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

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MLB
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Sunday, June 6

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Sunday, June 6

NL games
Miami (24-33) @ Pittsburgh (23-34)
— Alcantara is 1-2, 2.70 in his last three starts.
— Marlins are 5-7 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 1-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-1
— He is 0-0, 4.50 in 3 games (2 starts) vs Pittsburgh.

— Marlins lost nine of their last ten games.
— Miami is 5-15 in their last 20 road tilts.
— over 4-0 in their last four games
— scored run in first inning: 13-57
— record in first 5 innings: 20-26-11

— Kuhl is 0-2, 7.78 in five starts.
— Pirates are 3-2 in his starts.
— over 5-0
— allowed run in first inning: 5-5
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2-1
— He is 0-2, 4.80 in three starts against Miami.

— Pirates won their last three games.
— Pittsburgh won five of its last six home games.
— over 5-0 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 15-57
— record in first 5 innings: 18-30-9

Washington (24-31) @ Philadelphia (27-30)
— Washington hasn’t named a starter.

— Washington lost eight of its last 12 games.
— Nationals are 11-16 on the road.
— under 11-2 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 13-55
— record in first 5 innings: 20-22-13

— Velasquez is 1-1, 3.60 in his last four starts.
— Phillies are 4-3 in his starts.
— under 5-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-7
— record in first 5 innings: 3-1-3
— He is 2-2, 4.62 in eight starts vs Washington.

— Phillies lost 10 of their last 15 games.
— Phillies are 16-11 at home, 11-19 on road.
— over 4-2 last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 19-57
— record in first 5 innings: 20-24-13

Dodgers (34-24) @ Atlanta (26-29)
— Bauer is 3-1, 2.42 in his last four starts.
— Dodgers are 6-6 in his starts.
— under 8-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-3-3
— He is 1-0, 3.86 in four starts vs Atlanta.

— Dodgers won three of their last five games.
— Dodgers won five of their last seven road games.
— over 10-3 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 14-58
— record in first 5 innings: 30-20-8

— Fried is 2-2, 2.93 in his last five starts.
— Braves are 3-5 in his starts.
— under 3-1-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 4-8
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-1
— He is 0-2, 6.55 in three starts vs Los Angeles.

— Braves lost four of their last seven games.
— Atlanta is 7-3 in its last ten home games.
— under 3-2 in last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-55
— record in first 5 innings: 28-20-7

Arizona (20-40) @ Milwaukee (32-26)
— CSmith is 0-1, 6.75 in two starts.
— Arizona is 1-1 in his starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 0-3, 4.86 in three starts vs Milwaukee.

— Arizona lost 18 of its last 20 games.
— Arizona lost its last 16 road games.
— over 8-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 11-60
— record in first 5 innings: 22-34-4

— Burnes is 0-3, 4.18 in his last five starts.
— Milwaukee is 3-6 in his starts.
— under 5-2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-9
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Arizona

— Brewers won 11 of their last 14 games.
— Milwaukee is 8-7 in its last 15 home games.
— over 6-3-1 last ten home games.
— scored run in first inning: 15-58
— record in first 5 innings: 25-20-13

Cincinnati (27-29) @ St Louis (31-28)
— Miley is 2-2, 3.97 in his last four starts.
— Reds are 5-4 in his starts.
— over 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-9
— record in first 5 innings: 4-4-1
— He is 3-5, 3.91 in nine starts vs St Louis.

— Cincinnati is 5-1 in its last six games.
— Reds are 8-3 in last 11 road games.
— under 8-1 last nine road games
— scored run in first inning: 13-56
— record in first 5 innings: 21-27-8

— Gant is 3-1, 1.71 in his last six starts (31.1 IP).
— Cardinals are 5-4 in his starts.
— under 8-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-2
— He is 5-1, 2.54 in 19 games (1 start) vs Cincinnati.

— Cardinals are 6-10 in their last 16 games.
— St Louis is 6-5 in its last 11 home games.
— six of last nine games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 22-59
— record in first 5 innings: 26-22-11

Cubs (32-26) @ San Francisco (37-21)
— Hendricks is 4-0, 3.25 in his last four starts.
— Cubs are 6-5 in his starts.
— over 8-3
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-1
— He is 4-2, 2.13 in eight starts vs San Francisco.

