Saturday: Chalk

Still waiting on the Giants final. 1-1 so far.

A bit wary of tomorrow's card, but I'm all in. Can't resist, but maybe you should.


Tampa ML (-179)
Tampa RL (-105) Blake Snell just might be the best starting pitcher in baseball. He's got 4 plus pitches, and his command is very good. The Rays late inning bullpen has been strong though some middle relievers have been awful. I expect Snell to pitch deep into this game. Clay Buchholz goes for Toronto coming off a late spring, a 4 homer game in his minor league rehab start, and Jays BP that is overworked. Buchholz had a remarkable short season for Arizona last year, but he should struggle here his first game out vs. a hot hitting Rays team. I look at this Jays lineup and don't see much there.

Houston ML (-174)
Houston RL (-113) Yes, the Mariners have been hot, but part of that is the poor pitching they've faced. They caught the Red Sox pitching in a funk, then faced KC and CWS pitching that is pretty thin. The Astros are heating up(hitting about .350 this past week), and I really like the matchup Saturday. King Felix has been one of my favorites, but he is a shell of his former self. He is starting only because of the team's deep respect for all he has done. He will compete, but he just can't get enough plus pitches to hang in there. Couple that with a M's bullpen that is shaky, Verlander and a strong Astro BP, and I can't NOT bet this one. The Astros have been the nemesis of the Mariners going back the last 3-4 years, and even when Felix was "on", they hit him fairly well. Verlander has been solid but not spectacular, although reports have said his stuff has been good as usual.

Thanks for sharing fred! Let's get a sweep today!!

Just what the Dr. ordered with the Giants in an 18 inning winner! Wow that was awesome.

Let's go D'Rays and Astros!

GL buddy.

I went to bed long before the 18 inning slog was over. Man, those are two weak hitting teams. The Giants went multiple innings in a row without a baserunner, but kudos to their BP.

Kind of medium/ small:
Houston -1/2 F5 (-125)

Tampa -1/2 F5 (-130) Hard to believe these lines have gotten worse overnight, but they have. Still.. do like the early score edge too.

GL fred

Tampa looks good. I am a huge Astro supporter and currently all I am doing is betting the game over. Houston got screwed by refs in game 1. Considerably more today

Timmy Rules said:

Thanks for sharing fred! Let's get a sweep today!!

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A plus day, or a plus month is all you can hope for. Could lose big today, but at the end of the month, I'm happy to be in the black.

The bullpen obsession paid off yesterday. Oakland's BP was masterful while Texas' faltered, allowing the RL cover. Giants BP(and Rockies) both were great.

Small:

Cubs/ Angels- F5- over 5 Kyle Hendricks and Stratton are both flailing to start the season. Neither seem to have command of their pitches yet. Stratton pitched in a great pitcher's park last year, and still had a 5+ ERA. Hendricks has already given up 11 runs this season in 8 IPs. Like this play more than most small plays, but am 0-2 on Cub games. Wind blowing out to RF at Wrigley.

Good luck fred

Blake Snell did his part, and the Rays had plenty of chances to score more than 1, but who knows how this game will end up. Baseball- where on any given day, the worst team can beat the best team(See Orioles/ Sox game today, Yankees loss yesterday)

Thankyou)(& for the Stros! Verlander was in control all night long.