Da Bum's 2021 Major League Baseball Transactions, News, Notes, Picks Etc. !!

[Udog]

Diamond Trends for Friday June 4
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at Baltimore (7:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 13-0 SU since Aug. 9, 2020 on the road after they scored 6+ runs game prior.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cincinnati at St. Louis (8:15 p.m. ET)

-- The Reds are 0-17 SU since May 25, 2011 after a game as a road underdog in which they scored first, then trailed and came back to win.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Oakland at Colorado (8:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockies are 0-12 OU (-2.71 ppg) since Sept. 22, 2020 as a dog after they allowed 6 or fewer hits.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Oakland at Colorado (8:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockies are 11-0 SU since Sept. 2, 2015 when Jon Gray starts at home and he had a WHIP of 2+ in his last start in a Rockies loss.

[StarDust Bum]

FRIDAY, JUNE 4
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

CLE at BAL 07:05 PM
CLE -102
O 8.5
+500 +500

WAS at PHI 07:05 PM
PHI -114
O 7.0
+500 +500

MIA at PIT 07:05 PM
PIT -105
U 8.0
+500 +500

BOS at NYY 07:05 PM
BOS +106
U 9.0
+500 +500

HOU at TOR 07:07 PM
HOU +117
U 8.5
+500 +500

LAD at ATL 07:20 PM
ATL +117
U 8.5
+500 +500

TB at TEX 08:05 PM
TB -126
U 8.0
+500 +500

MIN at KC 08:10 PM
KC -118
O 9.5
+500 +500

DET at CHW 08:10 PM
CHW -152
O 8.0
+500 +500

ARI at MIL 08:10 PM
MIL -186
U 8.5
+500 +500

CIN at STL 08:15 PM
CIN +125
O 8.5
+500 +500

OAK at COL 08:40 PM
OAK -131
O 11.0
+500 +500

SEA at LAA 09:38 PM
LAA -161
U 9.0
+500 +500

CHC at SF 09:45 PM
SF -109
U 8.5
+500 +500

NYM at SD 10:10 PM
NYM +162
O 7.0
+500 +500



BEST BETS:

06/02/2021............2 - 5 - 1...............- 14.60
06/01/2021............5 - 6 - 0................- 3.70

Totals:...................7 - 11 -1...............- 18.30

[StarDust Bum]

BEST BETS:

06/04/2021............5 - 8 - 0...............- 15.40
06/02/2021............2 - 5 - 1...............- 14.60
06/01/2021............5 - 6 - 0................- 3.70

Totals:..................12 - 19 -1...............- 33.70

[Udog]

Saturday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the Big X football title:
7-5— Oklahoma
13-5— Iowa State
4-1— Texas
12-1— Oklahoma State
20-1— TCU
50-1— Baylor, Kansas St, West Virginia
60-1— Texas Tech
300-1— Kansas

Quote of the Day
“I got to make somewhat of a decent living in college.”
Johnny Manziel, claiming he was paid to sign autographs while he was at Texas A&M

Saturday’s quiz
Johnny Manziel played in 14 games, starting 8, for which NFL team?

Friday’s quiz
Bill Belicheck was the last coach of the Cleveland Browns, before they moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens; he was 37-45 as coach of the Browns.

Thursday’s quiz
2004 was last time a Pac-12 team won the college football national title, when USC won; Pete Carroll was their coach that year.

*******************************************

Saturday’s Den: Clearing out a cluttered mind……..

13) June 4, 2016, the White Sox acquired pitcher James Shields from San Diego; he went 16-35, 5.31 in 76 dismal starts for Chicago, after having been 114-90 up to that point in his career.

What makes it (a lot) more disturbing is who the White Sox gave up to get Shields; P Erik Johnson and a young outfielder, Fernando Tatis Jr.

Whoops.

12) I enjoy fantasy baseball, but it can be freakin’ baffling, especially if you have a pitcher from the Tampa Bay Rays on your team.

Josh Fleming is on my team, and I have zero idea, none, how they decide when to take him out of games:
— April 19, they took him out when he was throwing a 1-hitter in 6th inning (65 PT)
— May 16, they took him out when he was throwing a 1-hitter after 5 innings (53 PT)

Why do you take guys out when they’re on a roll?

Then last night in Texas, they leave him in to throw 100 pitches when he was giving up a lot of hits- he gave up five runs on 10 hits in seven IP. Yarbrough had thrown a complete game the day before, so their bullpen was fresh. No idea how they do things, not that they care what I think.

