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October 2011
10/27/2011  The Texas Rangers come to St. Louis for game six just one game shy of their first World Series Championship. The last thing they want to do is go to a...View all
10/26/2011  October 27, 2011 We enter Game Six of the World Series off winners in our last two plays...View all
10/24/2011  The World Series is all tied-up and two games apiece. St. Louis’ bats were silenced in Game 4 as they were shutout, and the Rangers smell the bl...View all
10/23/2011  Despite what you saw last night, October baseball is more about defense, pitching and low-scoring games. With a blowout in Game 3, both managers were ...View all
10/22/2011  The Texas Rangers were looking down the barrel of going down in the series 2 games to none, but a ninth inning rally that plated a pair of runs brings...View all
10/20/2011  The St. Louis Cardinals got the jump on the Rangers with a hard fought 3-2 win last night. That game featured a pair of aces, and the low-scoring affa...View all
10/16/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers are facing an elimination game at home, and I expect them to respond - just as they have done all season. The Brewers put togeth...View all
10/15/2011  The Tigers kept their hopes alive with a Game 5 win in Detroit behind Justin Verlander. The Tigers hand the ball to Max Scherzer who won 15 games this...View all
10/13/2011  The Texas Rangers have taken a lot of the fire out of the Detroit Tigers, and it has been a one man show. Nelson Cruz has been delivering in the clutc...View all
10/12/2011  The Detroit Tigers desperately needed game three or they were pretty much cooked in the ALCS against the Rangers. This is a team that has thrived at h...View all
10/11/2011  The Rangers got a huge win in extra innings last night with a walk off grand slam to take a 2-0 series lead to Detroit for Game 3. Doug Fister has don...View all
10/10/2011  Rain delays are helping the home teams in this postseason, which happened again Saturday as the Rangers took Game 1. The Rangers are 4-0 in their last...View all
10/09/2011  Rain delays are helping the home teams in this postseason, which happened again Saturday as the Rangers took Game 1. The Rangers are 4-0 in their last...View all
10/07/2011  A squirrel may have saved the day for the Cardinals, as they have evened the series with the Phillies at two games apiece. They now have the unenviabl...View all
10/06/2011  The  Yankees won Game 4 and earned the right to turn this into a 1-game series at home. At the beginning of the season, they were considered vuln...View all
10/05/2011  A pivotal Game 4: the Brewers wrap it up or Arizona stays alive. That means both managers are going to lean on their best arms. And with the 8-1 blowo...View all
10/04/2011  The Phillies are 1-4 in Cole Hamels' last five starts as a favorite and 1-4 in his last five starts overall. Hamels allowed 12 of his 19 homers on...View all
10/03/2011  Texas goes from a great hitter's park in Arlington to another great hitter's park in Tampa Bay. That's a plus for this talented offense, o...View all
10/02/2011  Milwaukee has a powerful offense in a hitter friendly park and a terrific home field advantage: The Brewers are 44-10 in their last 54 games as a favo...View all
10/01/2011  How important is the home field advantage in the MLB Playoffs? The last team to top the win total of Milwaukee with 57 home wins for a season was the ...View all

September 2011
09/30/2011  What a dramatic conclusion for the Tampa Bay Rays to be here. They trailed Boston by 10 games in the AL East to start September, and the Boston collap...View all
09/28/2011  Miguel Batista has been decent in his four games. Edinson Volquez has been less than good in his 20. Volquez is just 5-6 with a 5.84 ERA (over 6.00 on...View all
09/27/2011  The Tigers have clinched the AL Central, but this team continues playing with the pedal to the metal. The Tigers have been one of the hottest teams in...View all
09/26/2011  The Atlanta Braves have a slim one-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals for the wildcard spot in the NL. They will go to battle tonight at home vs. ...View all
09/25/2011  So why are the Giants 1-4 in ace Tim Lincecum's last five starts? It’s the same problem they've had all season: no offense. This offense...View all
