Karl Garrett
30 DIMER
NY METS
10 DIMER
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
10 DIMER
FLORIDA MARLINS
Drew Gordon
300,000* Diamondbacks
100,000* Tigers
100,000* Phillies
Executive
PHILADELPHIA -135
The Wunderdog
Game: St. Louis at Houston (8:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: Houston -184
For Houston it was a longtime coming, as they broke their 10-game losing streak in a big way by scoring 10 runs. The offense dug in for 16 hits and has finally awakened. They send Roy Oswalt to the mound in an effort to make it two straight. Houston has now lost three straight Oswalt starts and since he has been here they have never lost four in a row while he has been on the mound. He will face the 29th ranked teams in runs scored at 3.8 per game. Adam Wainwright has pitched to a 5.58 ERA, and is clearly in a mismatch situation tonight.
LT Lock
Cubs
Big Al McMordie
Tigers at Indians
Prediction: 'Under'
It may be premature and he's definitely a longshot, but there has been at least some Cy Young talk surrounding 23-year-old Cleveland right-handed starter Fausto Carmona. Carmona seems to be getting better with each start and he has great stuff, which has been described as 'nasty' on more than one occasion. With an ERA of 2.89, Carmona (6-1) is, with apologies to all the C.C. Sabathia fans out there, perhaps the most consistent Tribe starter right now. His last start was this exact same matchup - versus the Tigers and lefthander Mike Maroth (5-4, 5.04 ERA). That game only went a 'total' of eight runs, and this time the Tigers may be without two of their regular starters in the lineup - shortstop Carlos Guillen (groin) and third baseman Brandon Inge (toe) and both are listed as doubtful. These two teams have scored a total of nine or fewer runs in six of the last eight games they've played against each other and the 'under' is 10-1 in Maroth's last 11 starts against Cleveland. Take the 'under'.
Dennis Macklin
MLB Minnesota vs. Oakland
Take Under
Kevin Slowey is the twins top`pespect in AAA and sports 6-2 record with nasty 1.54 ERA at AAA Rochester. He knows where the plate is as evidenced by his 5/57 BB/K ratio. Joe Kennedy has to be shaking his head at 1-4 despite 3.19 ERA. He´s 0-1 with 2.16 ERA in four homestarts this year. The light hitting A´s (.240 at home) are 16-6 under at home, 22-7 under vs righties, and 18-4 under off a win. Slowey is reported to be a stud and barring first out jitters, runs should be hard to come by from both teams. Play the UNDER
Marc Lawrence
Prediction: Los Angeles Dodgers
Reason: LA Dodgers w/Wolf over Pittsburgh with Duke:
Dodgers send southpaw Randy Wolf to the hill in Pittsburgh knowing he is in fine current form and 6-1 in his career team starts against the Pirates (2-0 in this park). With Pittsburgh's Zach Duke in struggling KW form with more walks than strikeouts in his last three starts, look for the Dodgers to come up big tonight.
HONDO LEADS WITH CHIEN
June 1, 2007 -- The Tigers cost Hondo some scratch last night as Zoolander seemed to be posing more than pitching against the Native Americans, leaving Mr. Aitch with a reduced wad of 255 northrups.
Tonight, he'll look for a 'W' with Wang over Wake field, that knucklehead. Ten units on the Yankees.
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Friday's Plays..
15 Dime –
METS (With Maine as listed pitcher)
Take the Mets tonight at home over the Diamondbacks.
The Mets have owned the Diamondbacks going back to the 2005 season, going 15-2, including 4-1 at Shea.
John Maine will start for New York and the right-hander is having a fine season so far, going 6-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 10 games. He has given up three earned runs or less in nine out of his 10 starts this year.
Brandon Webb will start for the D-Backs and he’s had little success against the Mets, going 1-6 in eight career games. He hasn’t received any run support in those starts and I expect the Snakes offense to be stymied again tonight in the Big Apple.
The Mets have won five of their last six overall and 10 of their last 14 at home.
Chalk up another win in that streak as the Mets get it done tonight at home over the Diamondbacks.
5 Dime –
DODGERS (With Wolf and Duke as listed pitchers)
Lay the juice with the Dodgers tonight on the road over the Pirates.
