12% All-Star game swing!
— RJ Bell (@RJinVegas) October 23, 2013
I mean, in football for example….who would show more emotion on the sideline: a robot or Jim Caldwell? The players would probably prefer to run through a wall for the robot more, as he could also charge their cell phones for after the game.
As for tonight, I like the Under at 7 (EVEN). Matt Harvey is 3-0 lifetime when he gets more than 9 days of rest, with a era of 2.75. Volquez is KC’s best starter. Weather also will be in the 50s with light rain.