— Cubs won 14 of their last 20 games.
— Chicago is 6-4 in last ten road games.
— Under is 18-9 in their last 27 games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-58
— record in first 5 innings: 28-22-8

— Cueto is 2-0, 3.18 in his last three starts.
— Giants are 6-2 in his starts
— over 3-1-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 1-8
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-1
— He is 9-9, 3.41 in 26 starts vs Chicago.

— Giants won nine of their last 11 games.
— Giants are 18-8 at home.
— Over is 8-4-1 in their last 13 games.
— scored run in first inning: 16-58
— record in first 5 innings: 33-17-8

Mets (28-23) @ San Diego (36-24)
— Stroman is 1-0, 2.50 in his last three starts.
— Mets are 6-5 in his starts.
— under 6-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-1
— He is 1-0, 3.86 in two starts vs San Diego.

— Mets won seven of their last ten games.
— Mets are 6-9 in their last 15 road games.
— Over 5-2 last seven games.
— scored run in first inning: 10-51
— record in first 5 innings: 25-20-6

— Paddack is 1-1, 3.09 in his last five starts.
— Padres are 6-4 in his starts.
— over 5-5
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-1
— He is 1-1, 2.13 in two starts vs New York.

— Padres lost five of their last seven games.
— San Diego won 12 of its last 13 home games.
— over 8-4 last 12 home games
— scored run in first inning: 15-60
— record in first 5 innings: 23-28-9

AL games
Boston (35-23) @ Bronx (31-28)
— Richards is 0-2, 3.86 in his last two starts.
— Red Sox are 5-6 in his starts.
— under 6-2-1 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 5-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-2
— He is 0-5, 8.42 in 7 games (6 starts) vs New York.

— Boston won its last three games.
— Red Sox split their last ten road games.
— under 5-2-1 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 18-58
— record in first 5 innings: 28-21-9

— German is 2-1, 2.28 in his last four starts.
— New York is 7-3 in his starts.
— under 6-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-4
— He is 2-1, 5.11 in 6 games (5 starts) vs Boston.

— New York lost nine of its last 12 games.
— New York is 3-6 in its last nine home games.
— under 13-4 last 17 games
— scored run in first inning: 13-59
— record in first 5 innings: 24-23-12

Cleveland (31-25) @ Baltimore (20-38)
— Quantrill allowed one run in 3.2 IP (60 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Cleveland is 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He gave up a run in 0.2 IP in relief vs Baltimore.

— Cleveland is 8-5 in its last 13 games.
— Indians are 6-2 in last eight road games.
— over 13-8 last 21 games
— scores run in first inning: 18-56
— record in first 5 innings: 19-27-10

— Lopez is 0-3, 5.12 in his last four starts.
— Baltimore is 3-8 in his starts.
— under 9-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 2-6-3
— He is 0-2, 9.00 in 10 games (2 starts) vs Cleveland.

— Orioles won three of last four games, after an 0-14 skid.
— Baltimore is 11-18 on the road, 9-20 at home.
— over is 14-8 in their last 22 games.
— scored run in first inning: 19-58
— record in first 5 innings: 19-26-13

Houston (32-26) vs Toronto (30-26) (@ Buffalo)
— Garcia is 4-0, 1.96 in his last four starts.
— Astros are 4-5 in his starts.
— under 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-9
— record in first 5 innings: 6-1-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Toronto.

— Astros won five of their last seven games.
— Astros lost 8 of their last 12 road games.
— under 4-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 21-58
— record in first 5 innings: 32-18-8

— Matz is 2-0, 4.23 in five starts.
— Toronto is 2-5 in his last seven starts.
— over 6-2 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 0-11
— record in first 5 innings: 7-2-3
— He gave up 3 runs in five IP, in his one start vs Houston.

— Blue Jays are 3-1 in first four home games in Buffalo.
— Toronto won seven of its last ten games.
— over 22-12 last 34 games
— scored run in first inning: 16-55
— record in first 5 innings: 24-23-8

Tampa Bay (37-23) @ Texas (23-37)
— bullpen game

— Tampa Bay won 18 of its last 23 games.
— Rays won 11 of last 14 road games.
— over is 15-7 in last 22 games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-60
— record in first 5 innings: 24-20-16

— Dunning is 0-2, 6.27 in his last four starts.
— Texas is 2-9 in his starts.
— over 6-5
— allowed run in first inning: 5-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-11
— He threw 4 shutout IP, in his one start vs Tampa Bay.