11) Only one major league pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter on his birthday; George Mullin threw a no-hitter for Detroit on his 32nd birthday, way back in 1912.

10) So far this season, American League teams are 59-50 vs their NL rivals.

9) There have been 11 times where a player hit a walk-off homer in consecutive games; last time it happened was 2011, when Albert Pujols did it.

8) Clippers 104, Mavericks 97 (series 3-3):
— Kawhi Leonard scored 45 for the Clippers.
— Road team won all six series games.
— Clippers outscored Dallas 31-20 in 4th quarter.

This is the 9th series in Dallas history where they led 3-2 in games; they won the first eight series. We’ll see how they do in Game 7 Sunday.

7) Wish the NBA playoffs was all best-of-3 series until the Finals, which could be best-of-5; just think it would be more interesting if there was a better chance of an upset.

Understood that money rules, so the more games the better, but the shorter series would make it more like March Madness, and would likely increase TV ratings.

6) Portland Trailblazers fired coach Terry Stotts after nine years; he went 402-318 in the regular season, but 22-40 in playoffs- his Blazers made the playoffs the last eight seasons.

5) Royals 14, Twins 5— Kansas City led 13-2 in the 2nd inning. No bueno. Royals are quietly 29-26, only two games out of the 2nd Wild Card slot in the American League.

4) Padres 2, Mets 0:
— Blake Snell took a no-hitter into the 7th inning.
— San Diego has won its last 12 home games.

3) They’re going to bring the USFL back? Seriously? Back in the 80’s, the USFL was a good spring football league with some legit stars- Jim Kelly, Steve Young, Herschel Walker. It was good football, but off-field issues sabotaged the league.

Now they’re talking about a re-boot in 2022; the XFL is also supposed to be starting up again next year. Sounds like a busy spring/summer next year.

2) There are 43 bowl games scheduled in college football this fall; this week, I found a printout of spreads from the 1981 bowls- there were 15 bowls back then.

1) Mike Zimmer has been head coach of the Minnesota Vikings for seven years; he is the longest tenured coach in the NFL right now, who hasn’t been to the Super Bowl. He is 64-47-1 in regular season games, only 2-3 in playoff games.

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Saturday, June 5

[Udog]

901CINCINNATI -902 ST LOUIS
CINCINNATI is 13-25 SU (-17.9 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game in the current season.

903MIAMI -904 PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH is 1-9 SU (-9.8 Units) vs. an NL starting pitcher whose ERA is 3.20 or better in the current season.

905WASHINGTON -906 PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON is 13-27 SU (-17.1 Units) vs. an NL team with an on base percentage .315 or worse in the current season.

907ARIZONA -908 MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE is 17-35 SU (-20.5 Units) vs. a team with a poor bullpen whose ERA is 4.20 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

909LA DODGERS -910 ATLANTA
LA DODGERS are 114-91 SU (13.9 Units) against right-handed starters in the last 3 seasons.

911CHICAGO CUBS -912 SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO is 35-17 SU (20.8 Units) vs. teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game in the current season.

913NY METS -914 SAN DIEGO
NY METS are 12-3 SU (10.4 Units) vs. NL teams scoring 4.5 or more runs/game on the season in the current season.

915DETROIT -916 CHI WHITE SOX
CHI WHITE SOX is 10-1 SU (11.8 Units) in home games vs. a bad bullpen that blows 38% or more of their save opportunities in the current season.

917HOUSTON -918 TORONTO
HOUSTON is 143-176 SU (-50.6 Units) in road games when playing on Saturday since 1996.

919TAMPA BAY -920 TEXAS
TAMPA BAY is 21-4 SU (17.4 Units) in road games vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game in the current season.

[Udog]

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Saturday, June 5

NL games
Miami (24-32) @ Pittsburgh (22-34)
— Rogers is 3-1, 2.12 in his last five starts.
— Marlins are 7-4 in his starts.
— under 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 0-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-3-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Pittsburgh.

— Marlins lost eight of their last nine games.
— Miami is 5-14 in their last 19 road tilts.
— over 3-0 in their last three games
— scored run in first inning: 13-56
— record in first 5 innings: 19-26-11

— DeJong allowed one run in five IP (82 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Pirates are 0-1 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Miami.