Zach Duke will start for the Bucs and he’s been struggling big time this year. The left-hander has been getting lit up and now the Pirates coaching staff is tinkering with his delivery in an attempt to get him back to his rookie form, when he was 8-2 with a 1.81 ERA.
Messing with a pitcher’s head at this time of the year doesn’t bode well for the Bucs tonight. Duke is 2-5 on the year with a 5.55 ERA. What’s more, his WHIP is an astronomical 1.67. He’s also been bad against the Dodgers in his career, going 1-2 with an 8.15 ERA in three starts.
Left-hander Randy Wolf will start for the Dodgers and he’s been far more successful than Duke this year, going 6-3 with a 3.41 ERA in 11 games. Wolf is 3-0 with a 1.48 ERA over his last five starts and is 4-1 with a 3.23 ERA in seven career games against the Bucs.
Lay the juice as the Dodgers grab the road win tonight over the Pirates.
CARDINALS (With Wainwright as listed pitcher)
Take the Cardinals tonight on the road over the Astros.
At first glance this looks like a major advantage for Houston tonight, with Roy Oswalt starting opposite Adam Wainwright.
But the Astros have dropped 10-straight games and Wainwright has had success against Houston this year.
The Cardinals right-hander is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts against Houston this year and he’s coming off a fine start his last time out even though he got the loss.
The Astros are huge favorites tonight because Oswalt is pitching, but there’s no way I’d lay this kind of juice on a team that’s lost 10 games in-a-row.
Take the Cards plus a big return tonight as Wainwright is every bit as capable of pitching a gem tonight as Oswalt.
DEVIL RAYS -1 ½ RUN LINE (With Bannister and Kazmir as listed pitchers)
Take Tampa Bay on the run line tonight at home over the reeling Royals.
Kansas City has lost seven straight games and it’s not like they’ve been one-run losses. The Royals have been outscored 54-13 during their skid and haven’t reached double digits in hits in any one of those losses.
The Royals have also lost 11 of their last 13 games played at Tropicana Field.
Tonight they’ll try to end both of those streaks against Tampa’s best pitcher, Scott Kazmir.
The Devil Rays left-hander is 3-2 with a 3.95 ERA on the year and I expect him to blow right through the Royals lineup.
Tampa Bay comes into this game having taken two of three from Detroit and their confidence should be sky high tonight.
Take the Devil Rays on the run line tonight as they win by at least two over the pitiful Royals.
Bonus Play: YANKEES
Gator
70% Situations
MLB (Friday): Play Against MLB (AL) team who averages <=4.2 runs per game facing a team with a bullpen ERA <=3.75.
(40-12 last 5 seasons.) (76.9%)
PLAY: Toronto -140
Jim Feist
Take "(957) SF Giants"
San Fran starter Matt Morris is healthy and having an excellent bounce-back season, at 5-2 with a 2.90 ERA. The Phillies are forced to go with retread Adam Eaton, who was a bad pickup. He's not at all suited for this park and has a 5.93 ERA, allowing 9 HRs in 59 innings! He's 3-5 in his career against the Giants and they've already smacked him once this season for 6 runs in 5 innings. Play the Giants!
Chris Jordan
500? METS
(LIST Maine and Webb)
John Maine needs tonight. And with stellar run support, he'll get tonight.
After all, Webb has yet to match his Cy Young form from a year ago, as we've seen him increase his walk rate, and get touched upon too many times over the first two months of the season. Now he comes in against a team that has owned him since 2005.
Webb is 0-4 in his last five against the Metropolitans, having given up 10 earned runs over 36 innings – which isn't exactly a shoddy haul, but again, he is 0-4 in those starts.
The Diamondbacks have won seven straight, I know this, but the Mets have won five of six and are hitting the ball well enough they'll be able to get to Webb early and give Maine the confidence he'll need on the hill tonight. Maine's loose arm should help him sink that deceptive fastball, while forcing hitters to chase that high fastball he'll throw yeast on from time to time. I also like his curve to keep Arizona off-balance, but the key will be getting his slider working, as it's much quicker and much more consistent.
100? DODGERS
(LIST Wolf and Duke)
Welcome to Pittsburgh, Olmedo Saenz. That's what the Dodgers are saying, as one of the game's best pinch hitters is 8-for-10 against Zach Duke, and batted .524 against the Bucs last season.