— Texas lost 13 of its last 17 games.
— Texas is 7-4 in its last 11 home games.
— under 7-2 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 12-60
— record in first 5 innings: 18-32-10

Detroit (24-34) @ White Sox (35-23)
— Urena is 2-1, 3.89 in his last seven starts.
— Detroit is 5-5 in his starts.
— under 6-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 1-6-3
— He gave up 2 runs in 7 IP in his one start vs Chicago.

— Detroit won five of its last eight games.
— Detroit is 7-6 in its last 13 road games.
— under 8-2-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 10-58
— record in first 5 innings: 8-3-1 last 12 on road

— Cease is 1-2, 7.90 in his last three starts
— Chicago is 6-5 in his starts.
— under 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-4
— He is 6-0, 2.29 in six starts vs Detroit.

— Chicago is 7-3 in its last ten games.
— White Sox are 9-2 in last 11 home games.
— under 10-3 last 13 games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-59
— record in first 5 innings: 33-13-13

Minnesota (23-35) @ Kansas City (29-27)
— Ober allowed four runs in four IP (82 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Twins are 1-0 in his starts.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Kansas City.

— Twins lost four of their last five games.
— Minnesota split its last ten road games.
— over 27-9-1 last 37 games
— scores run in first inning: 19-58
— record in first 5 innings: 19-28-11

— Singer is 2-1, 6.90 in his last six starts.
— Royals are 4-7 in his starts.
— over 6-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-1
— He is 1-3, 5.40 in four starts vs Minnesota.

— Royals won 11 of their last 16 games.
— Royals are 8-2 in their last ten home games.
— over 8-0-1 last nine games.
— scores run in first inning: 14-56
— record in first 5 innings: 24-24-8

Seattle (29-31) @ Angels (27-31)
— Gilbert is 0-2, 5.94 in four starts.
— Mariners are 2-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-2
— He hasn’t pitched against the Angels.

— Seattle lost four of its last five games.
— Seattle is 3-10 in its last 13 road games.
— under 9-4 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-60
— record in first 5 innings: 27-27-6

— Quintana is 0-0, 4.86 in his last four starts.
— Angels are 4-5 in his starts.
— over 6-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-9
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-1
— He is 2-1, 3.08 in eight starts vs Seattle.

— Halos won eight of their last 12 games.
— Angels won five of their last six home games.
— over 15-6 last 21 home games
— scored run in first inning: 15-58
— record in first 5 innings: 24-29-6

Interleague games
Oakland (35-25) @ Colorado (23-36)
— Kaprielian is 2-0, 2.95 in four starts.
— A’s are 3-1 in his starts.
— over 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Colorado.

— A’s won their last four games.
— Oakland is 11-4 in its last 15 road games.
— Under is 8-4 in their last 12 games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-60
— record in first 5 innings: 24-23-13

— Marquez is 1-1, 0.90 in his last three starts
— Rockies are 6-6 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
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— record in first 5 innings: 6-6
— He is 2-1, 2.66 in three starts vs Oakland.

— Colorado won four of its last six games.
— Rockies are 9-4 in last 13 home games.
— over 12-7-1 last 20 home games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-59
— record in first 5 innings: 22-28-9

Sunday’s umpires
Cin-StL- Over is 3-1-1 in last five Barry games.
Mia-Pitt- Over is 4-2 in last six Blaser games.
Wsh-Phil- Last three O’Nora games went over.
Az-Mil- Favorites won 5 of last 7 Bellino games.
Chi-SF- Over is 5-1-1 in last seven Navas games.
LA-Atl- Under is 5-2 in last seven Vanover games.
NY-SD- Under is 9-1 in TGibson games.

Det-Chi- Last five GGibson games went over.
Hst-Tor- Over is 6-3 in last nine Conroy games.
Clev-Balt- Home side is 7-2 in Cuzzi games.
TB-Tex- Under is 7-4-1 in Timmons games.
Minn-KC- Underdog won last four Nelson games.
Bos-NY- Four of last five Morales games went over.
Sea-LAA- Four of last five Baker games went over.

A’s-Colo- Favorite is 7-1 in DeJesus games.

