<table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tbody><tr> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="50%" align="left">Yesterday</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">3</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">1</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">0</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="20%" align="right">+6.70 Units</td></tr> <tr> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="50%" align="left">Last 30 Days</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">6</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">4</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">0</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="20%" align="right">+8.08 Units</td></tr> <tr> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="50%" align="left">Season To Date (Since March 2010)</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">6</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">4</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="10%" align="right">0</td> <td class="rs_value" valign="top" width="20%" align="right">+8.08 Units</td></tr></tbody></table>
All games are listed pitchers unless stated otherwise.
Minnesota +1.18 over L.A. ANGELS http://www.pinnaclesports.com/?refer=xspwagers<o
></o>Kevin Slowey went 10-3 last season and that was one of the major’s most misleading W/L records. He finished the year with a 4.86 ERA and a BAA of .309. It’s just one of those unexplainable things in that he did not pitch well, received a ton of run support and lost just three games in 16 starts. However, there is still a lot to like about Slowey and we’ll start with the fact that he’s a year older, worked tremendously hard in the off-season and subsequently had a terrific spring. In fact, his spring ERA was 1.95 after allowing just six runs in 27.2 innings of work. Half of those six runs were in his final spring start when he was ready and raring to go for the season to begin. It’s also worth noting that Slowey is a guy who throws strikes and anyone that watches this game closely knows the best pitch in baseball is still “strike one”. He walked just 15 guys all of last season in 90 innings and this past spring he stayed true to form, walking just four guys while whiffing 20. Joel Pineiro benefited from playing in St. Louis under the tutelage of the best pitching coach this league has even known, Dave Duncan. Now he’ll leave the NL and head over to the AL, a league he’s familiar with but had very little success in. In fact, Pineiro has very little success anywhere. He’s had one good year over the last eight. He puts the ball in play and that’s evident in his career WHIP, which stands at 1.34 and that’s for a guy that doesn’t walk many. What it reveals, however, is that Pineiro gives up a ton of hits. His career BAA is .278 and that’s after pitching six years in Seattle, one of the best pitching parks in the majors. The Twins have already gone yard six times this season, which is tops in the majors and there’s no reason whatsoever that they shouldn’t get to Pineiro. Play: Minnesota +1.18 (Risking 2 units). <o
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