09/24/2011  The Mariners are a bad team with a solid pitcher on the mound with Felix Hernandez getting the start, but their track record on the road shows just 30...View all
09/23/2011  The New York Yankees have once again claimed the AL East, and after mailing-in yesterday's series finale vs. the Rays, don't look for that to ...View all
09/22/2011  The Philadelphia Phillies continue to play out the string as the season winds down. The Phillies have clinched the best record in the NL and are going...View all
09/21/2011  Tampa Bay has played better baseball of the two teams down the stretch. C.C. Sabathia has not been pitching well for an extended period of time now an...View all
09/20/2011  The Yankees are in control in the AL East, but more by way of default as the Red Sox have gone 6-15 in their last 21, with Tampa Bay now one game behi...View all
09/19/2011  The Boston Red Sox had the lead in the AL East heading into September but the swoon has been on and Tampa Bay, by virtue of five of six wins vs. Bosto...View all
09/18/2011  September 18, 2011 We went 2-0 around the bases yesterday for +$550...View all
09/17/2011  It is getting to be crunch time for the Rays who need this game badly. They will have to get it done vs. a top of the rotation pitcher against Jon Les...View all
09/16/2011  The Phillies are off a doubleheader sweep yesterday of Florida, and with everything in hand in the NL including home field advantage for as long as th...View all
09/15/2011  Tampa Bay missed a golden opportunity to cut the deficit to three games, heading into this pivotal four-game series with the Red Sox. It isn't ver...View all
09/14/2011  Jon Lackey has sure had his issues this season pitching to a 6.30 ERA. Despite that, he is a 12 game winner because Boston can out-hit his mistakes. S...View all
09/13/2011  The Rangers maintain a three-game lead over the Angels, and will take on the Indians at home tonight to open their series. The Tribe will send Justin ...View all
09/12/2011  A lot of the potential in the St. Louis Cardinals’ season went up in flames before a pitch was thrown. Adam Wanwright went down with a season-en...View all
09/11/2011   There’s no urgency with the Braves, far ahead in the wild card and far behind the Phillies in the division, and they’re playing like it,...View all
09/10/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers have done a better job at home than any other team in baseball, as they enter this one with a stellar 50-21 record. What they ar...View all
09/09/2011  Brad Penny at one time was a coveted pitcher, but one that has never been able to get back to the level he enjoyed with the Dodgers. He has struggled ...View all
09/08/2011  Anytime you can grab the Red Sox as an underdog vs. a sub-.500 team it is a wager that will give you a great opportunity for returns. Ricky Romero has...View all
09/07/2011  The Texas Rangers own a 3.5 game lead in the AL West, while the Tampa Bay Rays are 10.5 games back in the AL East and their playoff hopes are on life ...View all
09/06/2011  The Cleveland Indians were tremendously under-valued to start the season. They came out of the gate like gangbusters with a 30-15 record through their...View all
09/05/2011  The Cleveland Indians acquired Ubaldo Jimenez to be a difference maker in the race for the AL Central title. Jimenez is intriguing, but at the same ti...View all
09/04/2011  Baltimore has been a big dog all series, but is 1-1 the last two games, winning 3-2 as a +190 dog. Runs for the series: 8-6, Tampa Bay. That’s n...View all
09/03/2011  A pair of starters with similar numbers as well as similar overall offensive numbers meet in Tampa Bay, yet the home team is a big favorite. The Rays ...View all
09/02/2011  A Wrigley Field game with a high total! Surprising in that Pittsburgh is in town, a team with a bad offense, No. 26 in baseball in runs, batting avera...View all
09/01/2011  Toronto comes into Camden Yards with a strong offense and a winning road record, fourth in baseball in runs scored and slugging. They've won two o...View all

August 2011
08/31/2011   Kansas City continues to be a dog despite playing well, winning two of the last three games as a dog of +160 each time. They blasted the Tigers 9-5 ...View all
08/30/2011  You have to look at the underdog Royals again, a team that has won two in a row and is 4-3 in their the last seven games, winning as a dog of +152, +1...View all
