Went 2-0 yesterday and made some big cash and now it's time to keep the money train rolling with:
PITTSBURGH PIRATES ML -105
This is not tough for me. If this game was in a few months down the road, the line would be about -135 for the Pirates and Zack Duke is going to be called one of the best young pitchers in baseball, not like he isn't already being called that. This is the first time the 3-2 Pirates are facing a lefty this season. Leadoff man Freddy Sanchez is .383 lifetime versus lefties, Jason Bay is .310, Ronny Paulino is .342, Xavier Nady is .327 and Brad Eldred is .321. So like I said, this is their first time facing a lefty this season and the only reason they didn't beat Milton here last year is because their starting pitching put them in too deep a hole to dig out of. Milton is 1-4 against the Pirates in his career with a 7.20 ERA and having given up 11 HR's. I don't think he's ready to go with the bad back and all and Zack Duke has the big advantage of having already won a game no the road, pitching 7 strong innings and beating the Astros 4-2 last week. After losing the first two games of this series, the oddsmakers are way off with this line and the reason it has moved so much at some books is because they are realzing that. I am telling you guys, in two months time, Duke and the Pirates would be -135 in this game...this is extreme value on this team who is going to be motivated by the return of last year's NL batting champ Freddy Sanchez.
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PITTSBURGH PIRATES ML -105
This is not tough for me. If this game was in a few months down the road, the line would be about -135 for the Pirates and Zack Duke is going to be called one of the best young pitchers in baseball, not like he isn't already being called that. This is the first time the 3-2 Pirates are facing a lefty this season. Leadoff man Freddy Sanchez is .383 lifetime versus lefties, Jason Bay is .310, Ronny Paulino is .342, Xavier Nady is .327 and Brad Eldred is .321. So like I said, this is their first time facing a lefty this season and the only reason they didn't beat Milton here last year is because their starting pitching put them in too deep a hole to dig out of. Milton is 1-4 against the Pirates in his career with a 7.20 ERA and having given up 11 HR's. I don't think he's ready to go with the bad back and all and Zack Duke has the big advantage of having already won a game no the road, pitching 7 strong innings and beating the Astros 4-2 last week. After losing the first two games of this series, the oddsmakers are way off with this line and the reason it has moved so much at some books is because they are realzing that. I am telling you guys, in two months time, Duke and the Pirates would be -135 in this game...this is extreme value on this team who is going to be motivated by the return of last year's NL batting champ Freddy Sanchez.
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