Things never really got going for us yesterday. To start with, the schedule was limited from the start, with just 11 games set to be played, and with a couple of those games scheduled to be early starts, we weren’t able to cover them. Of the 9 games, 온라인카지노 we did get to evaluate, 2 of them were rained out, leaving us with a fairly empty board to bet on yesterday. The day wasn’t a complete bust as we found winners on the Mariners (+114) as home dogs and the Padres (-148), as well as hitting the under 8.5 runs in the Brewers/Reds game.
Major League Baseball will make up for the lack of action yesterday with a full slate of games today. Highlights on the day include games between the Cubs and Cardinals, Phillies and Red Sox, and Yankees at Astros. As always, we will be right here with you today, delivering max value, with everyone’s favorite way to play, the parlay! Let’s get started!
Money Line Parlay
Not all parlays are the same. In this first section, we are going to focus on money line parlays. The money line is your most basic way to bet on a baseball game. Because baseball has so few runs scored, we don’t see a point spread on a game like we do with the NFL and the NBA; rather, MLB betting offers a money line bet. With a money line bet, if you want to bet the favorite, you have to lay odds, and if you want to bet the underdog, the book will lay you odds. One example would be the New York Yankees as -200 betting favorites. That means you win $100 for every $200 that you bet on New York if the Yankees win. If you want to take an underdog, an example would be The Seattle Mariners +200. That means for every $100 you bet, you would win $200 if Seattle comes in.
Chicago White Sox (-136) at Baltimore Orioles
Dallas Keuchel has not pitched well on the road recently for the Chicago White Sox, but to see this as a tight line is jaw-droppingly shocking. Even when you take into account the fact that the White Sox have been very mediocre on the road this season, I just don’t understand how this is going to be a competitive game. Chicago is a whopping 23 games better than Baltimore on the year, and the Orioles have the worst home field record in the American League. As bad as Keuchel has been in his last 2 road starts, he is still having a respectable season, and he has been far better than Orioles starter Jorge Lopez.
Lopez has an ERA of over 6 runs on the year, and his 11 losses are more than any other pitcher in baseball. All this guy does is lose games as the Orioles are 4-13 in his 17 starts, including having lost his last 5 straight outings. Baltimore rarely scores runs in support of Lopez, as they have scored 3 runs or fewer of support for him 10 times this season. 2 runs just ain’t going to get it done against this hard-hitting Chicago White Sox team. I will back Chicago in this one as they are being severely undervalued against an Orioles team that has by far the worst overall record in the AL. 메이저놀이터 목록
Philadelphia Phillies at Boston Red Sox (-127)
I was somewhat tempted to look at backing the Phillies in this game after seeing them play well in Chicago in their last series, but then I remembered how awful they have been the entire season on the road and decided that I wasn’t going to overreact to a small sample size of games. Philly is just 18-27 away from home this season, and I am sure that their nice series in Chicago said a lot more about the fading Cubs than it did about the Phillies. Philly will start Vince Velasquez, hoping that he can shake off his last outing, where he got hammered by the San Diego Padres. Velasquez had a great showing in Miami 2 starts ago, but besides that, he has been shaky at best, and in his last 2 road starts, he worked just 7 total innings and got blasted for 10 runs.
Garrett Richards has really struggled at Fenway Park this year, but it hasn’t hurt the Red Sox’s chances of winning games all that much, as they have won 3 of his last 4 starts in Boston. Boston loves to score runs for Richards as they have plated at least 6 runs in 8 of his last 11 starts. It is easy to win games when your team always provides ample support, and I think that Boston is going to get to Vince Velasquez early and often tonight at home. This is another line that feels off, as Boston is tied with the Houston Astros for the best record in the American League, and the Phillies have a losing record and are barely clinging on in the NL postseason conversation. I’ll back Boston today in game 1 as they take this one going away.
