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**Udog** · 01-20-2021, 08:23 AM

Armadillo: Wednesday's six-pack

Some of the college basketball teams who play fastest tempo:
1) Citadel 8-3, SoCon
4) Monmouth 7-4, MAAC
6) Eastern Kentucky 12-2, OVC
7) Gonzaga 14-0, WCC
8) Georgia 8-4, SEC
9) Buffalo 5-5 MAC

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13) Toronto Blue Jays signed OF George Springer to a 6-year, $150M contract Tuesday night; Springer played with Houston for seven years, has a .852 career OPS.

Blue Jays also signed reliever Kirby Yates to a 1-year contract.

12) Baseball America published its list of the top 100 prospects; Vladimir Guerrero Jr is younger than 55 of the 100 guys on that list, and he already has 757 plate appearances in the big leagues.

11) New York Mets acted quickly and fired GM Jared Porter, who held the job for 37 days or so; Porter lost his job when it became public that he had sent sent explicit pictures to a female reporter back in 2016, when he worked for the Cubs. Mets said they probably won’t replace Porter this year, just split up his responsibilities between the rest of the front office.

Mets’ president of baseball operations Sandy Alderson did a Zoom news conference Tuesday; he had a Sean Spicer-level of discomfort answering reporters’ questions. What had been a super winter for Met fans was, for now, derailed by this debacle.

10) They were talking on MLB Network Tuesday, saying that lot of teams are likely to use a 6-man starting rotation this season, since pitchers didn’t throw as much last year, so they won’t to jump up their workload all in one year.

Spring training starts four weeks from today, by the way.

9) We still don’t know if there will be a designated hitter in the National League this season; like I said, spring training starts in four weeks, would be nice if they figured it out soon.

Free agents Marcell Ozuna, Nelson Cruz, Mitch Moreland will bank lot more $$$ this season if the DH is in both leagues.

8) Baltimore Ravens cut backup QB Robert Griffin III this week; RGIII was the #2 overall pick in the 2012 Draft, after the Redskins paid a ransom to the Rams for that pick.

Washington went 10-6 in Griffin’s rookie year, losing 24-14 to Seattle in their first playoff game, but it was all downhill from there. After going 9-6 as a starter that year, Griffin went 7-20 as a starter the rest of his career, a career that is now likely over.

7) Northwestern Wildcats picked up a QB Tuesday; Ryan Hilinski will transfer to the Wildcats after bolting South Carolina. Hilinski started for the Gamecocks as a true freshman in 2019, throwing for 2,357 yards and 11 touchdowns, but he lost his starting job last fall and wound up as the #3 QB on the roster.

6) Tampa Bay Buccaneers are first #5-seed to reach a conference final since the 49ers seven years ago; Tennessee made the AFC title game as a #6-seed last year.

5) Tennessee Titans WR AJ Brown had surgery on both knees Tuesday; Brown caught 70 passes for 1,075 yards and 11 TD’s— he is the first Tennessee WR with back-to-back seasons of 1,000+ receiving yards since Derrick Mason did it in 2003-04.

4) Not sure what it is about Staples Center, but Steph Curry has made only 6 of his last 32 3-point attempt in Staples, whether he was playing against the Lakers/Clippers. Curry has a career 3-point percentage of 43.3%, so 6-32 is quite a slump.

3) Alabama 105, LSU 75:
— Crimson Tide made 23-43 3-pointers; they’re up to 35.9% on the arc for the season.
— Alabama has won eight games in a row; if their uniforms said “Kentucky” on the front, they’d be a top-5 team in the country.

2) Pittsburgh 79, Duke 73:
— Duke is 5-4; their best win is over the #86 team.
— Duke is a thin team that is #344 in experience; they appear headed to the bubble and a nervous Selection Sunday.

1) Villanova 76, Seton Hall 74
— Wildcats hadn’t played in 27 days; this was a good game.
— Villanova led by 9 with 7:21 left; game was decided a foul with 0:00.9 left that I’n guessing the ref wishes he hadn’t called.
— Seton Hall shot 65.6% inside the arc; both teams shot 40%+ on the arc.

**Udog** · 01-20-2021, 08:29 AM

77EDMONTON -78 TORONTO
EDMONTON is 11-5 ATS (11.2 Units) in road games vs. winning teams over the last 2 seasons.

77EDMONTON -78 TORONTO
DAVE TIPPETT is 11-5 ATS (5.5 Units) in road games vs. winning teams (Coach of EDMONTON)

79SAN JOSE -80 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 7-0 ATS (7 Units) off a close win by 1 goal over a division rival over the last 2 seasons.

