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    Red Sox and Indians in Tuesday MLB betting clash

    The Cleveland Indians entered the week with the best record in baseball and will be playing the middle game of a series against a club that many believed would be in that particular position heading into the season. Boston has recovered nicely from a disappointing start and will face Major League Baseball’s best home team with the first pitch scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (PT) at Progressive Field.

    The Red Sox will be seeking payback for the Indians’ three-game sweep from April 5-7 at tonight’s venue that pushed the squad to a surprising 0-6 start. After beating the Cubs on Sunday to take two out of three from Chicago's North Siders, Boston has won 11 out of 14 contests.

    Both teams possess two of the better home marks in baseball, but the determining factor in playing this series may be the visitor’s road record. Boston started the series with a disappointing 9-11 mark away from Fenway Park, which is far different than its 16-10 home record.

    Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Beckett (3-1, 1.73) will be making his 10th start of the season and will be looking to lead his club to a fourth straight victory with him on the hill. The hard-throwing right-hander picked up a no-decision in his last effort at home against the Tigers, surrendering just a run and five hits over six strong innings.

    Beckett will be toeing the rubber on the road for the fifth time Tuesday, coming in with a 1-1 mark and 3.24 ERA, while holding opponents to a .209 batting average.

    In eight career starts versus the Indians, he has registered a 3-5 record and 5.55 ERA, including a 3-1 loss at Progressive Field in his season debut. The former first-round pick allowed three runs and five hits over five frames in that effort.

    The Indians will counter with a right-hander of their own on the mound as Fausto Carmona (3-4, 4.76) prepares to make his 11th start of the 2011 campaign. Cleveland has alternated wins and losses over his last four outings and he comes off a losing effort at the White Sox last time out. Carmona allowed a season-high eight runs on seven hits versus the White Sox in five innings of work and he’ll be looking to capture his first victory since May 3.

    He will be facing the Red Sox for the ninth time (seventh start) in his career, bringing in a 2-3 mark and 3.44 ERA. The Dominican hurler threw one of his best games of the year against the Red Sox on April 7, tossing seven shutout innings and scattering two hits in a no-decision effort, with the Indians tallying a 1-0 home victory.

    Cleveland has recently lost three of its main contributors with outfielder Grady Sizemore, designated hitter Travis Hafner and rookie pitcher Alex White each being placed on the disabled list in the last week. Hafner is expected to miss about a month with an oblique strain while Sizemore (right knee) could be back this weekend.

    White will miss two months with ligament damage to his right middle finger. The former 1st-round pick out of UNC was called up at the end of April and made just three starts before hitting the DL.

    Boston began the series without two of its starting pitchers, Daisuke Matsuzaka and John Lackey, both right-handers nursing elbow injuries.

    Total players will be interested to know that the ‘under’ is 12-4 in Carmona’s last 16 starts, which fits nicely with teams falling short of the number in four of Beckett’s last five road outings.

    Weather forecasts project a 30 percent chance of showers in the Cleveland area for most of the day with expected highs in the low-60s. A northwesterly wind (in from left) will be blowing at 5-10 mph throughout the contest.
    Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

  • #2
    MLB Odds: Florida Marlins square off with Giants

    San Francisco's AT&T Park will host a series between playoff hopefuls starting Tuesday when the Giants face the Florida Marlins. First pitch is 7:15 p.m. (PT) and the Giants are 140 favorites to take the series opener.

    This would be one of the two NLDS matchups if the regular season ended today, and it may not be too early to start thinking of this as a postseason preview. Both Florida and San Francisco are masters at winning close games and each possesses some of the best talent on the mound in the National League.

    The Giants have the deeper rotation, especially while the Marlins do without ace Josh Johnson who has been shelved with shoulder discomfort. That story certainly bears watching since it's difficult to imagine Florida getting into the postseason without their big hurler.

    Both teams have excellent bullpens, but the overall edge goes to the Fish and what amounts to a no-name group of relievers who combine for a 2.64 ERA on the season. The Marlins also have the advantage on offense, their 4.22 runs per game sixth in the NL while San Fran ranks 14th (3.54).

    One would expect Florida's scoring to drop after three games in pitcher-friendly AT&T against the Giants mound corps.