[Udog]

MLB

Sunday, June 6

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Trend Report
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Cleveland @ Baltimore
Cleveland
Cleveland is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Cleveland is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games on the road
Baltimore
Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Baltimore is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

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

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

Houston @ Toronto
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing at home against Houston

LA Dodgers @ Atlanta
LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 5 games when playing on the road against Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 7 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Atlanta's last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers

Detroit @ Chi White Sox
Detroit
Detroit is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Chi White Sox
Chi White Sox is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games when playing Detroit
Chi White Sox is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Detroit

Minnesota @ Kansas City
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Minnesota's last 9 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Minnesota's last 18 games on the road
Kansas City
Kansas City is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games
Kansas City is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home

Arizona @ Milwaukee
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Arizona's last 9 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Arizona's last 13 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Arizona
Milwaukee is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games

Cincinnati @ St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Cincinnati is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of St. Louis's last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of St. Louis's last 9 games

Tampa Bay @ Texas
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 22-3 ATS in its last 25 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 18-4 SU in its last 22 games
Texas
Texas is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Tampa Bay
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Oakland @ Colorado
Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Oakland's last 8 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Oakland is 9-2 ATS in its last 11 games on the road
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games when playing at home against Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Colorado's last 11 games when playing Oakland

Chi Cubs @ San Francisco
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 12-4 ATS in its last 16 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 7 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games
San Francisco is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Chi Cubs

Seattle @ LA Angels
Seattle
Seattle is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
LA Angels
LA Angels is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 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 7 games
NY Mets is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing San Diego
San Diego
San Diego is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games at home
San Diego is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games at home

Boston @ NY Yankees
Boston
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Boston's last 5 games on the road
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 11-2 ATS in its last 13 games when playing at home against Boston
NY Yankees is 11-2 SU in its last 13 games when playing at home against Boston


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[Udog]

Diamond Trends for Sunday June 6
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Cleveland at Baltimore (1:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 12-0 SU since Aug 09, 2020 on the road off a road game in which they scored 6+ runs.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Detroit at Chicago White Sox (2:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Tigers are 0-17 SU since Aug 29, 2017 as a road dog coming off a one-run win on the road.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Tampa Bay at Texas (2:35 p.m. ET)

-- The Rays are 0-15-1 OU (-2.94 ppg) since Sep 02, 2020 when their starter went less than four innings in his last start.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Miami at Pittsburgh (1:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Pirates are 10-0 SU since Aug 03, 2017 when Chad Kuhl starts at home when they lost in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

[StarDust Bum]

SUNDAY, JUNE 6
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

CLE at BAL 01:05 PM
BAL +108
O 9.0
+500 +500

WAS at PHI 01:05 PM
PHI -119
U 10.0
+500 +500

MIA at PIT 01:05 PM
MIA -116
U 8.0
+500 +500

HOU at TOR 01:07 PM
TOR -108
U 9.5
+500 +500

LAD at ATL 01:20 PM
ATL +113
U 8.5
+500 +500

MIN at KC 02:10 PM
KC -134
U 9.5
+500 +500

DET at CHW 02:10 PM
CHW -193
O 9.0
+500 +500

ARI at MIL 02:10 PM
ARI +226
O 8.0
+500 +500

CIN at STL 02:15 PM
STL -110
U 8.5
+500 +500

TB at TEX 02:35 PM
TB -120
U 8.0
+500 +500

OAK at COL 03:10 PM
COL -114
O 11.0
+500 +500

CHC at SF 04:05 PM
CHC -105
O 8.0
+500 +500

SEA at LAA 04:07 PM
LAA -153
O 9.0
+500 +500

NYM at SD 04:10 PM
NYM +145
U 7.5
+500 +500

BOS at NYY 07:08 PM
NYY -146
U 9.5
+500 +500


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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


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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]

Monday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in strikeouts (by pitcher):
117— Shane Bieber, Clev
106— Tyler Glasnow, TB
104— Gerrit Cole, NYY/Max Scherzer Wsh
100— Zack Wheeler, Phil
96— Trevor Bauer, LA
93— Jacob deGrom, NYM/Kevin Gausman, SF

Quote of the Day
“Playing on a torn meniscus is not easy. All I can do is keep managing it. Do my best, get as much treatment as I can. Try to manage it to make sure it doesn’t swell up too much. Obviously, the pain is going to be there. That’s normal. But it’s all about managing it and doing whatever it takes to win. My goal is to win a championship and I’m going to put my body on the line to make sure that happens. I’m going to give everything I got.”
76ers’ star Joel Embiid

Monday’s quiz
Who led the NBA in scoring this season?

