Baseball Handicapping - October 25, 2007
Dropped our game one World Series pick last night, tonight we fire back with another selection.
Today's MLB Baseball Picks:
Game: Colorado at Boston (8:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: 2 units on Boston -1.5 runs -106 (risk 2 to win 1.9)
Boston bats are booming right now, and they broke the winning string of the Rockies, and maybe their psyche as well. Boston has now won their last four games by a combined score of 43-6 against what is supposed to be the two best teams around. Curt Schilling has always been a big-game pitcher, and the Sox pen which is the best in baseball, is well rested and ready to close this game out over the last three innings if the bats have cooled down. The Sox have now won eight postseason games, and the closest win was by three runs so the logical approach here is to take the run line. The fact is the last 15 Boston wins have come by two or more runs. The Rockies are also feast or famine, as 17 of their last 20 losses have come by two runs or more. Boston is also 20-6 against the runline at Fenway when playing teams that outscore their opponent by 0.5 runs or more, and 11-2 over NL teams that score 4.8 runs per game or more over the past two seasons. Since Francona has been at the helm for Boston, they are 25-10 in October games vs. the runline. Tonight we will ride a comfortable Boston win.
MLB Baseball Picks Resources:
Check out the last five MLB Baseball Picks Newsletters:
MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-24-2007
The first thing that needs to be addressed here is the time off that Colorado has had. All the stuffed suits talk about is how much of a momentum disruption it will be, and how it will benefit Boston....
MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-20-2007
The Red Sox kept the series alive with a big win in game 4 in Cleveland, and the Sox now have the opportunity to finish the series with potentially two games at Fenway. The Sox will wheel out Curt Sch...
MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-18-2007
Game one featured this same matchup of Cy Young contenders, and was expected to be a pitching duel between Sabathia and Beckett. It never materialized. We expect this one to be a classic pitchers duel...
MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-16-2007
This is a no call for us, too many conflicts with both side and total. Here is some info, for those that choose to venture in on this one. Wakefield has been awful against .500+ teams, 77.1 innings, 8...
MLB-Baseball-Picks-October-15-2007
We have watched these two teams pile up the runs so far in the post-season. The Indians have played six games that have produced 72 runs (12 per game). In the five Red Sox games we have...
