GL BAS. Sportsoptions showed 69% on the nats and 52% on the over. Most places sitting at 8 but cris, 5dimes and 2 other at 8.5, making me wonder if they're chumming the water looking for under plays and the game sails over, even with the stats of these 2 pitchers.
I'm on the sidelines myself but will root u home my friend.
I'm on the sidelines myself but will root u home my friend.
I've got the under, good start for both of us. The thing I've noticed about Kyle Drabek thus far throughout his very young career is that mentally, he's like a CJ Wilson, in that the in-game situations and scenarios, even the little things, can easily dictate how he does in whatever directly proceeds it, more so than most pitchers. Thus, it's very crucial to us that Drabek got out to that great start with a nine-pitch 1-2-3 inning. When his confidence is up, he's pounding the strike zone more, and that's when he's at his best because his main weakness is obviously walks.
Hope we both win
Hope we both win
And that's exacty what I mean right there on display... Drabek gives up a tough-luck hit to Michael Morse on a real terrific pitch that went out of the strike zone, Morse had to extend and barely got wood on it, but enough to loop it into center. Drabek frustrated by that, since it led off the inning, so he walks the next guy out of frustration. Ultimately, it leads to two runs, but hopefully he realizes it could've been worse and gets back into rhythm and normal focus.
Big, big, big double play there. I was afraid that inning might snow ball a bit after Lawrie misplayed that hop at third (Wasn't an error, but to Drabek, mentally, he might've thought he should/could have made that play), but luckily Drabek was able to induce the double play ball on Morse. That buys him an extra sense of comfort approaching the next inning or so.
Now you see what I go through! Too many times this year, the "wrong" bet (Although this one certainly wasn't as extreme), or at least in over/unders, either wins or pushes, to the point where there's just no consistency anymore.
I mean, I agree for the most part in this game. While Strasburg was excellent today before leaving with a blister issue, Drabek still flashed some of that trademark wildness that makes it hard to win an under from him. HOWEVER, he apparently had a pre-existing injury, which is why he was seen getting assistance from the trainer in the dugout an inning or two before he actually left with an injury. That's the worst thing about over/unders is that there are a few cases where you don't fully know a guy's health, because that information is NOT made public a lot of times, so if that was the case (Still waiting to hear word on what the injury actually was and how it came about), then there's really no merit at all for who was right and who was wrong concerning the starting pitching matchup because nobody knew that Drabek would potentially be pitching injured the whole game, if not most of it. But the one thing I could control, betting on Strasburg in an under against a tough lineup like Toronto, I was 100-percent right on. But at the same time, given how Drabek looked, I did get a little bit of a break in receiving that push (Part of my bet was under 8.5, but since most of it was 8, it's OFFICIALLY a push)
Most of my bet was on 8 but some of it was on 8.5, so while the under officially goes as a push into my record, I was still able to at least profit a bit off under 8.5. Considering how Drabek looked, I do consider it a bit of a break that I got off that easy, but if he was really hurt for most of the game, if not all of the game, then that's not on me at all and nobody deserved to win or lose it as a result
