Sebastian
20* Cleveland
10* Oakland/Angels Under the Total
10* Dodgers Over
10* Cubs
7* Padres
5* Pirates
Brandon Lang
15 Dime
Marlins
5 Dime
Tigers (GM#1)
Brewers
Ben Burns
Blue Chip Total
Under Angels/A's
Contrarian Game of Month
Houston Astros
Personal Favorite
Cleveland Indians
The Wunderdog
Game: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (8:10 PM Eastern)
Pick: Chicago Cubs -134
Everyone wondered what was wrong with Carlos Zambrano after he completed May with an ERA of 5.63. He has answered those questions. Zambrano has been the top pitcher in baseball since then. He has worked 63 innings yielding just 30 hits, opponents hitting just .155 against him, and his ERA has been 1.43. It has vaulted him to the NL lead in wins. What may be even worse news for St. Louis is that when he was pitching poorly he held them to 1 run in 7 innings earlier in the season. Kip Wells has pitched much better, but it hasn't helped to put the Cardinals in the win column. The Cards are a woeful 4-17 in his starts. The Cardinals have allowed 10 runs or more in 12 of their 50 losses and the Cubs are playing over .600 baseball for the past 40 games
Rocco Spacamuro
100* Mets
Mighty ! Quinn
Milwaukee Brewers
EZ Winners
2 STAR: OVER 11 (-$120) Seattle @ Texas
(Listing Feierabend and Rheinecker)
(Risking $240 to win $200)
2 STAR: (907) LA DODGERS (-$105) over Houston
(Listing Hendrickson and Jennings)
(Risking $210 to win $200)
2 STAR: (909) CHICAGO (-$125) over St. Louis
(Listing Zambrano and Wells)
(Risking $250 to win $200)
2 STAR: (925) MINNESOTA (+$111) over Toronto
(Listing Baker only)
(Risking $200 to win $222)
2 STAR: (927) BOSTON (+$114) over Cleveland
(Listing Matsuzaka only)
(Risking $200 to win $228)
Charlie Sports
mlb. oakland @ la angels under 8' runs (500*)
mlb. cincinnati+120 (30*)
mlb. atlanta-135 (20*)
mlb. toronto-125 (20*)
mlb. cleveland-130 (10*)
SCOTTY SPREITZER
AFTERNOON DIVISIONAL GAME OF THE MONTH!
Detroit Tigers
TKO
Cubs
5* Hammer
Indians
Hondo
July 24, 2007 -- The Hondo Retirement Fund took another hit last night when Westbrook was slapped around by the Sawx to goose the deficit to 605 dobys.
Today, he'll go back to Bonderman, Jeremy Bond erman. Ten units on the Tigers over the Chisox.
Marc Lawrence
San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies
Play On: San Diego w/Young
Padres take on the Rockies in Game Two of this series in Colorado behind Chris Young, who has won his last five starts in a row in this series and has also never lost a team start in this park in his MLB career (3-0). With Young in commanding KW form with 3 walks and 23 strikeouts in his last three starts, look for San Diego to improve to 12-4 away in Game Two of a series this evening.
Vernon Croy
Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs. Baltimore
1 Unit - Take Tampa Bay -102, Very good value here tonight since Tampa has the superior pitcher on the mound. Kazmir has pitched solid over his last 3 starts with an ERA of just 2.50. Cabrera has been anything but solid this season with an ERA of 5.93 at home and Tampa is hitting .324 as a team while averaging 5.9 rpg over their last 7 games
Vegas Experts
Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies
Tuesday, July 24th, 7:05 P.M. EDT
Bergmann has not pitched well of late but has had some good efforts on the road versus tough teams. Kendrick has been solid since joining the rotation and sports a 3.51 ERA. He does not face a killer lineup here in the Nats who are 7-1-1 Under their last nine games. Supporting angles say to Play Under - All teams where the total is 10 or higher (PHILADELPHIA) - after 2 straight wins by 6 runs or more against opponent after scoring 4 runs or less 3 straight games (35-14 since 1997) and Play Under - Road teams where the total is 8.5 to 10 (WASHINGTON) - after 2 straight games where they stranded 5 or less runners on base, with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 2.00 the last 5 games. (69-29 over the last 5 seasons.)
Play on: Under
Robert Ross
Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians
Tuesday, July 24th, 7:05 P.M. EST EST
Used Boston as our Member Play last night and are coming back with the Bosox again tonight. Matsuzaka has adjusted well to his first year in the Bigs and shows a 3.57 road ERA. Sabathia has cooled some after a torrid start and shows an 8.47 ERA his last three. In addition BOSTON is 79-65 against the money line in road games vs. AL teams scoring 5.2 or more runs/game in the second half of the season since 1997 while SABATHIA is 21-33 against the money line in home games vs. teams outscoring opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season since 1997. (Team's Record)
Play on: Boston
Karl Garrett
Yankees (-240) at KANSAS CITY
As expected the Yankees have started to kick things into the next level, and last night's win was their 4th in a row on the RUN LINE.