This season, he's already 2-for-6 with a home run and a double. It's not as if we can bank this play on the Saenz alone, but when you have a player who is 16-for-29 in a specific ballpark, including five home runs, you have to take notice and assume you're in a good position to get your pitcher run support.
Enter Randy Wolf, who was solid last Sunday, holding the Cubbies scoreless through six thanks to that compact delivery that can be deceptive and creates a sneaky fastball. Wolf, who is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA against Pitt this season, is 6-3 on the year and has that looping curve to keep batters off-balance. The Pirates have been streaky, but against quality pitching, the runs are hard to come by. Duke is simply falling short with the right angles on his pitches, and that won't bode well against a team that has dominated him in his short career. Duke is 1-2 with an 8.15 ERA.
100? GIANTS
(LIST Morris and Eaton)
Let me get this out of the way, a quick disclaimer if you will: the Giants haven't won a game in the City of Brotherly Love since 2004, when they swept the Phillies at home. Let me add this now: I don't care!
Matt Morris is pitching well, and he showed tenacity in providing everything needed to nab the win in his last start; the fact he couldn't get any run or defensive support is not his fault. He is still 5-2 on the year, with a 2.90 ERA, and will be looking to duplicate his success against the Phils. Earlier this season he gave up just two earned runs in a seven-inning effort. And in his last two against the Phils, he's tossed 13 innings and surrendered just four earned runs.
Meanwhile, we oppose Adam Eaton, who has tanked in his last four against the Giants, giving up 19 earned runs over 20 innings. Let's take the money in this one and roll with Frisco here
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Karl Garrett
30 DIMER - NY METS
10 DIMER - PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
10 DIMER - FLORIDA MARLINS
Drew Gordon
300,000? Diamondbacks
100,000? Tigers
100,000? Phillies
Inside Info Investors
Boston Red Sox -102
Cleveland Indians -155
Los Angeles Angels -200
Executive
PHILADELPHIA -135
LT LOCK
CubS
30 DIMER
NY METS
10 DIMER
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
10 DIMER
FLORIDA MARLINS
Drew Gordon
300,000* Diamondbacks
100,000* Tigers
100,000* Phillies
Executive
PHILADELPHIA -135
The Wunderdog
Game: St. Louis at Houston (8:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: Houston -184
For Houston it was a longtime coming, as they broke their 10-game losing streak in a big way by scoring 10 runs. The offense dug in for 16 hits and has finally awakened. They send Roy Oswalt to the mound in an effort to make it two straight. Houston has now lost three straight Oswalt starts and since he has been here they have never lost four in a row while he has been on the mound. He will face the 29th ranked teams in runs scored at 3.8 per game. Adam Wainwright has pitched to a 5.58 ERA, and is clearly in a mismatch situation tonight.
LT Lock
Cubs
Big Al McMordie
Tigers at Indians
Prediction: 'Under'
It may be premature and he's definitely a longshot, but there has been at least some Cy Young talk surrounding 23-year-old Cleveland right-handed starter Fausto Carmona. Carmona seems to be getting better with each start and he has great stuff, which has been described as 'nasty' on more than one occasion. With an ERA of 2.89, Carmona (6-1) is, with apologies to all the C.C. Sabathia fans out there, perhaps the most consistent Tribe starter right now. His last start was this exact same matchup - versus the Tigers and lefthander Mike Maroth (5-4, 5.04 ERA). That game only went a 'total' of eight runs, and this time the Tigers may be without two of their regular starters in the lineup - shortstop Carlos Guillen (groin) and third baseman Brandon Inge (toe) and both are listed as doubtful. These two teams have scored a total of nine or fewer runs in six of the last eight games they've played against each other and the 'under' is 10-1 in Maroth's last 11 starts against Cleveland. Take the 'under'.