— Pirates lost 23 of their last 33 games.
— Pittsburgh won four of its last five home games.
— over 4-0 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 15-56
— record in first 5 innings: 18-29-9

Washington (24-30) @ Philadelphia (26-30)
— Ross is 0-4, 7.83 in his last five starts.
— Washington is 2-7 in his starts.
— under 6-2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-9
— record in first 5 innings: 2-6-1
— He is 2-0, 3.21 in 6 games (4 starts) vs Atlanta.

— Washington lost seven of its last 11 games.
— Nationals are 11-15 on the road.
— under 10-2 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 13-54
— record in first 5 innings: 20-21-13

— Eflin is 0-4, 5.96 in his last four starts.
— Phillies are 4-7 in his starts.
— over 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-2
— He is 4-4, 4.61 in ten starts vs Washington.

— Phillies lost 10 of their last 14 games.
— Phillies are 15-11 at home, 11-19 on road.
— over 4-1 last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 19-56
— record in first 5 innings: 19-24-13

Dodgers (34-23) @ Atlanta (25-29)
— Kershaw is 3-1, 3.82 in his last five starts.
— Dodgers are 8-4 in his starts.
— over 7-1 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6
— He is 5-0, 1.78 in 11 starts vs Atlanta.

— Dodgers won three of their last four games.
— Dodgers won five of their last six road games.
— over 9-3 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 13-57
— record in first 5 innings: 30-19-8

— Morton is 2-0, 2.50 in his last two starts.
— Braves are 5-6 in his starts.
— over 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-1
— He is 0-1, 6.55 in two starts vs Los Angeles.

— Braves lost four of their last six games.
— Atlanta is 6-3 in its last nine home games.
— under 3-1 in last four games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-54
— record in first 5 innings: 27-20-7

Arizona (20-39) @ Milwaukee (31-26)
— Kelly is 0-4, 5.97 in his last five starts.
— Arizona is 4-7 in his starts.
— under 6-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-1
— He is 0-1, 5.56 in two starts vs Milwaukee.

— Arizona lost 17 of its last 19 games.
— Arizona lost its last 15 road games.
— over 7-1 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 10-59
— record in first 5 innings: 22-33-4

— Houser is 0-2, 6.00 in his last three starts.
— Milwaukee is 5-5 in his starts.
— over 4-1-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 5-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6
— He threw 1.1 scoreless IP in a relief stint vs Arizona

— Brewers won 10 of their last 13 games.
— Milwaukee is 7-7 in its last 14 home games.
— over 5-3-1 last nine home games.
— scored run in first inning: 15-57
— record in first 5 innings: 24-20-13

Cincinnati (26-29) @ St Louis (31-27)
— Mahle is 2-0, 0.00 (10.1 IP) in his last two starts.
— Reds are 8-3 in his starts.
— over 7-3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 8-2-1
— He is 2-3, 5.24 in nine starts vs St Louis.

— Cincinnati is 4-1 in its last five games.
— Reds are 7-3 in last ten road games.
— under 7-1 last eight road games
— scored run in first inning: 13-55
— record in first 5 innings: 21-27-7

— Oveido is 0-2, 7.63 in four starts.
— Cardinals are 1-3 in his starts.
— over 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-4
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2-1
— He gave up 3 runs in 4.2 IP, in his one start vs Cincinnati.

— Cardinals are 6-9 in their last 15 games.
— St Louis is 6-4 in its last ten home games.
— six of last eight games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 21-58
— record in first 5 innings: 26-22-10

Cubs (32-25) @ San Francisco (36-21)
— Stewart allowed one run in five IP (64 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Cubs are 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against San Francisco.

— Cubs won 14 of their last 19 games.
— Chicago is 6-3 in last nine road games.
— Under is 17-9 in their last 26 games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-57
— record in first 5 innings: 28-21-8

— Gausman is 6-0, 0.71 in his last eight starts.
— Giants are 8-3 in his starts
— under 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 9-1-1
— He is 0-3, 12.00 in 4 games (3 starts) vs Chicago.

— Giants won eight of their last ten games.
— Giants are 17-8 at home.
— Over is 8-3-1 in their last 12 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-57
— record in first 5 innings: 32-17-8

Mets (27-23) @ San Diego (36-23)
— deGrom is 3-1, 0.87 in his last five starts.
— Mets are 5-3 in his starts.
— under 5-2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-8
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-1
— He is 4-3, 1.57 in eight starts vs San Diego.