The G-Man sees no reason they won't extend that mark tonight, as Chien-Ming Wang will be able to get his usual bevy of ground ball outs against the relatively feeble attack the Royals send to the plate.
With last night's win, New York has now taken 8 of the last 10 meetings against the Royals. 7 of the 8 wins have come by 2 runs or more.
Scott Elarton is making his first start since the middle of June, and the fact his season ERA is over 9 does not bode well against this Yankees' attack. Somehow Elarton has won his last 3 starts against New York dating back to 2005.
I just don't think Elarton is going to extend his win streak over the Yankees tonight, as New York is just in that groove right now.
Take the Yankees on the RUN LINE to continue their mastery over the Royals.
3? YANKEES -1 1/2 RUNS
Bobby Maxwell
Tampa Bay (even) at BALTIMORE
Oakland's win in Anaheim over the Angels Monday makes it two straight Bonus Play winners for us. Today we stay in the AL with a complimentary play on the Devil Rays as they visit Baltimore.
I know Tampa Bay had a miserable weekend in New York but they'll bounce back behind the pitching of Scott Kazmir (7-6, 4.02 ERA) and get a win tonight against the Orioles.
Kazmir has been outstanding in his last two outings, allowing just one earned run on seven hits in 13 innings of work. He held the Angels to one run over seven innings Wednesday in a 7-2 victory.
He faces the Orioles' Daniel Cabrera (6-10, 5.30) who is 0-2 with a 6.44 ERA in his last five starts. Last time our for Cabrera he allowed five run on eight hits in five innings of a 6-5 loss in Seattle Wednesday.
Play the D'Rays to come back strong and Kazmir to deliver a solid outing against Baltimore.
2? TAMPA BAY
Michael Cannon
San Diego (-140) at COLORADO
Take the Padres tonight as the road chalk for the win.
Chris Young will start for San Diego and he's been nearly untouchable lately. The right-hander is 9-3 with a 1.85 ERA on the year, but as incredible as it may seem he's been even better recently. Over his last three starts, Young is 1-0 with a 0.45 ERA and he's won his last five decisions.
In six career games, Young is 4-0 with a 2.65 ERA against the Rockies.
Colorado will counter with rookie Ubaldo Jimenez. The 23-year-old right-hander wasn't exactly tearing it up in Triple-A before his recall, going 8-5 with a 5.85 ERA in 19 starts. He's only up with the big club because of the injury to Jason Hirsh.
Take the Padres as Young sets the Rockies down with ease.
3? SAN DIEGO
Sports Gambling Hotline
Cubs at ST. LOUIS (+140)
The Cubs haven't lost 2 in a row in quite some time, so it will be intersting to see how they handle a little losing streak when they hit the field tonight at Busch.
Our feeling is Chicago is going to start to press a little, and we think there is nice value in backing the Cardinals tonight as the home dog.
St. Louis has shown some signs of life recently as they have won 5 of their last 8, and are off a series win over the weekend in Atlanta.
Carlos Zambrano has really turned it up a notch after a horrid start, but how much longer can he continue at this clip? We think tonight is the night Zambrano takes it on the chin.
Kip Wells may be only 3-12 on the season, but he is coming off of his best start of the season, as he shut down Florida for 8 innings in recording the win.
The Redbirds do have some offense in their attack, and if they are going to make a move in the Central Division, tonight is a good night for that to start.
We say back the Cards in the home dog role in this one.
Play on St. Louis.
1? ST. LOUIS
Dave Cokin
Take "(902) PHI Phillies"
Kyle Kendrick has nothing but wins at home for Philly, while Nats starter Jason Bergmann is winless in seven road starts this year. It's also important to note that Bergmann has still not posted a quality start since his return from the DL. You'll have to lay a price with the Phillies here, but I really think they should be about 2/1 here, so there's enough value for me to make the play.
Jim Feist
Take "Over"
Fresh off their 21 run performance against the Devil Rays, the Yankees get more fresh meat now in the person of Scott Elarton of the Royals. Elarton only brings a 9.18 era into this contest in eight starts this year. Does it get worse? You bet, his last two starts he's allowed 11 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings. Everyone on the Yankees squad will be wanting in this game and we wouldn't be surprised to see the Yankees get this game OVER all by themselves. We don't even care who's on the mound tonight for the Yankees. Sit back, enjoy the show and play the OVER!!!
