<TABLE cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=3 width=500 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Yesterday</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">2</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">3</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">0</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="20%">-2.00 Units</TD></TR><TR><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Last 30 Days</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">45</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">56</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">0</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="20%">-2.14 Units</TD></TR><TR><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=left width="50%">Season To Date (Since April 2007)</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">73</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">100</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="10%">0</TD><TD class=rs_value vAlign=top align=right width="20%">-23.51 Units</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Philadelphia –1.05 over ATLANTA
The Braves have called up Buddy Carlyle for this start from Triple-A-Richmond and Carlyle has been around for more then a few years. In fact, he’s a 30-yr-old minor league pitcher that has had ample opportunity to make his mark in the big leagues. He pitched in the Padres organization in ’99 and 2000 and spent most of that time in the minors, He did, however, pitch 40 major league innings back then and his ERA in 99 was 5.97 and in 2000 his ERA was 21.00. Carlyle did not pitch again for two years. From 2003 to 2007 he remained in the minors and was bounced around from affiliate to affiliate as he spent time in the Yanks, Royals, Nationals Marlins and Dodgers farm systems before being picked up by the Braves this year. In the middle of that in ’05 he pitched 14 innings for the Dodgers and his ERA was 8.36. In total, he’s pitched 54 major league innings and has allowed 11 bombs and 45 earned runs. So, while Mark Eaton is no Cole Hamels, he very likely won’t need to be here and as far as we’re concerned, laying a nickel against a career minor league that’s going back to riding buses very soon is a cheap lay indeed. Play: Philadelphia –1.05 (Risking 2.10 units to win 2).<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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></o>Anaheim +1.51 over NY YANKEES
Once again the Yanks are overpriced here because they’re the Yankees. This is about the most ludicrous price this week, win or lose; this one is simply a no-brainer. The Angels are 29-20 and they’re on fire while the Yanks are 21-25 and continue to give up runs in bunches. Nobody has been able to stop the bleeding of this Yanks pitching staff. The Yanks pen is a distant continent behind the Angels pen. Kelvim Escobar has some of the nastiest stuff in the business and is coming off a three-hit performance against the Dodgers. Escobar is 5-2 with a very impressive 2.82 ERA. The Angels are doing everything right and if these two teams switched uniforms and had the exact same players, the Angels dressed as Yankees would be about 1.30 favorite. This line is just plain stupid. Play: Anaheim +1.51 (Risking 2 units). <o
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></o>Toronto TT over 4½ +1.10 (Pinny)
MINNESOTA TT over 4½ -1.15 (Pinny)
Just like yesterday we trust the worst we’ll do is break even on these two (minus the vigor) but fully expect to cash them both. Tomo Ohka might just be one of the worse five starters in the league. In fact, the Jays think so little of him that they had him pitch the Hall of Fame game against the Orioles last week (May 21) in a game that featured a slew of minor leaguers on both sides. That start was not documented but Ohka started and pitched three innings giving up six hits and three runs. The Orioles started Brandon Erbe. Anyway, Ohka is to pitching what Kentucky Fried is to chicken. He comes in with a road ERA of 7.02 and it’s also worth noting that he’s walked more batters (19) then he’s struck out (16). This month in 17 innings (not including that Hall of Fame start) he’s surrendered four jacks, 21 hits, walked eight and allowed 13 earned runs. Ramon Ortiz is not much better, as he, too, is batting practice out there. Ortiz has allowed five runs or more in each of his past four appearances. He has been reached for 11 runs and 17 hits over only 5 1-3 innings in his last two starts. No way are both these teams staying under 4½ runs and it’s very likely they’ll both go over. Play: Minnesota over 4½ -1.15 (Risking 2.3 units to win 2) Play: Toronto over 4½ +1.10 (Risking 2 units).
