Bookmakers could well be playing catch-up against professional baseball bettors, as reported major league steam got off to a red-hot start to the season, according to line monitoring services that track such action.
Most of the damage done by limit players was on totals, as consensus reports by those tracking services show a winning percentage of well above 60 percent on such plays over the first eight days of the season.
However, not to be outdone were the sides of steam bettors, which lost just a handful of games since Monday, racking up an even higher winning percentage, but with less than half the volume of screen-lighting moves than were placed on totals.
Blindly chasing steam is often considered a losing proposition, and in baseball, missing out on just a half of a run or .10 or .20 on a money line, can turn that unbelievable record into a vig-losing season.
For now, however, it hasn’t mattered too much, as even ardent steam chasers can claim a winning opening week in the majors.
Bookmakers, however, have long been known to be able to turn things around once the season-long grind settles in.
Oddsmakers have a pretty strong lifetime record themselves.
Most of the damage done by limit players was on totals, as consensus reports by those tracking services show a winning percentage of well above 60 percent on such plays over the first eight days of the season.
However, not to be outdone were the sides of steam bettors, which lost just a handful of games since Monday, racking up an even higher winning percentage, but with less than half the volume of screen-lighting moves than were placed on totals.
Blindly chasing steam is often considered a losing proposition, and in baseball, missing out on just a half of a run or .10 or .20 on a money line, can turn that unbelievable record into a vig-losing season.
For now, however, it hasn’t mattered too much, as even ardent steam chasers can claim a winning opening week in the majors.
Bookmakers, however, have long been known to be able to turn things around once the season-long grind settles in.
Oddsmakers have a pretty strong lifetime record themselves.