20* Cleveland
10* Oakland/Angels Under the Total
10* Dodgers Over
10* Cubs
7* Padres
5* Pirates
Brandon Lang
15 Dime
Marlins
5 Dime
Tigers (GM#1)
Brewers
Ben Burns
Blue Chip Total
Under Angels/A's
Contrarian Game of Month
Houston Astros
Personal Favorite
Cleveland Indians
The Wunderdog
Game: Chicago Cubs at St. Louis (8:10 PM Eastern)
Pick: Chicago Cubs -134
Everyone wondered what was wrong with Carlos Zambrano after he completed May with an ERA of 5.63. He has answered those questions. Zambrano has been the top pitcher in baseball since then. He has worked 63 innings yielding just 30 hits, opponents hitting just .155 against him, and his ERA has been 1.43. It has vaulted him to the NL lead in wins. What may be even worse news for St. Louis is that when he was pitching poorly he held them to 1 run in 7 innings earlier in the season. Kip Wells has pitched much better, but it hasn't helped to put the Cardinals in the win column. The Cards are a woeful 4-17 in his starts. The Cardinals have allowed 10 runs or more in 12 of their 50 losses and the Cubs are playing over .600 baseball for the past 40 games
Rocco Spacamuro
100* Mets
Mighty ! Quinn
Milwaukee Brewers
EZ Winners
2 STAR: OVER 11 (-$120) Seattle @ Texas
(Listing Feierabend and Rheinecker)
(Risking $240 to win $200)
2 STAR: (907) LA DODGERS (-$105) over Houston
(Listing Hendrickson and Jennings)
(Risking $210 to win $200)
2 STAR: (909) CHICAGO (-$125) over St. Louis
(Listing Zambrano and Wells)
(Risking $250 to win $200)
2 STAR: (925) MINNESOTA (+$111) over Toronto
(Listing Baker only)
(Risking $200 to win $222)
2 STAR: (927) BOSTON (+$114) over Cleveland
(Listing Matsuzaka only)
(Risking $200 to win $228)
Charlie Sports
mlb. oakland @ la angels under 8' runs (500*)
mlb. cincinnati+120 (30*)
mlb. atlanta-135 (20*)
mlb. toronto-125 (20*)
mlb. cleveland-130 (10*)
SCOTTY SPREITZER
AFTERNOON DIVISIONAL GAME OF THE MONTH!
Detroit Tigers
TKO
Cubs
5* Hammer
Indians
Hondo
July 24, 2007 -- The Hondo Retirement Fund took another hit last night when Westbrook was slapped around by the Sawx to goose the deficit to 605 dobys.
Today, he'll go back to Bonderman, Jeremy Bond erman. Ten units on the Tigers over the Chisox.
Marc Lawrence
San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies
Play On: San Diego w/Young
Padres take on the Rockies in Game Two of this series in Colorado behind Chris Young, who has won his last five starts in a row in this series and has also never lost a team start in this park in his MLB career (3-0). With Young in commanding KW form with 3 walks and 23 strikeouts in his last three starts, look for San Diego to improve to 12-4 away in Game Two of a series this evening.
Vernon Croy
Tampa Bay Devil Rays vs. Baltimore
1 Unit - Take Tampa Bay -102, Very good value here tonight since Tampa has the superior pitcher on the mound. Kazmir has pitched solid over his last 3 starts with an ERA of just 2.50. Cabrera has been anything but solid this season with an ERA of 5.93 at home and Tampa is hitting .324 as a team while averaging 5.9 rpg over their last 7 games
Vegas Experts
Washington Nationals at Philadelphia Phillies
Tuesday, July 24th, 7:05 P.M. EDT
Bergmann has not pitched well of late but has had some good efforts on the road versus tough teams. Kendrick has been solid since joining the rotation and sports a 3.51 ERA. He does not face a killer lineup here in the Nats who are 7-1-1 Under their last nine games. Supporting angles say to Play Under - All teams where the total is 10 or higher (PHILADELPHIA) - after 2 straight wins by 6 runs or more against opponent after scoring 4 runs or less 3 straight games (35-14 since 1997) and Play Under - Road teams where the total is 8.5 to 10 (WASHINGTON) - after 2 straight games where they stranded 5 or less runners on base, with a hot bullpen whose ERA is under 2.00 the last 5 games. (69-29 over the last 5 seasons.)
Play on: Under
Robert Ross
Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians
Tuesday, July 24th, 7:05 P.M. EST EST
Used Boston as our Member Play last night and are coming back with the Bosox again tonight. Matsuzaka has adjusted well to his first year in the Bigs and shows a 3.57 road ERA. Sabathia has cooled some after a torrid start and shows an 8.47 ERA his last three. In addition BOSTON is 79-65 against the money line in road games vs. AL teams scoring 5.2 or more runs/game in the second half of the season since 1997 while SABATHIA is 21-33 against the money line in home games vs. teams outscoring opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season since 1997. (Team's Record)
Play on: Boston
Karl Garrett
Yankees (-240) at KANSAS CITY
As expected the Yankees have started to kick things into the next level, and last night's win was their 4th in a row on the RUN LINE.