08/29/2011  Tampa Bay has been getting it done with pitching and defense, riding a 9-3-1 run UNDER the total. Tonight we have a pair of talented, young arms are o...View all
08/28/2011  Tampa Bay is one of the best road teams in the league, but their bats are weak right now (3.7 runs per game over their last seven). David Price has pi...View all
08/27/2011  The Oakland A's are playing what could be their best baseball of the season. They did get embarrassed by the Yankees in their series finale allowi...View all
08/26/2011  It is easy to see why this total has pushed beyond the 10-run mark as the Bombers unleashed their fury at home vs. the A's yesterday with 22 runs....View all
08/25/2011  The Detroit Tigers look secure in making it into the playoffs as Cleveland and the White Sox continue to fade. The Rays are on life support, and if th...View all
08/24/2011  This one will be a hard pick for most to swallow. The Yankees have the overwhelming edge in all phases here. The public is lining up on the Yankees li...View all
08/22/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers will have Chris Narveson on the hill, and he has not pitched since injuring his thumb with scissors, and could likely be on a pi...View all
08/21/2011  The Cardinals are seeing their hopes of winning their division fade. They have lost five of their last seven games and need a win here to avoid a swee...View all
08/20/2011  The Brewers have pretty much wrapped things up in the NL Central, unless they do a total meltdown down the home stretch. They achieved this status by ...View all
08/19/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers have been a big surprise, sitting atop the NL Central with a comfortable lead over the Cardinals, heading down the stretch of th...View all
08/18/2011  Tim Lincecum is certainly a premier pitcher for the Giants, and his ERA says that as it stands at 2.53 on the season. He had one rocky stretch where h...View all
08/17/2011  It isn't too often your gonna find the Boston Red Sox as a home dog as a standard pick-em in MLB would be -110. David Price is having difficulties...View all
08/16/2011  Jon Lester has come up big pitching in Boston during his entire career. The Tampa Bay Rays have completely fallen out of the race in the AL East. They...View all
08/15/2011  When Adam Wainwright went down with season-ending surgery before throwing a pitch in the regular season, the St. Louis Cardinals have looked to fill t...View all
08/14/2011  Minnesota has been getting healthy on offense and has a good arm on the hill in Kevin Slowey. Like many Twins’ hurlers, he has exceptional contr...View all
08/13/2011  The Orioles’ Jeremy Guthrie enters this game with 15 losses and has a chance to become the first 20-game loser in MLB for many years. There is a...View all
08/12/2011  The Philadelphia Phillies have certainly taken advantage of their rock solid rotation. They have the best record in all of baseball to this point, hea...View all
08/11/2011  Despite getting shut out two nights ago, Kansas City has a good offense. They rank No. 13 in baseball in runs scored, No. 5 in batting and No. 9 in on...View all
08/10/2011  It is one thing to be playing on the best team in baseball on the road, but a whole other level when you are playing the best team in baseball on the ...View all
08/09/2011  The Chicago White Sox finding it a difficult task maintaining consistency, which goes directly to the starting pitching. Gavin Floyd has produced some...View all
08/08/2011  The Red Sox are off a huge emotional series at home vs. the Yankees that saw the pendulum turn from even to a one-game lead over their arch-rival Bron...View all
08/07/2011  Both these teams have been better on the road than at home and San Diego gets to go with their ace, Mat Latos. Latos got off to a rough start to the s...View all
08/06/2011  The Phillies staff is tough and the talked about trio of Oswalt, Lee and Halladay leaves Cole Hamels often overlooked. Hamels is carrying a 2.62 ERA i...View all
08/05/2011  The New York Yankees have gotten to this point of the season tied for first in the AL East with Boston, thanks to pitching. Most of the Yankee bats ha...View all
08/04/2011  There aren't good looking numbers on the surface when you look at today's starter for Tampa Bay Willie Davis, as he has been hit hard in his l...View all
