Tampa Bay Under 89.5 wins.. (2½ unit wager)

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Been thinking about this one quite a bit and I've come up with the conclusion that the Rays are likely to regress from last years superb season. They are in an extremely tough division, pretty much avoided injury last season and 90 wins is never an easy task..


Rays under 89.5 wins -125 -2 units-
Rays under 87.5 wins +150 -½ unit-



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Can't agree with you here. Tampa is the most complete team in baseball IMO. Awesome starting staff, reliable bullpen, and the offense should be much better this year.
 

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Rays strengthened their bullpen

Rays strengthened their offense, plus can reasonably hope that BJ Upton full season without a torn labrum, Carl Crawford full season without missing seven weeks and Dion Navarro not having the constantly agitated ankle will further bolster their scoring

Rays strengthened their bench as well
 

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Don't like it. If the strength of the AL East is a determining factor in this bet, why not play Yanks under? You're getting the highest number, and of the division contenders, probably the team with the most question marks heading into the season -- A-Rod's injury, worst outfield in the division, no proven setup man in front of Rivera. If you like the 3 big boys -- Yanks, BoSox, Rays -- to beat up on each other all season, take Under 96.5 as opposed to 89.5. 90-92 wins may very well win this division.
 

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at my book (bookmaker) it has the Yankees at 94....not 96....two games might matter.....



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Don't like it. If the strength of the AL East is a determining factor in this bet, why not play Yanks under? You're getting the highest number, and of the division contenders, probably the team with the most question marks heading into the season -- A-Rod's injury, worst outfield in the division, no proven setup man in front of Rivera. If you like the 3 big boys -- Yanks, BoSox, Rays -- to beat up on each other all season, take Under 96.5 as opposed to 89.5. 90-92 wins may very well win this division.

Whole-heartedly agree. Rays may or may not hit that number, but because they're the Yankees, the number will be inflated. I like the under here, too.
 

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Hard to argue with Gyno here.

We have to remember the remarkable turnaround the Rays made last year from all previous years. Basically from worst to first.

Will be hard to live up to that again.

Also, they won a lot of close games & made several amazing comebacks last year that will be hard to repeat as well.

But........Much of this doubt fom myself and others who live in the Tampa area who are so used to teams in the past in our area (The Bucs) getting our hopes up and then letting us down....
 

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BOL...Rays were 8-11 after 19 games last season and then went 89-54 the rest of the way

With tonight's win in Minnesota, now 8-12
 
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personally i dont like my money stuck there for like half year, specially when you dont even get enough value back even if you win..........waste time and money........just my 2nd, nothing personal, just not enough value here........
 
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personally i dont like my money stuck there for like half year, specially when you dont even get enough value back even if you win..........waste time and money........just my 2nd


I feel ya, I always end up regretting having my money stuck for so long.. Especially when its at a book that I'm not active with at the time..
 

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personally i dont like my money stuck there for like half year, specially when you dont even get enough value back even if you win..........waste time and money........just my 2nd, nothing personal, just not enough value here........



make the wager at a credit shop

My devil's (hockey ) wager comes up next week^<<^^<<^
 

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