81MINNESOTA -82 ANAHEIM
ANAHEIM is 5-15 ATS (-11.5 Units) in home games after 2 or more consecutive unders in the last 3 seasons.

83MONTREAL -84 VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER is 31-23 ATS (13.3 Units) against good offensive teams - >=29 shots on goal, convert >=17% pp over the last 2 seasons.

85ARIZONA -86 VEGAS
VEGAS are 25-27 ATS (-23.9 Units) against horrible power play killing teams-opp score on >19% of chances over the last 2 seasons.

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Trend Report
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Edmonton @ Toronto
Edmonton
Edmonton is 16-7 ATS in its last 23 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Edmonton's last 9 games
Toronto
Toronto is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing at home against Edmonton
Toronto is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Edmonton

San Jose @ St. Louis
San Jose
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 5 games
San Jose is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against St. Louis
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Jose
St. Louis is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against San Jose

Minnesota @ Anaheim
Minnesota
Minnesota is 10-3 SU in its last 13 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Minnesota's last 15 games when playing Anaheim
Anaheim
Anaheim is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Minnesota
Anaheim is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Montreal @ Vancouver
Montreal
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Montreal is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Vancouver
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Vancouver's last 9 games when playing at home against Montreal
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vancouver's last 6 games at home

Arizona @ Vegas
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Arizona's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing Vegas
Vegas
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Vegas's last 5 games when playing Arizona
Vegas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

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**Udog** · 01-20-2021, 10:32 AM

NHL
Long Sheet

Wednesday, January 20

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EDMONTON (1-3-0-0, 2 pts.) at TORONTO (3-1-0-0, 6 pts.) - 1/20/2021, 7:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
EDMONTON is 17-7 ATS (+24.2 Units) after a loss by 2 goals or more in their previous game over the last 2 seasons.
EDMONTON is 11-5 ATS (+18.8 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
TORONTO is 44-38 ATS (-18.5 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
TORONTO is 3-1 (+0.8 Units) against the spread versus EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
TORONTO is 3-1-0 straight up against EDMONTON over the last 3 seasons
2 of 4 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.1 Units, Under=-0.1 Units)

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SAN JOSE (1-2-0-0, 2 pts.) at ST LOUIS (2-1-0-0, 4 pts.) - 1/20/2021, 9:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
SAN JOSE is 104-92 ATS (+208.4 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
ST LOUIS is 8-4 (+3.8 Units) against the spread versus SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
ST LOUIS is 8-4-0 straight up against SAN JOSE over the last 3 seasons
6 of 12 games in this series have gone OVER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Over=-0.3 Units, Under=-1.2 Units)

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MINNESOTA (2-1-0-0, 4 pts.) at ANAHEIM (1-1-0-1, 3 pts.) - 1/20/2021, 9:35 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ANAHEIM is 470-486 ATS (-19.2 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
ANAHEIM is 4-3 (+2.3 Units) against the spread versus MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
ANAHEIM is 4-3-0 straight up against MINNESOTA over the last 3 seasons
4 of 7 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+0.1 Units)

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MONTREAL (2-0-0-1, 5 pts.) at VANCOUVER (1-3-0-0, 2 pts.) - 1/20/2021, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
VANCOUVER is 24-20 ATS (+48.4 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record over the last 2 seasons.
MONTREAL is 116-116 ATS (+254.0 Units) in a road game where where the total is 6 or more since 1996.

Head-to-Head Series History
MONTREAL is 3-1 (+1.7 Units) against the spread versus VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
MONTREAL is 3-1-0 straight up against VANCOUVER over the last 3 seasons
3 of 4 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+2.1 Units)

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ARIZONA (1-1-0-1, 3 pts.) at VEGAS (3-0-0-0, 6 pts.) - 1/20/2021, 10:05 PM
Top Trends for this game.
ARIZONA is 6-19 ATS (+25.8 Units) after a division game over the last 2 seasons.
ARIZONA is 12-7 ATS (+22.1 Units) in road games when playing against a team with a winning record in the first half of the season over the last 3 seasons.

Head-to-Head Series History
ARIZONA is 3-5 (+0.0 Units) against the spread versus VEGAS over the last 3 seasons
VEGAS is 5-3-0 straight up against ARIZONA over the last 3 seasons
5 of 8 games in this series have gone UNDER THE TOTAL over the last 3 seasons . (Under=+1.8 Units)

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