08/03/2011  These teams have both had difficulty manufacturing runs this season, but Seattle has been streaking and better on offense of late. The Mariners went 4...View all
08/02/2011  The Pittsburgh Pirates have surprised a lot of people this year, and they have responded with an above .500 record for the season. There are signs tha...View all
08/01/2011  The Cincinnati Reds surprised everyone last year, playing under the radar and making the playoffs. Big things were expected this season, but those exp...View all

July 2011
07/31/2011  The Yankees put up 17 runs last night and while I expect them to have success today, the chances of another offensive onslaught like that are slim. Le...View all
07/30/2011  The Angels were destroyed here last night by the Tigers who pushed across a dozen runs in a laugher. Teams that score in a range achieved by the Tiger...View all
07/29/2011  Sometimes the gap between good and bad is not as large as it appears, but the oddsmakers see their clients with a different view. Last night I got the...View all
07/28/2011  Once upon a time, the Brewers were 7-3 when Shaun Marcum was on the mound, but that has changed. Since those first 10 starts, the Brewers and Mar...View all
07/27/2011  The Seattle Martiners are playing about as bad as a team can play right now. This is a team that had lost 15 straight games going into last night'...View all
07/26/2011  Jared Weaver is sick, but he's not unbeatable. Josh Tomlin has posted an 11-4 mark including 7-1 at home thanks to a 3.37 ERA. Getting that kind o...View all
07/25/2011  The Seattle Mariners come limping into New York with a franchise record longest 15-game losing streak. The M's simply have not been competitive. T...View all
07/24/2011  The Athletics had lost 11 straight vs. the Yankees before last night's win. You have to go back to July of 2007 to find a time when Oakland beat N...View all
07/23/2011  Last night both these teams exploded for a combined 24 runs, so the oddsmakers are hanging a double-digit total on this one.  Often times we see ...View all
07/22/2011  The Yankees' totals always seems to be built up for value on the UNDER especially when they hit the diamond at the Stadium. The power reputation r...View all
07/21/2011  The San Diego Padres are swinging some hot bats right now, winning three out of their last four games. That includes the first two in their series wit...View all
07/20/2011  The Red Sox offense has hit a bit of a rough spot as they have 2 runs or less in two of their last three games. Granted, those sandwiched a 15-run exp...View all
07/19/2011  The Boston Red Sox lineup, which struggled in their 2-10 start have been scoring runs in droves. Through May 19th, the Sox did not score 10 runs in a ...View all
07/18/2011  The New York Yankees have gone three straight games without a home run for the first time this season. The lineup is homer-dependent, and their leadin...View all
07/17/2011  The wind is blowing at Wrigley and that means a massive total in this game. So what? Games don't often top 11 in the Majors, even here, and especi...View all
07/16/2011  Max Scherzer has 10 wins on the season with an ERA that doesn't seem to fit. What he has done very well is pitch at home, as his ERA stands a full...View all
07/15/2011  The Jays erupted for a snowman in the first inning yesterday, and that pretty much set the tone for a big scoring game. The one thing about baseball i...View all
07/14/2011  The Yankees limped into the All-Star break with an offense that produced just 10 runs in their last four games, and overall they have been limited to ...View all
07/10/2011  Brett Cecil is just 1-4 thanks to a 6.37 ERA. On the other hand, Carlos Carrasco has posted an 8-5 mark and a sub 4 ERA. When facing righties like Car...View all
07/09/2011  The oddsmakers are not in the Nats’ camp, despite the numbers which speak loudly of advances this team has made over the several previous years....View all
07/08/2011  The Philadelphia Phillies have had a hard time shaking the pesky Atlanta Braves, and right now Atlanta is on fire winners of 9 of their last 10 games....View all
07/07/2011  This is a pretty steep total with Bartolo Colon on the mound for the Yankees. While Sabathia has been dealing with 12 wins already, Colon has actually...View all