Sunday’s quiz
Mariano Rivera has the most saves in baseball history; Trevor Hoffman has the 2nd most.

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

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Monday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports weekend

13) Patrick Cantlay won the Memorial golf tournament in Ohio Sunday, winning in a playoff against Colin Morikawa. Cantlay banked a cool $1.7M for the win, but that wasn’t the biggest golf story this weekend.

Jon Rahm led this tournament by six strokes after the third round, but he tested positive for COVID twice and had to withdraw. Guy leads by six strokes after three rounds, he ain’t going to lose; testing positive cost him $1.7M, plus a few more weeks on the bench.

12) Orioles’ OF Cedric Mullins went 5-5 with two homers Saturday, becoming the third Oriole ever to do that- Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr were the others. Thats Oriole royalty there.

Mullins is a vastly improved player this season, hitting .322 with a .923 OPS. Coming into this season, he was a career .225 hitter in 374 career AB’s.

11) Atlanta Falcons are going to trade 32-year old WR Julio Jones to Tennessee, getting draft picks in the 2nd/4th round in exchange.

New Falcons coach Arthur Smith had been an assistant coach in Tennessee the last 10 years, so its an interesting deal.

Arthur Smith trivia: His father is the founder/CEO of FedEx. He is really, really rich.

10) Milwaukee 2, Arizona 0— Diamondbacks have lost 17 straight road games.

9) Reds 8, Cardinals 7— Cincinnati led 7-0, blew the lead, then won when Jesse Winker hit his third homer of the game in the 9th inning. Reds swept this four-game series.

8) Rays 7, Rangers 1— Texas has lost 11 of its last 12 games.

7) Clippers 126, Mavericks 111 (LA wins series 4-3)
— First game in series where home side won
— Kawhi Leonard scored 28, had 10 boards, nine assists.
— Luka Doncic scored 46 in a losing cause.

6) Hawks 128, 76ers 124 (Atlanta leads 1-0)
— Joel Embiid scored 39 while playing with torn meniscus in his knee.
— Hawks were 20-47 on the arc, 24-39 inside the arc.
— Ben Simmons was 3-10 on the foul line; this will never not bother me, how a player of his skill can be so putrid on the foul line.

5) Andy Dalton is Chicago Bears’ new QB, until rookie Josh Fields is ready to go; Dalton has been in NFL for 10 years, has a 74-66-2 record, playing for 7 different offensive coordinators.

4) Former NBA great Gary Payton is going to be the basketball coach at Lincoln U, which is in Oakland and doesn’t yet have a basketball team. Their eventual goal is to be a Division I team; Payton has never coached, which is no big deal.

Must admit, I’ve never heard of Lincoln U, until now.

3) Phillies 12, Giants 6— Game was delayed in the 8th inning when the protective netting behind the plate on the first base side fell down. Took them a decent amount of time to get the netting back up. Naturally, they were booed by the fans when things were going slowly.

2) Orlando Magic fired coach Steve Clifford, who was 96-131 in three years there, making the playoffs the last two seasons, but not this one.

1) If the baseball playoffs started today (they don’t):
NL- Mets, Mil or Cubs, Giants. Wild Card: Dodgers @ Padres
AL- Rays, White Sox, A’s. Wild Card: Astros @ Red Sox

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Monday, June 7

[Udog]

901CHICAGO CUBS -902 SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO is 26-41 SU (-22.4 Units) vs. an NL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.150 or better in the last 3 seasons.

903KANSAS CITY -904 LA ANGELS
LA ANGELS are 251-230 SU (-2 Units) in home games when the money line is +125 to -125 since 1996.

905MIAMI -906 BOSTON
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.




MLB
Dunkel

Monday, June 7






MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, June 7

NL games
Cubs (33-26) @ San Diego (36-25)
— Alzolay is 3-1, 2.38 in his last four starts.
— Cubs are 5-2 in his last seven starts.
— under 3-1-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 1-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2-3
— He gave up one run in five IP, in his one start vs San Diego.

