I have won three straight posted wagers and am now 5-3 on the season with posted plays. Looking to keep the winning ways going and I will be posting picks in this thread throughout the day. Here we go:
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ML -133
Okay so the Cardinals have won the first two games of this series and oddsmakers are finally catching up to them. I know most people are going to be on the Cardinals and I agree enough to bet on them as well. No matter what anyone says about the Cardinals and their hitting against lefties last season, this is still a good lineup that can definitely produce. Eckstein is batting .282 lifetime versus lefties, Taguchi is batting .278 lifetime versus lefties, Pujols is batting .328 lifetime versus lefties and Aaron Miles is batting .274. You also have to consider that some of the guys are better hitters in day games. Pat Maholm's worst month has always been in April where he is 1-4 in six career starts and where he has an ERA of 6.06, allowing 22 ER's in those early season starts. Adam Wainwright on the other hand is the kind of guy that comes out of the gates strong and has allowed only 2 ER's in his career of playing during the month of April. That's 2 ER's in 18.2 career April innings of work with an ERA of 0.96. No matter what the temperature, Wainwright is ready to go in April which says a lot about a guy like this. I don't know why but Albert Pujols always seems to hit a lot of Home Runs in daytime games, jacking 99 big ones in 337 career day games and 152 HR's in almost twice as many night time games. Like I already mentioned, yes the Cardinals have struggled against lefties in the past but Maholm is a horrible pitcher to back in the month of April and his 6-1 loss to Cincinnati last week was a perfect example of that. When I make my own lines in the morning, I had this game at the Cardinals -145 or better which means there is a lot of value in this play. LETS DO THIS CARDS! What you also have to know about this Pittsburgh lineup is that when they struggle, they struggle and struggle for a while at that.
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ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ML -133
Okay so the Cardinals have won the first two games of this series and oddsmakers are finally catching up to them. I know most people are going to be on the Cardinals and I agree enough to bet on them as well. No matter what anyone says about the Cardinals and their hitting against lefties last season, this is still a good lineup that can definitely produce. Eckstein is batting .282 lifetime versus lefties, Taguchi is batting .278 lifetime versus lefties, Pujols is batting .328 lifetime versus lefties and Aaron Miles is batting .274. You also have to consider that some of the guys are better hitters in day games. Pat Maholm's worst month has always been in April where he is 1-4 in six career starts and where he has an ERA of 6.06, allowing 22 ER's in those early season starts. Adam Wainwright on the other hand is the kind of guy that comes out of the gates strong and has allowed only 2 ER's in his career of playing during the month of April. That's 2 ER's in 18.2 career April innings of work with an ERA of 0.96. No matter what the temperature, Wainwright is ready to go in April which says a lot about a guy like this. I don't know why but Albert Pujols always seems to hit a lot of Home Runs in daytime games, jacking 99 big ones in 337 career day games and 152 HR's in almost twice as many night time games. Like I already mentioned, yes the Cardinals have struggled against lefties in the past but Maholm is a horrible pitcher to back in the month of April and his 6-1 loss to Cincinnati last week was a perfect example of that. When I make my own lines in the morning, I had this game at the Cardinals -145 or better which means there is a lot of value in this play. LETS DO THIS CARDS! What you also have to know about this Pittsburgh lineup is that when they struggle, they struggle and struggle for a while at that.
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