07/06/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers have had little success on the road this season, but a ton of luck at home. The problem is they have run into a buzz saw here wi...View all
07/05/2011  The Washington Nationals have surely turned the corner, and this team has been potent at home where they are a .600 team. The same can't be said f...View all
07/04/2011  Despite not playing well at times, the Boston Red Sox remain on the Yankees’ heels in the AL East. The Toronto Blue Jays, once in range, have fa...View all
07/03/2011  Cliff Lee is going like gangbusters, but this is a talented Toronto offense he’s facing. And the Skydome is a tough pitcher’s park. Lee ha...View all
07/02/2011  The Chicago White Sox have a leg-up in the battle for Chicago, beating the Cubs in their opener 6-4. The Cubs will be armed on the mound with Matt Gar...View all
07/01/2011  It is always interesting when the wind is blowing out at Wrigley, but with a total that has surely over-compensated at 13, so there is definitely is n...View all

June 2011
06/30/2011  The Florida Marlins may have found themselves an opponent that their struggling offense can match-up with in the Oakland A's. While they have plat...View all
06/29/2011  The San Diego Padres have a Heinz-like 57 games, where they have held their opponent to four runs or less. That is impressive, but it exceeds the numb...View all
06/28/2011  The Florida Marlins signed Javier Vasquez as a pitcher with a lot of experience, and also an innings-eater. Vasquez has disappointed for the large par...View all
06/27/2011  There has to be emotional fallout for the Rockies here. They came to Yankees Stadium and took the opener then dropped the last two to lose the series....View all
06/26/2011  Looks like a pitcher’s duel in Philadelphia today. Oakland comes in as a strong UNDER team, on a 6-1 run UNDER, with great pitching but a terr...View all
06/25/2011  The NY Yankees were shut-down last night against a solid pitcher, Ubaldo Jimenez, that after a stellar 2010 and a poor start to 2011, is finding the g...View all
06/24/2011  The Houston Astros have assumed the position as the worst team in baseball. That being said, they are not without a good option as Wandy Rodriguez tak...View all
06/23/2011  After losing 101 games a year ago, who would have thought that the Seattle Mariners would be a road favorite unless Felix Hernandez was on the mound? ...View all
06/22/2011  The San Diego Padres evened their series with the Red Sox last night in Fenway with a 5-4 win, as the pen shut the door down the stretch. The Red Sox ...View all
06/21/2011  Florida has lost 10 straight, but they have won their last two if getting +1.5. Often it's right around this time that a team has value as everyon...View all
06/20/2011  The Boston Red Sox have played better than any team in MLB since their poor start, but tonight they turn to Andrew Miller to take the mound against Sa...View all
06/19/2011  The Pirates have been playing well, winning four of six. The Pirates are 5-2 in their last seven games following a loss and have Jeff Karstans on ...View all
06/18/2011  My hats off to Doug Davis who pitched his best game of the year yesterday, keeping the Bombers off-balanced and in check in a 3-1 win. The Yankees hav...View all
06/17/2011  The Bombers are living as their name would indicate, with over 100 homers hit already on the season. Yankee Stadium can't hold them and they are g...View all
06/16/2011  No one wants a piece of Florida in this game. That's why I'm on them. The public is overwhelmingly on Philadelphia (over 80%) in what seems li...View all
06/15/2011  The Texas Rangers made it all the way to the World Series a year ago, but have really had a difficult time answering the bell this year just four game...View all
06/14/2011  The Tribe was beaten up in New York by the Yankees, but managed to squeeze out a 1-0 win in the series finale to change the mindset heading into Detro...View all
06/13/2011  The Florida Marlins opened the season at 29-19 and appeared ready to take the next step. They lost their stopper and ace Josh Johnson, and it has defi...View all
06/12/2011  Florida has had a run of bad luck, but they are not a bad team. During that eight game skid that just ended, the Marlins lost seven games by one run! ...View all