— Cubs won 15 of their last 21 games.
— Chicago is 7-4 in last 11 road games.
— Under is 19-9 in their last 28 games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-59
— record in first 5 innings: 29-22-8

— Weathers is 2-2, 2.06 in 12 games (7 starts, 39.1 IP).
— Padres are 4-3 in his starts.
— over 5-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-7
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2
— He gave up 4 runs in five IP, in his one start vs Chicago.

— Padres lost six of their last eight games.
— San Diego won 12 of its last 14 home games.
— over 9-4 last 13 home games
— scored run in first inning: 15-61
— record in first 5 innings: 23-29-9

AL games
Kansas City (29-28) @ Angels (27-32)
— Kowar is making his MLB debut.
— He is 5-0, 0.85 in six AAA starts (31.1 IP) this year.
— He pitched in college for the Florida Gators.

— Royals won 11 of their last 17 games.
— Royals are 5-9 in their last 14 road games.
— over 8-1-1 last ten games.
— scores run in first inning: 14-57
— record in first 5 innings: 24-25-8

— Bundy is 0-4, 9.70 in his last five starts.
— Angels are 3-7 in his starts.
— under 7-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 1-8-1
— He is 1-2, 4.20 in seven starts vs Kansas City.

— Halos are 8-5 in their last 13 games.
— Angels won five of their last seven home games.
— over 16-6 last 22 home games
— scored run in first inning: 16-59
— record in first 5 innings: 24-30-6

Interleague games
Miami (25-33) @ Boston (36-23)
— Lopez is 1-0, 2.35 in his last four starts.
— Marlins are 5-7 in his starts.
— under 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 1-12
— record in first 5 innings: 3-4-5
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Marlins lost eight of their last nine games.
— Miami is 6-15 in their last 21 road tilts.
— over 4-1 in their last five games
— scored run in first inning: 13-58
— record in first 5 innings: 20-26-12

— Pivetta is 1-1, 4.66 in his last five starts.
— Red Sox are 9-2 in his starts.
— over 7-4
— allowed run in first inning: 5-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-3-2
— He is 2-4, 5.36 in 11 games (8 starts) vs Miami.

— Boston won its last four games.
— Red Sox are 6-2 in their last eight home games.
— under 6-2-2 last ten home games
— scored run in first inning: 19-59
— record in first 5 innings: 28-22-9




MLB

Monday, June 7

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Trend Report
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Miami @ Boston
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games when playing Boston
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Miami

Kansas City @ LA Angels
Kansas City
Kansas City is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
LA Angels
LA Angels is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing at home against Kansas City

Chi Cubs @ San Diego
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games when playing San Diego
San Diego
San Diego is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs


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[Udog]

Diamond Trends for Monday June 7
Vince Akins

SU Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Chicago Cubs at San Diego (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Padres are 7-0 SU since Aug 19, 2020 as a favorite when they lost the last two games their starter started.

SU Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Chicago Cubs at San Diego (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Cubs are 0-7 SU since May 26, 2017 in the first game of a series with no rest as a road dog after they had a comeback win last game.

OU Trend of the Day
Matchup: Miami at Boston (5:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Red Sox are 7-0 OU (4.00 ppg) since Aug 01, 2011 as a home favorite of at least -140 after a game as a road dog in which they had a comeback win.

Starter-Based Trend of the Day
Matchup: Miami at Boston (5:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Marlins are 0-6 OU (3.10 ppg) since Aug 07, 2018 when Pablo Lopez starts as a dog of at least +130 when they lost as an away dog in his last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

[StarDust Bum]

MONDAY, JUNE 7
GAME TIME(ET) PICK UNITS

MIA at BOS
MIA +133
U 9.5
+500 +500

KC at LAA 09:38 PM
LAA -152
U 9.0
+500 +500

CHC at SD 10:10 PM
CHC +116
U 7.5
+500 +500


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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


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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

[StarDust Bum]

DAILY PICKS RECORD:

DATE W-L-T % UNITS RECORD

06/07/2021 2-4-0 33.33% -11.00
06/05/2021 14-14-0 50.00% +4.20
06/04/2021 17-13-0 56.67%+16.30
06/03/2021 11-9-0 55.00% + 8.05
06/02/2021 7-12-1 37.50% -29 60
06/01/2021 11-19-0 36.67% -53 95