— Mets won six of their last nine games.
— Mets are 5-9 in their last 14 road games.
— Over 5-1 last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 10-50
— record in first 5 innings: 24-20-6

— Musgrove is 2-0, 0.42 in his last four games.
— He’s thrown 16.2 consecutive scoreless innings.
— Padres are 6-4 in his starts.
— over 4-1-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 1-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5
— He is 1-2, 6.39 in 3 games (2 starts) vs New York.

— Padres lost four of their last six games.
— San Diego won its last 12 home games.
— over 8-3 last 11 home games
— scored run in first inning: 15-59
— record in first 5 innings: 23-27-9

AL games
Boston (34-23) @ Bronx (31-27)
— Rodriguez is 0-4, 7.90 in his last four starts.
— Red Sox are 5-5 in his starts.
— under 6-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5
— He is 6-6, 3.87 in 16 starts vs New York.

— Boston lost three of its last five games.
— Red Sox are 4-5 in their last nine road games.
— under 5-1-1 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 18-58
— record in first 5 innings: 28-21-9

— Taillon is 0-2, 4.97 in his last five starts.
— New York is 4-6 in his starts.
— over 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 1-10
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-2
— He threw 7 shutout IP, in his one start vs Boston.

— New York lost eight of its last 11 games.
— New York is 3-5 in its last eight home games.
— under 13-3 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 13-58
— record in first 5 innings: 23-23-12

Cleveland (30-25) @ Baltimore (20-37)
— Civale is 2-1, 3.00 in his last three starts.
— Cleveland is 8-3 in his starts.
— over 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 3-4-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Cleveland won seven of its last 12 games.
— Indians are 5-2 in their last seven road games.
— over 12-8 last 20 games
— scores run in first inning: 17-55
— record in first 5 innings: 18-27-10

— Means is 1-1, 2.70 in his last five starts.
— Baltimore is 5-6 in his starts.
— under 7-3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2-4
— He is 1-1, 2.70 in two starts vs Cleveland.

— Orioles won last three games, after an 0-14 skid.
— Baltimore is 11-18 on the road, 9-19 at home.
— over is 13-8 in their last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-57
— record in first 5 innings: 19-25-13

Houston (33-25) vs Toronto (29-26) (@ Buffalo)
— Urquidy is 4-0, 2.12 in his last five starts.
— Astros are 6-3 in his starts.
— over 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 7-2
— He gave up 2 runs in 7 IP, in his one start vs Toronto.

— Astros won five of their last six games.
— Astros lost 7 of their last 11 road games.
— under 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 21-57
— record in first 5 innings: 32-17-8

— Stripling allowed one run in 12 IP in his last two games.
— Toronto is 3-4 in his starts.
— over 4-3
— allowed run in first inning: 3-7
— record in first 5 innings: 3-4
— He gave up 3 runs in 3.2 IP, in his one start vs Houston.

— Blue Jays are 2-1 in first three home games in Buffalo.
— Toronto won six of its last nine games.
— over 22-11 last 33 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-54
— record in first 5 innings: 23-23-8

Tampa Bay (36-23) @ Texas (23-36)
— Hill is 3-1, 0.85 in his last five starts.
— Rays are 6-5 in his starts.
— over 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2-4
— He is 1-0, 4.09 in 4 games (2 starts) vs Texas.

— Tampa Bay won 17 of its last 22 games.
— Rays won 10 of last 13 road games.
— over is 15-6 in last 21 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-59
— record in first 5 innings: 23-20-16

— Allard allowed 2 runs in four iP (57 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Texas is 0-1 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He is 0-0, 7.20 in 2 games (1 start) vs Tampa Bay.

— Texas lost 12 of its last 16 games.
— Texas is 7-3 in its last ten home games.
— under 6-2 last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 12-59
— record in first 5 innings: 18-31-10

Detroit (23-34) @ White Sox (35-22)
— Skubal is 2-1, 2.25 in his last three starts.
— Detroit is 2-7 in his starts.
— under 3-0-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 5-9
— record in first 5 innings: 3-6
— He gave up 4 runs in two IP, in his one start vs Chicago.

— Detroit won four of its last seven games.
— Detroit is 6-6 in its last 12 road games.
— under 7-2-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 10-57
— record in first 5 innings: 7-3-1 last 11 on road

— Giolito is 3-0, 1.71 in his last three starts
— Chicago is 5-6 in his starts.
— under 6-5
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-3
— He is 5-3, 4.37 in ten starts vs Detroit.