The G-Man sees no reason they won't extend that mark tonight, as Chien-Ming Wang will be able to get his usual bevy of ground ball outs against the relatively feeble attack the Royals send to the plate.
With last night's win, New York has now taken 8 of the last 10 meetings against the Royals. 7 of the 8 wins have come by 2 runs or more.
Scott Elarton is making his first start since the middle of June, and the fact his season ERA is over 9 does not bode well against this Yankees' attack. Somehow Elarton has won his last 3 starts against New York dating back to 2005.
I just don't think Elarton is going to extend his win streak over the Yankees tonight, as New York is just in that groove right now.
Take the Yankees on the RUN LINE to continue their mastery over the Royals.
3? YANKEES -1 1/2 RUNS
Bobby Maxwell
Tampa Bay (even) at BALTIMORE
Oakland's win in Anaheim over the Angels Monday makes it two straight Bonus Play winners for us. Today we stay in the AL with a complimentary play on the Devil Rays as they visit Baltimore.
I know Tampa Bay had a miserable weekend in New York but they'll bounce back behind the pitching of Scott Kazmir (7-6, 4.02 ERA) and get a win tonight against the Orioles.
Kazmir has been outstanding in his last two outings, allowing just one earned run on seven hits in 13 innings of work. He held the Angels to one run over seven innings Wednesday in a 7-2 victory.
He faces the Orioles' Daniel Cabrera (6-10, 5.30) who is 0-2 with a 6.44 ERA in his last five starts. Last time our for Cabrera he allowed five run on eight hits in five innings of a 6-5 loss in Seattle Wednesday.
Play the D'Rays to come back strong and Kazmir to deliver a solid outing against Baltimore.
2? TAMPA BAY
Michael Cannon
San Diego (-140) at COLORADO
Take the Padres tonight as the road chalk for the win.
Chris Young will start for San Diego and he's been nearly untouchable lately. The right-hander is 9-3 with a 1.85 ERA on the year, but as incredible as it may seem he's been even better recently. Over his last three starts, Young is 1-0 with a 0.45 ERA and he's won his last five decisions.
In six career games, Young is 4-0 with a 2.65 ERA against the Rockies.
Colorado will counter with rookie Ubaldo Jimenez. The 23-year-old right-hander wasn't exactly tearing it up in Triple-A before his recall, going 8-5 with a 5.85 ERA in 19 starts. He's only up with the big club because of the injury to Jason Hirsh.
Take the Padres as Young sets the Rockies down with ease.
3? SAN DIEGO
Sports Gambling Hotline
Cubs at ST. LOUIS (+140)
The Cubs haven't lost 2 in a row in quite some time, so it will be intersting to see how they handle a little losing streak when they hit the field tonight at Busch.
Our feeling is Chicago is going to start to press a little, and we think there is nice value in backing the Cardinals tonight as the home dog.
St. Louis has shown some signs of life recently as they have won 5 of their last 8, and are off a series win over the weekend in Atlanta.
Carlos Zambrano has really turned it up a notch after a horrid start, but how much longer can he continue at this clip? We think tonight is the night Zambrano takes it on the chin.
Kip Wells may be only 3-12 on the season, but he is coming off of his best start of the season, as he shut down Florida for 8 innings in recording the win.
The Redbirds do have some offense in their attack, and if they are going to make a move in the Central Division, tonight is a good night for that to start.
We say back the Cards in the home dog role in this one.
Play on St. Louis.
1? ST. LOUIS
Dave Cokin
Take "(902) PHI Phillies"
Kyle Kendrick has nothing but wins at home for Philly, while Nats starter Jason Bergmann is winless in seven road starts this year. It's also important to note that Bergmann has still not posted a quality start since his return from the DL. You'll have to lay a price with the Phillies here, but I really think they should be about 2/1 here, so there's enough value for me to make the play.
Jim Feist
Take "Over"
Fresh off their 21 run performance against the Devil Rays, the Yankees get more fresh meat now in the person of Scott Elarton of the Royals. Elarton only brings a 9.18 era into this contest in eight starts this year. Does it get worse? You bet, his last two starts he's allowed 11 earned runs in 4 2/3 innings. Everyone on the Yankees squad will be wanting in this game and we wouldn't be surprised to see the Yankees get this game OVER all by themselves. We don't even care who's on the mound tonight for the Yankees. Sit back, enjoy the show and play the OVER!!!