New York Yankees at Houston Astros (-137)
Speaking of the Houston Astros, they host the New York Yankees today for game 1 of a 3-game set. The Astros have been on fire in the last month or so, and their loss yesterday to the Oakland Athletics snapped a 6-game winning streak. There are tons of trade rumors surrounding Houston, most notably about the Astros pursuit of All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel of the Chicago Cubs, and it would seem that Houston is ready to load up for yet another deep postseason push. The same thing can’t be said about the New York Yankees, though, as New York is stuck in 4th place in the uber-competitive AL East Division, 9 games back of the Boston Red Sox, and they are unlikely to be going all-in at the trade deadline at the end of the month, as the team just doesn’t have the talent that they need to be a legit contender and I think management knows it. CHECK HERE
This series is a big one for New York, as they can ill afford any slip-ups if they want to stave off a fire sale at the deadline. With as big of a game as this is, I am sure that Yankees fans wish they had someone better than Nestor Cortes Jr stating tonight in H-Town. Cortes has worked almost exclusively out of the bullpen for the Yankees but will be called upon tonight to start, as the Yankees rotation is in shambles. Cortes has made just 3 career Big League starts, and while he has been great in relief for New York this season in limited use, he has a career ERA of over 5 and a half runs, and he is going to have to be really good tonight if he doesn’t want to get pounded by this Astros team that scored more runs per game than any team in the majors.
Jake Odorizzi had a slow start to his season, but he has things dialed in now, as he hasn’t allowed more than a single earned run in any of his last 4 starts. He hasn’t been getting very deep into games, but when he has been in the games, he has been excellent, working a combined 20 innings and allowing just 1 earned run on only 8 total hits. I know we all thought the Yankees would have a strong lineup this season, but they are currently 13th in the AL in runs scored, and I think Houston blows them out today in game 1.
MONEY LINE PARLAY
TeamsOdds
Chicago White Sox-136
Boston Red Sox-127
Houston Astros-137
$100 Bet Pays $537
Game Total Parlay
The game total bet, commonly known as an over/under bet, is when you bet on how many total runs will be scored in a game. These totals tend to range from 7 or 8 runs on the low end up to 12 to 13 runs on the high end, and you have to pay juice on both sides of the action. A typical totals bet would be, for example, 8 total runs with -110 juice on the over or the under. If the teams combine to score 9 runs or more, the book pays out the over bets, if the game comes in at 7 runs or less the books pay the under bets, and if the total lands right at 8 runs, all bets push.
Kansas City Royals at Cleveland Indians Over 10 Runs (-110)
These are a couple of the lowest scoring teams in the American League right now, so why am I taking the over on what seems to be a very high total? Well, I can give you 3 legitimate reasons to take the over in this one. First, these teams combined for 11 runs last night in the series opener as both team’s bullpen got roughed up, so we know that they are capable of hitting double-digit runs. And second and third, starting pitchers Brad Keller and Triston McKenzie. McKenzie was one of the Indian’s top prospects coming into this season, but the 23-year-old blue-chipper has had more than his fair share of ups and downs in the show, and at home this season, he has an ERA north of 8 runs. Walks have been the Achillies Heel for the youngster, as he has handed out 39 free passes in just 42.1 innings pitched. Brad Keller hasn’t been much better for KC, as in his last 3 road starts, he has gotten smashed for 15 runs in 15.1 innings, and the Royals lost all 3 games. This game could go over by the 3rd or 4th inning, and if not, we saw last night with 7 runs scored in the 8th and 9th innings that we are never out of this bet no matter how bad it might be looking.
Oakland Athletics at Texas Rangers Over 9.5 Runs (-110)
We just saw this identical matchup a little over 2 weeks ago, as the Rangers hosted the Athletics with the Rangers Jordan Lyles facing the Athletics Cole Irvin. The final score of that game? 13-6! Interestingly enough, both starters actually pitched fairly well in that game, and most of the runs came late, but I am still a bit surprised that we have such a reasonable total in the rematch so soon, as I am not sure much has changed since these teams combined for 19 runs on June 22nd. I doubt we are going to see that many fireworks again tonight, but I do feel like this game coasts to the over before all is said and done tonight in Arlington.
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Rays Under 8.5 Runs (-110)
Alek Manoah was supposed to pitch yesterday against the weak-hitting Baltimore Orioles, but Mother Nature had different plans, and the rookie sensation will get bumped to a much tougher spot tonight, pitching in Tampa Bay against the Rays. Manoah has pitched really well for such a young starter, and despite having pitched against elite teams like the Yankees, Rays, White Sox, and Red Sox, he has an impressive 2.70 ERA. His last start came against these very same Rays, and he had the best outing of his short career, working 7 shutout innings, scattering 3 hits, and striking out 10. When you see how great Shane McClanahan has pitched against Toronto in 2 starts this season, with a 3.48 ERA, this total feels awfully high. This game means a lot to both teams, and I think this will be a playoff-type atmosphere where runs are going to be hard to come by. I am jumping on the under in what should be a low scoring game.