— Chicago is 7-2 in its last nine games.
— White Sox are 9-1 in last ten home games.
— under 9-3 last 12 games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-58
— record in first 5 innings: 33-12-13

Minnesota (22-35) @ Kansas City (29-26)
— Berrios is 2-0, 3.38 in his last three starts.
— Twins are 7-4 in his starts.
— over 5-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-3
— He is 4-4, 4.74 in 16 starts vs Kansas City.

— Twins lost their last four games.
— Minnesota is 4-5 in its last nine road games.
— over 26-9-1 last 36 games
— scores run in first inning: 19-57
— record in first 5 innings: 19-27-11

— Minor is 2-0, 3.00 in his last four starts.
— Royals are 6-5 in his starts.
— over 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-1
— He is 4-2, 2.60 in 13 games (2 starts, 27.2 IP) vs Minnesota.

— Royals won 11 of their last 15 games.
— Royals are 8-1 in their last nine home games.
— over 7-0-1 last eight games.
— scores run in first inning: 14-55
— record in first 5 innings: 23-24-8

Seattle (29-30) @ Angels (26-31)
— Kikuchi is 2-0, 2.13 in his last two starts.
— Mariners are 5-5 in his starts.
— under 5-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 1-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4-1
— He is 1-3, 11.32 in five starts against the Angels.

— Seattle won eight of its last 12 games.
— Seattle is 3-9 in its last 12 road games.
— under 9-3 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-59
— record in first 5 innings: 26-27-6

— Cobb is 2-1, 1.59 in his last three starts.
— Angels are 5-2 in his starts.
— over 4-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-7
— record in first 5 innings: 4-2-1
— He is 3-4, 6.41 in nine starts vs Seattle.

— Halos won seven of their last 11 games.
— Angels won four of their last five home games.
— over 14-6 last 20 home games
— scored run in first inning: 14-57
— record in first 5 innings: 24-28-6

Interleague games
Oakland (34-25) @ Colorado (23-35)
— Irvin is 0-4, 5.72 in his last five starts.
— A’s are 3-8 in his starts.
— under 8-3
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-1
— He gave up 4 runs in six IP, in his one start vs Colorado.

— A’s won their last three games.
— Oakland is 10-4 in its last 14 road games.
— Under is 7-4 in their last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-59
— record in first 5 innings: 23-23-13

— Freeland is 0-0, 4.50 in two starts (8 IP).
— Rockies are 1-1 in his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— you’re reading ***************.com
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He threw six shutout IP in his one start vs Oakland.

— Colorado won four of its last five games.
— Rockies are 9-3 in last 12 home games.
— over 12-6-1 last 19 home games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-58
— record in first 5 innings: 22-27-9

Saturday’s umpires
Cin-StL- Favorite won 6 of last 8 Fletcher games.
Mia-Pitt- Over is 5-1 in last six Hoye games.
Wsh-Phil- Underdogs are 7-4 in last 11 Blakney games.
Az-Mil- Over is 6-3-2 in Dreckman games.
Chi-SF- Favorite won 8 fo last 9 Hamari games.
LA-Atl- Under is 7-2 in last nine Hudson games.
NY-SD- Under is 5-4 in Wendelstedt games.

Det-Chi- Home side is 8-0, over is 6-2 in Merzel games.
Hst-Tor- Favorite is 10-1 in May games.
Clev-Balt- Road team won 6 of 8 Ripperger games.
TB-Tex- Under is 5-3-1 in Ortiz games.
Minn-KC- Road team won 7 of last 9 Estabrook games.
Bos-NY- Over is 5-2 in last seven Knight games.
Sea-LAA- Over is 4-2-1 in last seven Riggs games.

A’s-Colo- Under is 5-4 in Guccione games.