Dennis Macklin
MLB Minnesota vs. Oakland
Take Under
Kevin Slowey is the twins top`pespect in AAA and sports 6-2 record with nasty 1.54 ERA at AAA Rochester. He knows where the plate is as evidenced by his 5/57 BB/K ratio. Joe Kennedy has to be shaking his head at 1-4 despite 3.19 ERA. He´s 0-1 with 2.16 ERA in four homestarts this year. The light hitting A´s (.240 at home) are 16-6 under at home, 22-7 under vs righties, and 18-4 under off a win. Slowey is reported to be a stud and barring first out jitters, runs should be hard to come by from both teams. Play the UNDER
Marc Lawrence
Prediction: Los Angeles Dodgers
Reason: LA Dodgers w/Wolf over Pittsburgh with Duke:
Dodgers send southpaw Randy Wolf to the hill in Pittsburgh knowing he is in fine current form and 6-1 in his career team starts against the Pirates (2-0 in this park). With Pittsburgh's Zach Duke in struggling KW form with more walks than strikeouts in his last three starts, look for the Dodgers to come up big tonight.
HONDO LEADS WITH CHIEN
June 1, 2007 -- The Tigers cost Hondo some scratch last night as Zoolander seemed to be posing more than pitching against the Native Americans, leaving Mr. Aitch with a reduced wad of 255 northrups.
Tonight, he'll look for a 'W' with Wang over Wake field, that knucklehead. Ten units on the Yankees.
*
Sotheby's is holding an auction of Yankee memo rabilia. Among the hot items expected to inspire spirited bidding are World Series rings worn by Casey Stengel, a jersey worn by Lou Gehrig and a G- string worn by one of A-Rod's favorite strippers
Michael Cannon
Michael Cannon Money Train
Friday's Plays..
15 Dime –
METS (With Maine as listed pitcher)
Take the Mets tonight at home over the Diamondbacks.
The Mets have owned the Diamondbacks going back to the 2005 season, going 15-2, including 4-1 at Shea.
John Maine will start for New York and the right-hander is having a fine season so far, going 6-2 with a 2.79 ERA in 10 games. He has given up three earned runs or less in nine out of his 10 starts this year.
Brandon Webb will start for the D-Backs and he’s had little success against the Mets, going 1-6 in eight career games. He hasn’t received any run support in those starts and I expect the Snakes offense to be stymied again tonight in the Big Apple.
The Mets have won five of their last six overall and 10 of their last 14 at home.
Chalk up another win in that streak as the Mets get it done tonight at home over the Diamondbacks.
5 Dime –
DODGERS (With Wolf and Duke as listed pitchers)
Lay the juice with the Dodgers tonight on the road over the Pirates.
Zach Duke will start for the Bucs and he’s been struggling big time this year. The left-hander has been getting lit up and now the Pirates coaching staff is tinkering with his delivery in an attempt to get him back to his rookie form, when he was 8-2 with a 1.81 ERA.
Messing with a pitcher’s head at this time of the year doesn’t bode well for the Bucs tonight. Duke is 2-5 on the year with a 5.55 ERA. What’s more, his WHIP is an astronomical 1.67. He’s also been bad against the Dodgers in his career, going 1-2 with an 8.15 ERA in three starts.
Left-hander Randy Wolf will start for the Dodgers and he’s been far more successful than Duke this year, going 6-3 with a 3.41 ERA in 11 games. Wolf is 3-0 with a 1.48 ERA over his last five starts and is 4-1 with a 3.23 ERA in seven career games against the Bucs.
Lay the juice as the Dodgers grab the road win tonight over the Pirates.
CARDINALS (With Wainwright as listed pitcher)
Take the Cardinals tonight on the road over the Astros.
At first glance this looks like a major advantage for Houston tonight, with Roy Oswalt starting opposite Adam Wainwright.
But the Astros have dropped 10-straight games and Wainwright has had success against Houston this year.
The Cardinals right-hander is 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in two starts against Houston this year and he’s coming off a fine start his last time out even though he got the loss.
The Astros are huge favorites tonight because Oswalt is pitching, but there’s no way I’d lay this kind of juice on a team that’s lost 10 games in-a-row.
Take the Cards plus a big return tonight as Wainwright is every bit as capable of pitching a gem tonight as Oswalt.
DEVIL RAYS -1 ½ RUN LINE (With Bannister and Kazmir as listed pitchers)
Take Tampa Bay on the run line tonight at home over the reeling Royals.
Kansas City has lost seven straight games and it’s not like they’ve been one-run losses. The Royals have been outscored 54-13 during their skid and haven’t reached double digits in hits in any one of those losses.
The Royals have also lost 11 of their last 13 games played at Tropicana Field.
