Wednesday: 3-3, + 5 units. Lost both totals and my big total Tuesday. After seeing the fishy movement of that Tampa/ O's total, I'm going to leave the totals to the experts.
Pittsburgh:-1. 4 units. This line moved and the early money is on Houston. Of course, the lines moved the same way in their 3 losses to the Reds. Norris and Harrell pitched as good as possible and nearly got the Astros their first win in a long time. But their bullpen is incapable of holding a lead anymore. They blew it in the 9th in back to back games, and believe me, they had their best relievers out there. Now they face a team, the Pirates, who have one of the best BPs in baseball- better than the Reds even. Hanrahan's walk issues have even improved greatly.
Dallas Keuchel is probably the worst of their starters right now, especially as of late. Earlier in the year he had 3 good starts, although his strand rate and balls hit at fielders rate was way high. His last 2 starts, he has 12 walks and 6 Ks. His last minor league start was poor too. With his command issues you'll see that Astro bullpen earlier than usual. I think one reason the line moved was that Burnett's last bad start was vs. thew Astros on July 3rd. But earlier in the year he handled them well. Let's look at that start on July 3rd. Lowrie- 2 hits(DL). Lee- 2 hits(traded), Schafer- 2 hits(but0-6 before that vs. Burnett), and Luke Harrell
Pittsburgh:-1. 4 units. This line moved and the early money is on Houston. Of course, the lines moved the same way in their 3 losses to the Reds. Norris and Harrell pitched as good as possible and nearly got the Astros their first win in a long time. But their bullpen is incapable of holding a lead anymore. They blew it in the 9th in back to back games, and believe me, they had their best relievers out there. Now they face a team, the Pirates, who have one of the best BPs in baseball- better than the Reds even. Hanrahan's walk issues have even improved greatly.
Dallas Keuchel is probably the worst of their starters right now, especially as of late. Earlier in the year he had 3 good starts, although his strand rate and balls hit at fielders rate was way high. His last 2 starts, he has 12 walks and 6 Ks. His last minor league start was poor too. With his command issues you'll see that Astro bullpen earlier than usual. I think one reason the line moved was that Burnett's last bad start was vs. thew Astros on July 3rd. But earlier in the year he handled them well. Let's look at that start on July 3rd. Lowrie- 2 hits(DL). Lee- 2 hits(traded), Schafer- 2 hits(but0-6 before that vs. Burnett), and Luke Harrell