[Udog]

MLB

Saturday, June 5

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trend Report
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Detroit @ Chi White Sox
Detroit
Detroit is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games
Detroit is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Chi White Sox is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games when playing Detroit

Cincinnati @ St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Cincinnati is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
St. Louis
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 9 games when playing Cincinnati

Houston @ Toronto
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Houston's last 8 games on the road
Houston is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Houston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games at home

Cleveland @ Baltimore
Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 15 of Cleveland's last 20 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Cleveland's last 19 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games
Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Tampa Bay @ Texas
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 22-3 ATS in its last 25 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 17-4 SU in its last 21 games
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Tampa Bay

Washington @ Philadelphia
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Washington's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Washington's last 6 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Philadelphia's last 5 games

Miami @ Pittsburgh
Miami
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Miami
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games when playing at home against Miami

Minnesota @ Kansas City
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Minnesota's last 17 games on the road
Kansas City
Kansas City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Arizona @ Milwaukee
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Arizona's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Arizona
Milwaukee is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games

Chi Cubs @ San Francisco
Chi Cubs
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 6 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
Chi Cubs is 9-3 SU in its last 12 games
San Francisco
San Francisco is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games

LA Dodgers @ Atlanta
LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games
LA Dodgers is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 7 games when playing LA Dodgers

Boston @ NY Yankees
Boston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Boston's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games on the road
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 11-1 ATS in its last 12 games when playing at home against Boston
NY Yankees is 11-1 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Boston

Oakland @ Colorado
Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Oakland is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games on the road
Colorado
Colorado is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing at home against Oakland

Seattle @ LA Angels
Seattle
Seattle is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
Seattle is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing LA Angels
LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of LA Angels's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Angels's last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle

NY Mets @ San Diego
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road
San Diego
San Diego is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
San Diego is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home


------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Udog]

MLB
Dunkel

Saturday, June 5

[Udog]

Diamond Trends for Saturday June 5
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta (7:15 p.m. ET)

-- The Dodgers are 11-0 SU since May 08, 2021 after they scored in at most two separate innings last game.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Minnesota at Kansas City (4:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Royals are 0-16 SU since Aug 26, 2018 past the first game of a series as a home dog after they had at least two multiple-run innings last game.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Tampa Bay at Texas (4:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Rays are 13-0 OU (5.08 ppg) since Apr 03, 2021 as a road favorite.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Boston at N.Y. Yankees (7:15 p.m. ET)

-- The Red Sox are 0-10 OU (-2.85 ppg) since Jul 16, 2016 when Eduardo Rodriguez starts as a dog when they lost in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

[StarDust Bum]

SATURDAY, JUNE 5
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

DET at CHW 02:10 PM
DET +216
O 8.0
+500 +500

CIN at STL 02:15 PM
CIN -121
O 9.0
+500 +500

HOU at TOR 03:07 PM
TOR +103
U 9.5
+500 +500

CLE at BAL 04:05 PM
CLE +116
U 8.0
+500 +500

WAS at PHI 04:05 PM
WAS +117
O 9.5
+500 +500

MIA at PIT 04:05 PM
PIT +133
U 8.0
+500 +500

TB at TEX 04:05 PM
TB -157
O 8.5
+500 +500

MIN at KC 04:10 PM
KC +104
O 8.5
+500 +500

ARI at MIL 04:10 PM
MIL -217
O 7.5
+500 +500

CHC at SF 07:15 PM
SF -176
O 7.5
+500 +500

LAD at ATL 07:15 PM
ATL +122
O 8.5
+500 +500

BOS at NYY 07:15 PM
NYY -116
U 9.5
+500 +500

OAK at COL 09:10 PM
COL +122
O 11.0
+500 +500

SEA at LAA 10:07 PM
SEA +123
O 8.0
+500 +500

NYM at SD 10:10 PM
NYM -113
U 6.0
+500 +500


BEST BETS:


06/04/2021............5 - 8 - 0...............- 15.40
06/02/2021............2 - 5 - 1...............- 14.60
06/01/2021............5 - 6 - 0................- 3.70


Totals:..................12 - 19 -1...............- 33.70

[StarDust Bum]

DAILY PICKS RECORD:

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/05/2021 14-14-0 50.00% +420 Detail
06/04/2021 17-13-0 56.67% +1630 Detail
06/03/2021 11-9-0 55.00% +805 Detail
06/02/2021 7-12-1 37.50% -2960 Detail
06/01/2021 11-19-0 36.67% -5395 Detail

Totals...............60-67-1.....47.24%....-55.00


*********************


BEST BETS:

06/05/2021............8 - 5 - 0..............+ 23.00
06/04/2021............5 - 8 - 0...............- 15.40
06/02/2021............2 - 5 - 1...............- 14.60
06/01/2021............5 - 6 - 0................- 3.70


Totals:..................19 - 24 -1...............- 10.70

[Udog]

Sunday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the Pac-12 football title:
11-4— Oregon, USC
13-4— Washington
9-2— Arizona State
12-1— UCLA
14-1— Utah
15-1— Stanford
25-1— Colorado, Washington State
40-1— California
60-1— Oregon State
100-1— Arizona

Quote of the Day
“The easiest way for this country to get back to normal is to get vaccinated.”
Dr Anthony Fauci

Sunday’s quiz
Mariano Rivera has the most saves in baseball history; who has the 2nd most?

