Category: Baseball
Monday
Still slow posting around here. I looked but could not find anything to play yesterday and was too indisposed to post as such. Our Saturday play on the Twins hit as Anibal Sanchez has shoulder issues and is likely headed to the DL. Two plays tonight, a road team which to date I have been terrible on this season, and a total where I’ve done well so far:
Pirates (Liriano) -101 @ Reds(Leake)
Dusty Baker is being friendly and trotting out another awful lineup today for the Reds. I am tempted to go U8 here as well, but the best I can get is -115 and I’m not thrilled about being on the public side. I don’t honestly know how much the public numbers matter on baseball totals, but I’ll be nitty here and just stay with the Pittsburgh play for now.
The total today is in San Francisco hosting San Diego with Volquez and Zito Under 8. Cold and humid weather expected and lots of regulars out for both teams tonight.
Highly unlikely to have any more plays today. I leave you with a video to prove that making fun of sports from different countries is always entertaining.
MLB Plays 6/15
Went 2-3 yesterday which easily could have been 5-0. The Rockies bet was made based on a lack of faith in K Kendrick which was rewarded, only to have Nicasio and the Rockie bullpen blow-up. The final score in the Angel game was 5-2, but for those of you who you know you are, the final score should have been about 8-4. Gross. Acceptance. Forward! All @ 18 except the last one, mentally insane number of games…
Nationals ML -126 @ Indians
Royals (+1.5) -140 @ Rays
Tigers @ Twins (+1.5) -113
Tigers @ Twins Under 8.5 +102
Giants (+1.5) -128 @ Braves
Phillies @ Rockies Under 10 -108
D’Backs ML -106 @ Padres
Mariners @ A’s Under 6.5 +109
Total Runs Scored Today @ 50 Under 127.5 -105
Slow Saturday
We lost our play on Milwaukee last night 4-3 in extras. Having a look at the total with Cleveland and Washington later as well as one confirmed play today:
Detroit (Sanchez) @ Minnesota (Deduno) +150
Definitely into the grind of the baseball season already and there is still 90-something games to be played. I’m debating getting into the daily money salary cap leagues at some point, though I need to get the databases & spreadsheets in much better condition because I simply don’t have the time to do it properly otherwise. I’ll share more of that process as I go along. Also updated the sidebar with actual useful links, so yay to that.
Updates later if necessary.
Friday
The Milwaukee Brewers rotation has been the worst in the NL with an ERA still over 5 after a recent series with the Marlins. Their pitching staff overall trails only Baltimore and Houston with several other AL teams, who all have the DH excuse, in the neighborhood. I have a suspicion that the pitching is going to come around a bit in the second half of the season and expect the Brewers to be a .500 team the rest of the way. Corey Hart will be back to play first base at some point to prevent the Brewers from taking a zero a first base, Mike Fiers seems to have found his way again down in AAA and there is a chance Rickie Weeks is not Dan Uggla 2.0. Their offense is good and would be excellent if they had something other than automatic outs in the 7 & 8 spots in their lineup, and even average pitching would see them well over .500. Playoffs will be a big ask at this point, but there’s no reason not to take a long look at teams like this that started out poorly and can play well later and stay under the betting radar.
Going with the Brewers tonight away to Cincinnati. Lohse +125 vs. Arroyo. Joey Votto gets the night off and Dusty Baker persists in batting someone terrible in the #2 spot. No Braun or Lucroy for Milwaukee so it’s a wash.
MLB Plays 6/14
Running bad at the moment. Give example, had originally picked Mickelson as my US Open winner in my golf league. With about 35 minutes to spare I switched it to Kuchar, who while not a disaster yet, certainly has room for improvement today. All bets @ 24.
Royals ML +145 @ Rays
Blue Jays @ Rangers Under 10 -113
Phillies @ Rockies ML -116
Phillies @ Rockies (-1.5) +173
Yankees @ Angels Over 8 -106
MLB Plays 6/13
Always seems wrong betting an over in pretty much any sport when the weather is bad. It’s raining outside! How the hell is the offense supposed to do anything?!?! They’ll be lucky to stay on their feet! Let alone score a rouge or catch a snitch. UNDER!
Red Sox @ O’s Over 9.5 -110
Giants @ Pirates (+1.5) -159
MLB Plays 6/12
All plays @ 24. Will add to this almost certainly
Brewers @ Marlins Over 7.5 -104
UPDATE
Indians @ Rangers Over 10 -110
Nationals @ Rockies Under 11 -106
The Astros’ offense is outrageous.
Tuesday
One play tonight San Diego (Cashner) +104 hosting the Braves and Hudson.
MLB Plays 6/11
Running late on the day. Will add more/make pretty later if time permits…
Brewers @ Marlins (+1.5) -167 22 Units
Indians @ Rangers Under 9.5 -105 22 Units
Phillies @ Twins Over 8 -103 22 Units
UPDATE
“What a night for Wily Peralta…this is a major step forward for him in his career path.”
Actual quote from the Brewers/Marlins game after Peralta left the game allowing 3 runs through 6 innings to my 2013 baseball gambling fetish. (You can’t spell fetish without fish) There is rooting for the home team, and then there is whatever that is. For better or worse, the late games, all @ 22…
Yanks ML +106 @ A’s
Astros ML +143 @ Mariners
Braves @ Padres (+1.5) -154
MLB Plays 6/10
I just was looking at the Marlins game history. They only won 6 games in May. Yesh.
Brewers @ Marlins (+1.5) -162 18 Units
More to follow…getting back on the train
UPDATE
Also taking Indians (+1.5) -150 @ Rangers 18 Units. Just getting my feet wet again.
