Detroit/Cleveland Winner Inside!!!

Search

New member
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
59
Tokens
MLB: All baseball games are to be played with listed pitchers only.

Today's matchup has the Detroit Tigers taking on the Cleveland Indians.

Pitchers-
Nate Cornejo will be starting for Detroit. He stands at 4-8 on the year and has a 4.42 ERA. Cornejo has pitched 111 innings on the year, giving up 131 hits, 33 walks, and has only 22 strike outs. Opponents are batting .305 against Cornejo on the year.

C.C. Sabathia will be starting for Cleveland. He was roughed up his last time out by the New York Yankees. Sabathia stands at 8-5 on the year and has a 3.42 ERA. He has pitched 123 innings giving up 113 hits, and 43 walks while striking out 83. Opponents are batting .245 against Sabathia on the year.
Edge=Cleveland

Bullpens-
The Tigers Bullpen has an ERA of 4.27 on the season with a 61% save ratio.
The Indians Bullpen has a 4.12 ERA on the season with a 61% save ratio.
Edge=Push

Offense-
The Tigers are 4-21 on the year against leftties and average 2.9 runs a game.
The Tigers batting average against lefties is .227.
The Indians are 31-40 on the year vs righties and average 4.5 runs a game.
The Indians batting average against righties is .254.
Edge=Cleveland

Defense-
The Tigers have committed 79 errors this year, while the Indians have committed 64.
The Tigers have given up 71 stolen bases on the year while the Indians have given up 45.
Edge=Cleveland

Team Speed-
The Tigers have stolen 52 bases on the year while the Indians have stolen 57.
Edge=Push

Final Analysis
Cornejo is a streaky pitcher. He only allowed 3 runs in his last 2 games, both against Chicago(AL). He has been knocked out in early innings several times this year. He has more walks than strike outs and teams are batting at .305 against him on the year. If he had a high strike out ratio one could over look the high batting average against, however with only 22 strikeouts on the year and 131 hits in 111 innings pitched we are sure that the numbers will eventually catch up with him.

Sabathia goes goes deep into all his games. He is in great form and has allowed more than 3 runs only 3 times all year. We look for him to rebound against a Detroit team that is only 4-17 on the year against lefties.

We recommend a 2-Unit play on Cleveland -1 1/2 -110(Run Line)

# 974 Cleveland -1 1/2 -110(Run Line) 2-Units(6:05 P.M. CST) (Detroit-Cornejo vs Cleveland-Sabathia)
 

Veteran
Joined
Aug 20, 2002
Messages
12,002
Tokens
Welcome aboard!


Very good write-up, but I don't think its a good idea to lay chalk on a home Runline. (aka Dodgers today)


-MC
 

New member
Joined
Jul 20, 2002
Messages
75,154
Tokens
Only run-line plays I make are -1.5 plus 130 or more. Sure the Indians show as a play on the field, problem is they are almost unbetable at -236 (Pinnacle) on the ML. And like MC says hometeam with probably only 8 at bats is not advisable when laying runs and juice. The only way I play Indians is in two team par with ML to possibly small dog like White Sox. or A's. IMHO.


wil.
 

New member
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
1,765
Tokens
I thought about taking this play also with the runline. But Cornejo is too unpredictable and Sabathia got beat up last time out. I've just been burned too many times by streaky pitchers.

[This message was edited by BigGamesOnly on July 24, 2003 at 08:50 PM.]
 

Forum statistics

Threads
1,106,901
Messages
13,439,381
Members
99,345
Latest member
08winlink
The RX is the sports betting industry's leading information portal for bonuses, picks, and sportsbook reviews. Find the best deals offered by a sportsbook in your state and browse our free picks section.FacebookTwitterInstagramContact Usforum@therx.com