Totals..........62-71-1.....46.61%....-66.00


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BEST BETS:

06/07/2021............0 - 4 - 0..............- 21.50
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 - 28 -1...............- 32.20

[Udog]

Tuesday’s 6-pack
Major League leaders in strikeouts (by batters):
80— Javier Baez, Cubs
79— Joey Gallo, Tex
77— Matt Chapman, A’s
74— Eugenio Suarez Cin/Nate Lowe Tex
72— Brandon Lowe TB/Randy Arozarena TB
69—Niko Goodrum, Det

Quote of the Day
“You can shear a sheep many times, but only skin him once.”
Amarillo Slim

Tuesday’s quiz
When Kareen Abdul-Jabbar entered the NBA (as Lew Alcindor), what team did he play for?

Monday’s quiz
Steph Curry led the NBA in scoring this season, at 32.0 ppg.

Sunday’s quiz
Mariano Rivera has the most saves in baseball history; Trevor Hoffman has the 2nd most.

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Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

— There isn’t enough good news in the world, but in the past week, 8-year old TJ Olsen was the recipient of a heart transplant, and is said to be doing very well. Great news for that family.

TJ’s father posted a 12-second video on social media:
“Hi everybody. Thank you for thinking of me. Thank you for praying with me. We love you guys, bye.”

Obviously, for the kid to get a new heart, someone else had to pass away, and that is very sad. Does the family that donated the heart stay in contact with this kid’s family? They certainly have a great bond to build a new friendship around.

— With legalized gambling more prevalent these days, NBA and college hoop teams need to juice up their security around the court, to protect the players/refs.

In the Wizards-76ers series, some jackass ran on the floor and touched the backboard before he was tackled by security. What if he had been a gambler who was losing and went on tilt, and was ticked off at one of the players? Potentially horrific situation.

— Major league baseball teams with highest payrolls:
1) Dodgers $250,022,632
2) Bronx $202,186,977
3) NY Mets $196,470,288

— Major league teams with lowest payrolls:
30) Cleveland Indians $52,607,580
29) Pittsburgh Pirates $54,944,471
28) Baltimore Orioles $57,688,298

— So far this season, Colorado Rockies’ catchers are 8-86 (.093) on the road.

— Tampa Bay Rays have scored 122 runs from the 7th inning on, most in MLB so far.

— Alex Rodriguez thinks Alex Cora is the best manager in baseball:

“I think Alex Cora is the best manager in the game. He’s a world champion and he understands the game, 360. Obviously it’s paying dividends. I knew he would improve the team but I didn’t know it would be this paradigm shift…….”

This is Cora’s third year as a big league skipper, interrupted by last year’s suspension for his part in the Houston sign-stealing debacle- he was a coach there. Interesting opinion by ARod.

— Kansas City Royals brought up prospect Jackson Kowar to make his MLB debut Monday nite, but it didn’t go well; the Florida alum faced seven batters, got only two of them out, throwing 39 pitches and not finishing the first inning.

Big jump from AAA to the majors; his next start is in Oakland this weekend, so hopefully he won’t bounce back right away.

— Seattle Mariners brought their big prospect up to the majors last month, but Jarred Kelenic went 8-83 in 23 games, and now he is back in AAA, where the manager will have to be a master psychologist to give the kid his confidence back.

Kelenic had three hits in his second MLB game, but is 0 for his last 39.

— Over the last decade, the LA Angels haven’t drafted one pitcher who has thrown 100+ innings in a season for them; this is epic failure. They’ve got Trout, they had Pujols, still have Rendon, Ohtani and Walsh, but pitching is an important part of baseball.

— Cincinnati Reds are 9-6 in one-run games this year, which doesn’t sound like much, until you consider that from 2014-20, they were 138-224 (.381) in one-run games, so that a big improvement for them.

— Mikey Dixon is a 6-2 guard who will be playing his final season of college basketball this coming winter; the kid has gotten around.
2016-17— played in 31 games for Quinnipiac, shot 37% on the arc
2018-19— played in only 14 games for St John’s; big jump up from the NEC.
2019-20— played in 18 games for Grand Canyon, shooting 43% on the arc.
2020-21— played in 20 games for Grand Canyon, shooting only 27.5% on the arc.