06/11/2011  The Philadelphia Phillies have a talented and deep rotation, but their hitting has been markedly inconsistent. They will go with Cliff Lee who has not...View all
06/10/2011  Roy Halladay would become the first nine-game winner in the Majors with a win today. The public is all over the Phillies here in a game that looks lik...View all
06/09/2011  Both Josh Collmenter (1.25 ERA) and Jeff Karstens (3.30 ERA, 2.01 at home) have been outstanding this season. Both offenses here have struggled. This ...View all
06/08/2011  The Reds own the Cubs this year and I look for Cincinnati to get their first home sweep over Chicago in 15 years. Cincy has won six of the seven games...View all
06/07/2011  Roy Oswalt is great, but the Phillies offense is not. That's the reason Oswalt is 0-2 in his two starts since coming off the DL. He hasn't not...View all
06/06/2011  The Philadelphia Phillies are simply not playing good baseball right now. They lost their last game of their series with the Mets, and lost consecutiv...View all
06/05/2011  The Indians shocked everyone (including themselves) by starting the season 30-15. But since then, things are regressing to where we expected as they h...View all
06/04/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers and the Florida Marlins have both been early surprises, with both contending within their divisions and for a wildcard spot. The...View all
06/03/2011  The Pittsburgh Pirates imploded yesterday in New York, where they had the Mets down 7-0, and ended up blowing the game in a 9-8 loss. That will rip ap...View all
06/02/2011  The Cleveland Indians have been the surprise team in baseball, and as we approach the 1/3 mark, they have the best record in the AL. While the Tribe d...View all
06/01/2011  The Boston Red Sox have had their hands full with the Chicago White Sox as they have dropped the first two games of the series. The White Sox have bee...View all

May 2011
05/31/2011  The Texas Rangers have their best pitching option on the mound tonight with C.J. Wilson getting the ball vs. the Tampa Bay Rays. Wilson has led the Ra...View all
05/30/2011  The Braves are just 5-5 since they saw their four-game winning streak come to an end. While the pitching has been solid, the offense continues to be s...View all
05/29/2011  John Danks is winless in seven trips to the mound this season. I think that number jumps to eight today. He's going against Ricky Romero who owns ...View all
05/28/2011  Tampa Bay considers David Price to be the ace of their staff, but clearly the job James Shields has done is more impressive. Shields owns a 2.00 ERA t...View all
05/27/2011  The Pittsburgh Pirates have been holding their own this season and at four games below .500, are in better shape than most thought they would be just ...View all
05/26/2011  Baltimore looks to accomplish something today it hasn't done in nearly two years. A win today gives the Orioles a five game winning streak - somet...View all
05/25/2011  The Tribe dealt a loss to the Red Sox last night, but still have to be feeling perky at home where they have strung together a 25-5 mark in their last...View all
05/24/2011  The Arizona Diamondbacks were not supposed to be a factor in the NL West. We have crossed the quarter pole and the D-Backs are hanging tough, and have...View all
05/23/2011  The lifeline of the Tampa Bay offense from a year ago was Carl Crawford at the top with his .300+ average and blazing speed, and Carlos Pena sitting w...View all
05/22/2011  The Rays caught a break here in not having to face Josh Johnson. Scheduled to start this game, Johnson was put on the 15-day disabled list. They get J...View all
05/21/2011  While neither of these starting pitchers has been great this year, I don't think these offenses have much resistance to offer. The Astros get only...View all
05/20/2011  The Texas Rangers have done an about face. The organization used to stockpile hitters and tried to simply outscore their opponents, but they now have ...View all
05/19/2011  The Cincinnati Reds’ pitching staff needed a lift, and Johny Cueto, has been more like Johnny on the spot for the Reds. Cueto has made two start...View all
05/18/2011  Say it ain't so? The Bombers are an underdog in Baltimore? First glimpse says jump on New York, but when you consider the homer happy Yankees have...View all
