Yesterday 3-3 +1.32 units
Y-T-D (on this site) 24-39 (-13.79 units)
Texas +1.15 over BALTIMORE
First place Rangers head to hitter friendly Camden Yards here at that bodes well for this offensive juggernaut. Rangers have been able to stay in first not because of their starting pitching but because of a deadly attack and a dominant bullpen. Texas is now 60-46 while the Orioles are 49-57. Erik Bedard will go for the Orioles and he doesn’t exactly instill fear into anyone. He averages five innings per start and as the season wears on, Bedard has got progressively worse. He hasn’t made it out of the fourth inning in his past two starts and in 19 starts this year he has 4 wins. Nick Reglio is still looking for his first major league win. He’s started twice and lost them both. However, he hasn’t looked a bit of place in his two starts, one against the Angels and the other against the A’s, in which Reglio pitched five innings in both games and allowed two earned runs in both games. In his last start he didn’t walk a man and struck out four to give him 8 k’s in 10 innings. Lastly, not that we need any more incentive, but the Orioles are 14-21 against lefties and Reglio throws from that side. Wrong side favored. Play Texas +1.15 (Risking 1.6 units).
Oakland + 1.20 over MINNESOTA
A’s cooled off a bit but of course they can be excused for that, Yankee Stadium has a way of humbling teams. Still, they took one game out of three and were the better team in two out of those three. They’ll now face Brad Radke here and that provides us with plenty of value. Radke is capable of getting smacked around each time he takes the mound and provides the opposition plenty of chances to score runs. He’s actually having a decent year, better then I ever expected, however, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s vulnerable. Oakland is having a typical huge second half and any take-back on them is certainly worthy of attention. Mark Redman is in very good form right now, as his 2.53 ERA over his last three starts would attest to. He’s pitching deep into games and a Oaklnad win here would surprise nobody. More good value on a very good baseball team. Play Oakland +1.20 (Risking 1.6 units).
Cleveland +1.20 over CHICAGO
Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that talking back anything against the White Sox is basically a no-brainer. There’s not a thing to like about Chicago other then they have their best pitcher going in Mark Buehrle. Big deal. Buehrle is good, especially lately, however, he’s still allowed 171 hits in 157 innings of work and has a 3.82 ERA. We’ll be thrilled with four runs here by the Indians offense because the White Sox haven’t been able to produce any. C.C. Sabathia was brilliant earlier in the year and is slowly returning to form that saw him dominate. He has a lower ERA then Buehrle at 3.79 and the Indians possess the leagues most potent offense as far as producing runs is concerned. In fact, Cleveland has scored more runs and have more hits then any team in the majors. Again, we see the wrong side favored, tremendous value here. Play Cleveland +1.20 (Risking 1.6 units).
Y-T-D (on this site) 24-39 (-13.79 units)
Texas +1.15 over BALTIMORE
First place Rangers head to hitter friendly Camden Yards here at that bodes well for this offensive juggernaut. Rangers have been able to stay in first not because of their starting pitching but because of a deadly attack and a dominant bullpen. Texas is now 60-46 while the Orioles are 49-57. Erik Bedard will go for the Orioles and he doesn’t exactly instill fear into anyone. He averages five innings per start and as the season wears on, Bedard has got progressively worse. He hasn’t made it out of the fourth inning in his past two starts and in 19 starts this year he has 4 wins. Nick Reglio is still looking for his first major league win. He’s started twice and lost them both. However, he hasn’t looked a bit of place in his two starts, one against the Angels and the other against the A’s, in which Reglio pitched five innings in both games and allowed two earned runs in both games. In his last start he didn’t walk a man and struck out four to give him 8 k’s in 10 innings. Lastly, not that we need any more incentive, but the Orioles are 14-21 against lefties and Reglio throws from that side. Wrong side favored. Play Texas +1.15 (Risking 1.6 units).
Oakland + 1.20 over MINNESOTA
A’s cooled off a bit but of course they can be excused for that, Yankee Stadium has a way of humbling teams. Still, they took one game out of three and were the better team in two out of those three. They’ll now face Brad Radke here and that provides us with plenty of value. Radke is capable of getting smacked around each time he takes the mound and provides the opposition plenty of chances to score runs. He’s actually having a decent year, better then I ever expected, however, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s vulnerable. Oakland is having a typical huge second half and any take-back on them is certainly worthy of attention. Mark Redman is in very good form right now, as his 2.53 ERA over his last three starts would attest to. He’s pitching deep into games and a Oaklnad win here would surprise nobody. More good value on a very good baseball team. Play Oakland +1.20 (Risking 1.6 units).
Cleveland +1.20 over CHICAGO
Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that talking back anything against the White Sox is basically a no-brainer. There’s not a thing to like about Chicago other then they have their best pitcher going in Mark Buehrle. Big deal. Buehrle is good, especially lately, however, he’s still allowed 171 hits in 157 innings of work and has a 3.82 ERA. We’ll be thrilled with four runs here by the Indians offense because the White Sox haven’t been able to produce any. C.C. Sabathia was brilliant earlier in the year and is slowly returning to form that saw him dominate. He has a lower ERA then Buehrle at 3.79 and the Indians possess the leagues most potent offense as far as producing runs is concerned. In fact, Cleveland has scored more runs and have more hits then any team in the majors. Again, we see the wrong side favored, tremendous value here. Play Cleveland +1.20 (Risking 1.6 units).
