Upcomming MLB Games
The season’s online sports betting winding down folks, which means the predictable playoff bunch is among us. Surprise, surprise, it’s the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels and whoever manages to get thrown up by the Central in the AL (probably the Tigers), and the Dodgers, Phillies, Cardinals and let’s go with the Rockies right now out in the NL. I’m bored already. My only motivation outside of gambling is to root for Jim Thome to get a ring. Anyway…
Twins at White Sox: Going back to that huge, one-game playoff last year, one could’ve pinpointed this series as a season-defining moment for both teams trying to get back to the postseason. Instead, we get a possible spoiler game at best, and a worthless divisional matchup at worst. Buerhle, who with the exception of one win, decided to just take the rest of the season off after his perfect game. He’ll take his 12 wins and throw another one for the Sox. Sox fans at sportsbook.com are baffled by Roy Halladay, who pitched great the entire year, up to and including what will likely split with 2005 as his defining moment in the game, and then just fell off a cliff – inexplicably. Unless there’s an injury that wasn’t disclosed, it’s frightening that he’s still the team’s ace. Expect the Twins to keep him from reaching lucky number 13, even on the road. Neither team deserves to finish the season above .500 for how they’ve played, but the Twins probably will, just barely. They send Carl Pavano, who hasn’t been hurt, but his ERA smarts at 4.9, and his whip is average at 1.34. Still, for Pavano, those are decent numbers…better than DL, DL, DL. It’ll be a high-scoring game, so you can feel safe betting the over. The Sox will be a small favorite, but bet the Twins in the upset. Sox -120, Twins +110.
Onto a baseball betting tips that matters, Yanks at Angels. The Yanks have home field all but locked up at this point, but there’s nothing like a late regular season matchup against potential playoff opponents to set the tone. Believe me, it’ll be fresh in everyone’s memory regardless of the outcome. The newly acquired Kazmir throws for the Angels, and brings his 5.3 ERA, 8-8 disappointing stats with him. Not sure why the Angels went after this guy, even if he has been historically better. He only has 100K this year, too, and a huge 1.46 whip means he’s walking guys left and right. AJ Burnett throws for the Yankees. With similar numbers to Kazmir, you can’t say he’s earned his money like Sabathia has this year. Still, he can still throw some fire, and he’ll be juiced up to prove down the stretch he was worth the investment. Also worth noting, though, is that for a team with such a strong record, the Yanks are 5-5 over the last 10 games started by Burnett. I like the Angels here in a high-scoring affair. Line could be a pick ‘em at -110 each.