05/17/2011  The Houston Astros don't have a lineup that is going to strike fear in opposing pitchers, especially a veteran like Derek Lowe who knows how to na...View all
05/16/2011  The Yankees are really looking old these days. Controversy rears its ugly head once again with Jorge Posada apparently disgruntled with Joe Girardi...View all
05/15/2011  St. Louis is 25-14 OVER this season. The Cards are belting in 6.6 runs per game on the road this season while the Reds are getting 5.8 per game at hom...View all
05/14/2011  The Florida Marlins may never catch the Phillies in the NL East, but this team has turned the corner with a decent lineup and excellent starting pitch...View all
05/13/2011  The San Francisco Giants offense leaves a lot to be desired and when they lost their best and most productive hitter Pablo Sanduval, things have gotte...View all
05/12/2011  Jaime Garcia has become a quality big league pitcher in a short time. He is off to a superb 4-0 start backed by a 1.99 ERA. The problem for the Cardin...View all
05/11/2011  The Minnesota Twins usually find a way to be competitive despite a limited payroll, but this year looks like it is going to be tough sledding. The pit...View all
05/10/2011  The Yankees are facing big totals in just about every game they play. The problem is that their offense has been “homer happy,” but not mu...View all
05/09/2011  After more than a decade of teams that certainly haven't been close to competitive, the Pittsburgh Pirates have appeared to turn the corner. The P...View all
05/08/2011  The Blue Jays were blanked by Justin Verlander last night. It marked the fifth time in the last six games they scored 3 runs or less. On the season, T...View all
05/07/2011  The Reds took care of business here last night. But Cincinnati hasn't played at the same level as they did a year ago, when they were a surprise i...View all
05/06/2011  The Angels were certainly due against Boston. They lost 15 of 16, and finally walked away with the last two here, closing the series with an 11-0 whit...View all
05/05/2011  Bret Myers finished the season strong for the Astros last year, and hopes were strong he could maintain that high level into 2011. He started strong, ...View all
05/04/2011  Francisco Liriano recorded the first no-hitter of the 2011 season last night vs. a White Sox team that has seen their offense plunge into the deep fre...View all
05/03/2011  Tampa Bay opened the season at 1-8 and appeared to be looking like the Tampa Bay of old that could be penciled in for 100 losses every year. Those fir...View all
05/02/2011  The Houston Astros have enough pitching to keep them in most games. In their recent three-game series vs. Milwaukee it showed, as they took two of thr...View all
05/01/2011  Bettors simply don't like Washington. But they are losing by fading this team. Nearly 80% of the bets are coming in on the Giants in this game and...View all

April 2011
04/30/2011  Neither of these teams are going to be ranked amongst the top teams in offense this season. The Giants offense has really sputtered in recent games ge...View all
04/29/2011  The oddsmakers aren't buying into the Tribe's 16-8 mark through 24 games. It seems like every year there is a surprise team in MLB, and Clevel...View all
04/28/2011  The Baltimore Orioles have put a halt to the Red Sox winning streak which had reached eight of nine, by winning the last two here as a home dog. The B...View all
04/27/2011  We haven't taken many favorites this season but I like Philadelphia in this spot. Arizona hasn't swept the Phillies at home in 11 years. They ...View all
04/26/2011  The Yankees are hitting a lot of home runs, but overall the offense is not clicking yet. They were shutout here last night, and the order has four key...View all
04/25/2011  A.J. Burnett has soiled his reputation as a good pitcher, but at 3-0 and a new pitching coach things have taken a solid turn for the better to start 2...View all
04/24/2011  The offensive output from these teams would suggest a score of around 9 total runs today, but I like the UNDER here. John Danks is 0-2 but he's go...View all
04/23/2011  Tim Lincecum has picked up right where he left off last year - blowing away hitters and he has pitched to a 1,67 ERA to start the 2011 campaign. The F...View all