2021-22— He’ll be playing at Idaho; everyone who played last year got another free year of eligibility, which he is taking advantage of.

Kid should write a book; not many people have gone to college in Connecticut, New York City, Arizona and Idaho.

— Alabama football coach Nick Saban will turn 70 this fall; he signed a contract extension this week thru 2028— does anyone think he’ll still be coaching when he is 77?

Contracts like this are meant to silence the whispers of rival recruiters, who might infer to their recruits that Saban is going to retire soon.

— Middle of the night the other night, I’m watching Hoosiers for the 100th time, so of course I got to thinking about various conversations I’ve had about this movie.

Buddy of mine and I have had a debate for years; who was the better coach, Norman Dale in Hoosiers (Gene Hackman) or Ken Reeves in The White Shadow (Ken Howard)?

To me, this is simple; Ken Reeves was the much better coach:
— In Norman Dale’s first game at Hickory High, he finished the game with four players on the court, and he had a healthy guy sitting on the bench.
— If Jimmy Chitwood hadn’t decided to play, Coach Dale would’ve been fired quickly , and it would’ve wound up being kind of a depressing movie.
— Even after Jimmy Chitwood started playing, Coach Dale always wanted to use him as a decoy to set up other players to score. Even his drunk assistant coach (Dennis Hopper) knew enough to draw up the picket fence play for Jimmy to score.

— Coach Reeves played in the NBA, which had to be a big advantage for a high school coach.
— Hoosiers trivia; the first choice to play Coach Dale was Jack Nicholson, then Robert Duvall.
— Maris Valainis, the actor who played Jimmy, was the only actor of the Hickory kids who didn’t play high school basketball; he later became a golf pro.

— Knicks’ coach Tom Thibodeau won NBA Coach of the Year, even though Suns’ coach Monty Williams got more first place votes.

— Thibodeau has a fascinating background; he worked as an assistant coach for Bill Mussselman and Jerry Tarkanian (when he coached the Spurs). Two very unique personalities.
— He spent four years as an assistant coach at Harvard, then jumped to Timberwolves when they were an expansion team- that had to be culture shock.
— He’s also worked for Doc Rivers, Jeff Van Gundy; this a guy who needs to write a book about his career. He must have a boatload of great stories to tell.

— Nets 125, Bucks 86 (Nets lead series 2-0)— Not a good advertisement for the league. There were only 16 free throws taken in the whole game. Hopefully the Bucks will play a little better when the series moves back to Milwaukee.

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Tuesday, June 8

[Udog]

951LA DODGERS -952 PITTSBURGH
PITTSBURGH is 10-19 SU (-13.7 Units) when playing against a team with a winning record in the current season.

953ATLANTA -954 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 10-1 SU (8.9 Units) in home games after having won 2 of their last 3 games over the last 2 seasons.

953ATLANTA -954 PHILADELPHIA
JOE GIRARDI is 10-1 SU (8.9 Units) in home games after having won 2 of their last 3 games (Coach of PHILADELPHIA)

955MILWAUKEE -956 CINCINNATI
MILWAUKEE is 31-21 SU (10.8 Units) vs. an NL team with a team batting average of .255 or worse in the current season.

957COLORADO -958 MIAMI
COLORADO is 8-18 SU (-16.9 Units) in road games vs. teams whose hitters strike out 7 or more times/game in the current season.

959CHICAGO CUBS -960 SAN DIEGO
SAN DIEGO is 129-210 SU (-102 Units) in home games as a favorite of -150 or more since 1996.

961SEATTLE -962 DETROIT
DETROIT is 14-33 SU (-20.6 Units) in home games vs. an AL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.300 or better in the last 3 seasons.

963HOUSTON -964 BOSTON
BOSTON is 24-11 SU (13.9 Units) vs. a team with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better in the current season.

965TORONTO -966 CHI WHITE SOX
CHI WHITE SOX is 11-3 SU (10.9 Units) in home games vs. a starting pitcher with good control (less than 1.75 BB's/start) in the current season.

967NY YANKEES -968 MINNESOTA
MINNESOTA is 6-24 SU (-22.6 Units) vs. teams averaging 2.75 or less extra base hits per game in the current season.

[Udog]

MLB
Dunkel

Tuesday, June 8