Friday: 3-2, +. 9 units. The 2 half units split.
As I said in my last post before the break, the bigger plays have been hitting much better than the smaller plays. Therefore I'm not changing the unit amount, just increasing the amount of units on games that I really like. This next one fits the bill.
Tampa -1 (-105). 4 units. Price is just pitching now in that place of dominating opponents. In his last 3 starts, he has K'ed 32 in 21 IPs. Plus, his last 10 opponents were NYY twice, NYM, Tigers, Boston, Toronto, ATL, Balt(before their slump), Wash, and the Phillies. Not one cream puff in the bunch- no Seattle, SD, Houston, Oakland, etc. This Boston team might have won Friday, but they caught Hellickson early, coming off a lot of inactivity. After the 2nd, they were pretty pacified and K'd 9 times vs. Hellickson and an assortment of marginal relievers. Before the break, the Sox also didn't hit as usual even at Fenway.
And whom hits Price career-wise the best- Pedroia(on the DL). Ortiz and Gonzalez are a combined 7-40. And as for all the other younger guys who haven't seen Price, or very little, it'll be a lot of whiffing. Price is in that area of finally maturing as a pitcher, but also having a very young live arm. He has command of all of his pitches and is kind of scary for batters who haven't seen him before. i firmly believe this Red Sox team might become a contender later this season, but right now they are the Red Sox in name only- not a team that can ring up 6 or 8 runs at the drop of a hat.
Now Bucholz has this history of beginning seasons or coming off the DL or coming out of the all-star break pitching badly. Sometimes very badly. It's like he needs a game or two or 5 to get it going.
As I said in my last post before the break, the bigger plays have been hitting much better than the smaller plays. Therefore I'm not changing the unit amount, just increasing the amount of units on games that I really like. This next one fits the bill.
Tampa -1 (-105). 4 units. Price is just pitching now in that place of dominating opponents. In his last 3 starts, he has K'ed 32 in 21 IPs. Plus, his last 10 opponents were NYY twice, NYM, Tigers, Boston, Toronto, ATL, Balt(before their slump), Wash, and the Phillies. Not one cream puff in the bunch- no Seattle, SD, Houston, Oakland, etc. This Boston team might have won Friday, but they caught Hellickson early, coming off a lot of inactivity. After the 2nd, they were pretty pacified and K'd 9 times vs. Hellickson and an assortment of marginal relievers. Before the break, the Sox also didn't hit as usual even at Fenway.
And whom hits Price career-wise the best- Pedroia(on the DL). Ortiz and Gonzalez are a combined 7-40. And as for all the other younger guys who haven't seen Price, or very little, it'll be a lot of whiffing. Price is in that area of finally maturing as a pitcher, but also having a very young live arm. He has command of all of his pitches and is kind of scary for batters who haven't seen him before. i firmly believe this Red Sox team might become a contender later this season, but right now they are the Red Sox in name only- not a team that can ring up 6 or 8 runs at the drop of a hat.
Now Bucholz has this history of beginning seasons or coming off the DL or coming out of the all-star break pitching badly. Sometimes very badly. It's like he needs a game or two or 5 to get it going.