04/22/2011  The Detroit Tigers have struggled. Even their ace, tonight's pitcher, Justin Verlander has already lost to a pair of soft teams in Oakland and Bal...View all
04/21/2011  The Arizona Diamondbacks will go with Daniel Hudson today against the Reds. Hudson has been striking out better than one per inning on the season. He ...View all
04/20/2011  The Milwaukee Brewers have become the first team to take a series from the Phillies this season. The pitching rich Phillies will send another quality ...View all
04/19/2011  It isn't bad enough that the Tampa Bay Rays lost Pena and Crawford in the offseason, but they also have to deal with their only remaining bona fid...View all
04/18/2011  The Detroit Tigers have limped to a 7-9 start out of the gate. Although they are 3-0 in Max Scherzer's first three starts, a pair of tho...View all
04/17/2011  Pittsburgh is again struggling to produce offense while Cincinnati is finding it in droves. The Pirates are averaging just 3.3 runs per game on .233 h...View all
04/16/2011  It is hard to believe, although it is early, the Baltimore Orioles are a .500 team, and the Cleveland Indians are atop the AL Central with a 9-4 mark....View all
04/15/2011  The Washington Nationals have been a bad team for many years now, but a lot of that is taking youth, inexperience and mediocre pitching on the road. L...View all
04/14/2011  Mike Pelphrey and Jonathon Neise have not been able to shut down the Rockies in the first two games of this series. They have their best option going ...View all
04/13/2011  The San Diego Padres were the surprise team in the National League last season and the Reds were right there with them. The Padres found balance both ...View all
04/12/2011  The Baltimore Orioles have been a better team since Buck Showalter became the manager late last season. They have gotten off to a good start, but swee...View all
04/11/2011  For the longest time, the Texas Rangers were all about hitting and just never had the arms to make any headway. Now this team is dominated by good pit...View all
04/10/2011  One team here is 5-3 while the other is 3-5. I'm backing the 5-3 team at the plus odds. Behind the bats of Billy Butler and Alex Gorden, the Royal...View all
04/09/2011  The San Diego Padres surprised everyone last year with a low payroll and winning a ton of games. It shows what good pitching can do to a team, and the...View all
04/08/2011  Many think the Kansas City Royals are a team on the rise, but expected next year to be their breakout year. They are out of the gate quickly at 4-2 an...View all
04/07/2011  The pressure has to be mounting on the Boston Red Sox. They were expected to cruise to the AL pennant, but here they are opening the season at 0-5. Th...View all
04/06/2011  The Boston Red Sox may have been reading too many articles on how dominate a team they are with their starting pitching, bullpen, and lineup. They wer...View all
04/05/2011  The Padres surprised last year, and are off quick at 2-1 to open the 2011 season. This team may be limited on offense, but their pitching keeps them i...View all
04/04/2011  The Baltimore Orioles are off to a surprising 3-0 start, and I think it has the oddsmakers a bit overzealous here for their game vs. the Tigers. The O...View all
04/03/2011  Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau have been stymied in their first two games, but I look for them to get it going today vs. Brett Cecil and the Blue Jays. ...View all
04/02/2011  The Cleveland Indians were a road disaster a year ago where they lost 50 games. They were respectable at home, collecting 38 wins. They expect big thi...View all
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March 2011
03/28/2011  March 28, 2011 Today we wrap-up this year's preseason MLB division previews with our peek into ...View all
03/25/2011  March 28, 2011 Today we look into this year's American League Central...View all
03/21/2011  March 25, 2011 As Opening Day inches closer, we begin our look into this year's American League...View all
03/18/2011  March 21, 2011 Whoa! With all the Madness, we had to change-up our MLB Previews rotation...View all
03/11/2011  March 14, 2011 We continue our 2011 MLB season preview today with our look into the National Le...View all
03/07/2011  March 11, 2011 There may still be snow on the ground, but the Boys of Summer are ready to go! W...View all

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