Saturday’s quiz
Johnny Manziel played in 14 games, starting 8, for the Cleveland Browns.

Friday’s quiz
Bill Belicheck was the last coach of the Cleveland Browns, before they moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens; he was 37-45 as coach of the Browns.

************************************************** *

Sunday’s Den: How MLB teams are doing in series…….

Major league teams’ records in series:
(Away-Home= Total)
Does not include this weekend’s series.

Arizona A2-6-1, H2-4-3= 4-10-4

Atlanta A4-3-2, H4-4-1= 8-7-3

Cubs A3-5, H7-3= 10-8

Cincinnati A3-4-2, H4-3-2= 7-7-4

Colorado A0-8, H6-3-1= 6-11-1

Dodgers A4-3-2, H6-3= 10-6-2

Miami A3-5-2, H3-3-2= 6-8-4

Milwaukee A7-2, H2-5-2= 9-7-2

Mets A4-4-1, H6-1-1= 10-5-2

Philadelphia A2-6-2, H4-4= 6-10-2

Pittsburgh A3-7, H2-3-3= 5-10-3

St Louis A4-6, H3-3-2= 7-9-2

San Diego A4-2-3, H6-3= 10-5-3

San Francisco A5-4-1, H6-1-1= 11-5-2

Washington A2-4-2, H3-5-1= 7-9-3

Baltimore A4-5-1, H1-6-1= 5-11-2

Boston A6-2, H4-2-3= 10-4-3

White Sox A4-3-2, H5-1-3= 9-4-5

Cleveland A4-3-1, H4-4-2= 8-7-3

Detroit A2-6-1, H3-5-1= 5-11-2

Houston A3-3-2, H6-3-1= 9-6-3

Kansas City A2-3-4, H6-3= 8-6-4

Angels A2-5-2, H4-4-2= 6-9-4

Minnesota A3-5-2, H2-7= 5-12-2

New York A4-3-1, H5-3-2= 9-6-3

A’s A7-0-1, H3-5-2= 10-6-3

Seattle A3-4-1, H5-4-1= 8-8-2

Tampa Bay A6-2-1, H4-4-1= 10-6-2

Texas A3-7, H4-4= 7-11

Toronto A5-3-2, H4-3-1= 9-6-3

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Sunday, June 6

[Udog]

951WASHINGTON -952 PHILADELPHIA
WASHINGTON is 13-28 SU (-18.1 Units) vs. an NL team with an on base percentage .315 or worse in the current season.

953MIAMI -954 PITTSBURGH
MIAMI is 3-11 SU (-13.6 Units) in road games vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 5.5 or less hits/start in the current season.

955LA DODGERS -956 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 1-9 SU (-9.2 Units) vs. terrible speed teams - averaging 0.35 or less SB's/game in the current season.

957ARIZONA -958 MILWAUKEE
MILWAUKEE is 11-2 SU (8.8 Units) against NL West opponents in the current season.

959CINCINNATI -960 ST LOUIS
CINCINNATI is 14-25 SU (-16.9 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game in the current season.

961CHICAGO CUBS -962 SAN FRANCISCO
SAN FRANCISCO is 17-4 SU (15.8 Units) vs. good fielding teams - averaging <=0.6 errors/game in the current season.

963NY METS -964 SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO is 18-40 SU (-22.5 Units) with a team slugging percentage .390 or worse on the season (NL) in the last 3 seasons.

965CLEVELAND -966 BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE is 7-16 SU (-12.6 Units) in home games vs teams who strand 6.9 or less runners on base per game in the current season.

967HOUSTON -968 TORONTO
TORONTO is 180-141 SU (45.4 Units) in home games vs. an AL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.200 or better since 1996.

969MINNESOTA -970 KANSAS CITY
MINNESOTA is 5-23 SU (-22.6 Units) vs. teams averaging 2.75 or less extra base hits per game in the current season.