Tonight they’ll try to end both of those streaks against Tampa’s best pitcher, Scott Kazmir.
The Devil Rays left-hander is 3-2 with a 3.95 ERA on the year and I expect him to blow right through the Royals lineup.
Tampa Bay comes into this game having taken two of three from Detroit and their confidence should be sky high tonight.
Take the Devil Rays on the run line tonight as they win by at least two over the pitiful Royals.
Bonus Play: YANKEES
Gator
70% Situations
MLB (Friday): Play Against MLB (AL) team who averages <=4.2 runs per game facing a team with a bullpen ERA <=3.75.
(40-12 last 5 seasons.) (76.9%)
PLAY: Toronto -140
Jim Feist
Take "(957) SF Giants"
San Fran starter Matt Morris is healthy and having an excellent bounce-back season, at 5-2 with a 2.90 ERA. The Phillies are forced to go with retread Adam Eaton, who was a bad pickup. He's not at all suited for this park and has a 5.93 ERA, allowing 9 HRs in 59 innings! He's 3-5 in his career against the Giants and they've already smacked him once this season for 6 runs in 5 innings. Play the Giants!
Chris Jordan
500? METS
(LIST Maine and Webb)
John Maine needs tonight. And with stellar run support, he'll get tonight.
After all, Webb has yet to match his Cy Young form from a year ago, as we've seen him increase his walk rate, and get touched upon too many times over the first two months of the season. Now he comes in against a team that has owned him since 2005.
Webb is 0-4 in his last five against the Metropolitans, having given up 10 earned runs over 36 innings – which isn't exactly a shoddy haul, but again, he is 0-4 in those starts.
The Diamondbacks have won seven straight, I know this, but the Mets have won five of six and are hitting the ball well enough they'll be able to get to Webb early and give Maine the confidence he'll need on the hill tonight. Maine's loose arm should help him sink that deceptive fastball, while forcing hitters to chase that high fastball he'll throw yeast on from time to time. I also like his curve to keep Arizona off-balance, but the key will be getting his slider working, as it's much quicker and much more consistent.
100? DODGERS
(LIST Wolf and Duke)
Welcome to Pittsburgh, Olmedo Saenz. That's what the Dodgers are saying, as one of the game's best pinch hitters is 8-for-10 against Zach Duke, and batted .524 against the Bucs last season.
This season, he's already 2-for-6 with a home run and a double. It's not as if we can bank this play on the Saenz alone, but when you have a player who is 16-for-29 in a specific ballpark, including five home runs, you have to take notice and assume you're in a good position to get your pitcher run support.
Enter Randy Wolf, who was solid last Sunday, holding the Cubbies scoreless through six thanks to that compact delivery that can be deceptive and creates a sneaky fastball. Wolf, who is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA against Pitt this season, is 6-3 on the year and has that looping curve to keep batters off-balance. The Pirates have been streaky, but against quality pitching, the runs are hard to come by. Duke is simply falling short with the right angles on his pitches, and that won't bode well against a team that has dominated him in his short career. Duke is 1-2 with an 8.15 ERA.
100? GIANTS
(LIST Morris and Eaton)
Let me get this out of the way, a quick disclaimer if you will: the Giants haven't won a game in the City of Brotherly Love since 2004, when they swept the Phillies at home. Let me add this now: I don't care!
Matt Morris is pitching well, and he showed tenacity in providing everything needed to nab the win in his last start; the fact he couldn't get any run or defensive support is not his fault. He is still 5-2 on the year, with a 2.90 ERA, and will be looking to duplicate his success against the Phils. Earlier this season he gave up just two earned runs in a seven-inning effort. And in his last two against the Phils, he's tossed 13 innings and surrendered just four earned runs.
Meanwhile, we oppose Adam Eaton, who has tanked in his last four against the Giants, giving up 19 earned runs over 20 innings. Let's take the money in this one and roll with Frisco here
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Toronto 4*
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Karl Garrett
30 DIMER - NY METS
10 DIMER - PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
10 DIMER - FLORIDA MARLINS
Drew Gordon
300,000? Diamondbacks
100,000? Tigers
100,000? Phillies
Inside Info Investors
Boston Red Sox -102
Cleveland Indians -155
Los Angeles Angels -200
Executive
PHILADELPHIA -135
LT LOCK
CubS
