Saturday, May 23, 2009

Welcome back with some MLB

I've been pretty busy lately, but in the last week I've started to bet on baseball. 6 days ago I started with $250 and now I have $262.33. Unfortunately, I'm not using real money. My thoughts on today's lines:
KC +146 STL -166 
KC's starter has a 16.88 ERA? No thank you.
Pick: STL
TEX -130 HOU +110
Texas is the better team with the better pitcher. Being a Tigers fan, when we played the Rangers they looked pretty darn good.
Pick: TEX
PHI +143 NYY -163
Happ, the starter for the Phillies is pitching 2.49. Pettitte is pitching 4.18. Philadelphia won last night. It's always hard to bounce back from a loss after a long win streak.
Pick: PHI
PIT +118 CHW -138
These 2 teams have equal records, equal pitchers. The pick is the Pirates because this should be a -110 -110 line, and Pitt's the underdog when the teams are equal, thus they get the pick.
Pick: PIT
NYM +156 BOS -176
Mets have slightly better pitcher ERA-wise.  Even without Delgado, the Mets have a nice group of guys at the top of the line-up. The Red Sox are a grind it out team. Mets on gut instinct.
Pick: NYM
BAL (-125) WAS (+105) BAL
COL (+124) DET (-144) DET
MIL (-111) MIN (-109) MIL
TOR (+126) ATL (-146) TOR
CLE (-112) CIN (-108) CIN
ARI (-150) OAK (+130) ARI
LAA (+112) LAD (-132) LAD
That's the rest of my picks. I'd analyze them, but I've gotta go. Another post coming either before 1 tomorrow.