I do not understand how baseball lines are set. What stats are considered? Is there a good formula that can help to calculate what the line for a baseball game should be? It seems this is easier for football and basketball, but that may be because I understand those games better. Does anyone have any insight......or good places to look?
starting pitcher and bullpens : era,whip,k's per 9.
ba,obp, ba with risp for heart of order
ballpark,bullpens current rest,next 3 days schedule,weather if not domed,managers tendencies,r/l splits for batters and pitchers, past performance of batters vs pitchers, playing surface, closer wuality, quality of available pinch hitters
and at least 100 more stats/intangibles - but those are a few basic ones
im old fashioned and honestly the very very first thing i look at is the lineup makeup..like when a rhp faces a lineup with 6 left handed hitters, ill take a long hard look into the other factors.
or you can just make it real easy and have someone call you from the park and tell you 5 minutes before the game starts if the starting pitchers have thier 'stuff' or not on any given day - weather again comes into play here, humidity,etc depending on what pitches they actually have
anyhow, if you do find the holy grail, please pass it around, im thirsty for some baseball :drink:
ba,obp, ba with risp for heart of order
ballpark,bullpens current rest,next 3 days schedule,weather if not domed,managers tendencies,r/l splits for batters and pitchers, past performance of batters vs pitchers, playing surface, closer wuality, quality of available pinch hitters
and at least 100 more stats/intangibles - but those are a few basic ones
im old fashioned and honestly the very very first thing i look at is the lineup makeup..like when a rhp faces a lineup with 6 left handed hitters, ill take a long hard look into the other factors.
or you can just make it real easy and have someone call you from the park and tell you 5 minutes before the game starts if the starting pitchers have thier 'stuff' or not on any given day - weather again comes into play here, humidity,etc depending on what pitches they actually have
anyhow, if you do find the holy grail, please pass it around, im thirsty for some baseball :drink:
chris i agree about being at the game and seeing how the team and pirchers are doing. matt morris is good on that one he gets so excited before a game sometimes he throws the ball all over like an ritalin kid also like to go to cards games when they play night then a day game like to see if the team is looking sluggish in the day game. good luck