    Matt Cain (7-2, 3.28) will represent San Francisco's staff to get things rolling Tuesday night. Florida counters with Ricky Nolasco (5-4, 3.32). It's the proverbial something has to give collision on the mound with the Giants 3-0 in Cain's three home assignments and the Marlins 3-0 when Nolasco starts on the road.

    Aside from one bad outing in Colorado on April 20, Cain has been extremely consistent. He owns a 2.54 ERA in the other eight outings, all quality starts, leaving little wonder why the Giants are 7-1 in those contests.

    Cain started against the Marlins twice last season, both San Francisco wins and both very consistent starts: seven innings and six strikeouts in each game, allowing two and three earned runs and no long balls.

    The one hitter in Florida's lineup that has been a tough out for Cain is Hanley Ramirez who is 6-for-17 (.353) with a homer off the Giants right-hander. But the Marlins' shortstop is struggling to keep his average above .200 this season and has not fared well in recent years at AT&T Park (.167, 4-for-24).

    Nolasco will be looking to break a string of three no-decisions, each one an eventual Marlins home defeat. The Cubs knocked the California native around in his most recent start, scoring five times (four earned) and rapping out nine hits including a long ball while Nolasco was working his six innings.

    He was 1-1 in two starts vs. the Giants a year ago, carving a 2.91 ERA in the 12 1/3 combined innings. His last start here in San Francisco was a good one (6 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 7 K) with Florida taking a 4-3 victory.

    The Giants won five of the seven meetings in 2010, sweeping three from the Marlins in Miami while the teams split the 4-game series in San Francisco. Two of the four at AT&T went 'over' with one game a 'push.'

    The Don Best odds screen has Tuesday's total at 6½ runs. Giants home games this season are 10-7-1 'under' entering this series.

    A partly cloudy day is in the forecast for Tuesday with very little chance of rain. First pitch should find the thermometer in the mid-50s with a 10-12 mph wind from the west (out to center).

    The series continues Wednesday with Chris Volstad going for the Marlins against young Giants lefty Madison Bumgarner.
    Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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    • #3
      Sabathia and Yankees look to cool off hot Toronto bats


      TORONTO BLUE JAYS (24-23)

      at NEW YORK YANKEES (25-21)


      First Pitch: Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
      Line: New York -170, Toronto +160, Total: 8

      The Blue Jays play game two of their three-game series at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday. Toronto won on Monday, defeating Bartolo Colon and the Yankees, 7-3.

      With its win on Monday, Toronto has now won nine of its past 12 games. Ricky Romero (4-4, 3.10 ERA) gets the start for the Jays. After beginning the season 2-4 with a 4.04 ERA in his first seven starts, Romero is 2-0 with a 0.57 ERA and 0.77 WHIP in his past two outings. Romero has been tough to beat in the Bronx of late, posting a 2.40 ERA while winning his past two starts there. He allowed two runs and struck out seven in six innings of a 5-3 win at Yankee Stadium on April 29 to snap a personal three-game skid overall.

      The Yankees enjoyed a two-game party against the in-fighting Mets over the weekend, outscoring them 16-6 in wins on Saturday and Sunday. But they were brought back to reality on Monday when the Jays used a five-run sixth inning to propel them to a win. The Yankees hope that ace CC Sabathia (4-3, 3.06 ERA) can continue his current streak of dominance against Toronto on Tuesday. Sabathia is 4-0 with a 2.15 ERA and 0.87 WHIP versus the Blue Jays since last losing to them while with Cleveland in 2006. After he gave up a season-high six runs in 6.2 innings of a 6-0 loss to Boston on May 14, Sabathia bounced back to strike out nine and not walk a batter for the first time this season in eight scoreless innings of a 13-2 win at Baltimore on Thursday.

      Jose Bautista (.353 BA, 19 HR, 32 RBI this year) has 3 HR and 5 RBI against the Yankees this season, but is 0-for-11 with 6 K in his career against Sabathia. I like the Yankees ace to continue his dominance over the Jays and give New York its sixth win in its past eight games.

      This highly-rated FoxSheets trend also backs the Yankees:

      Play On - All favorites with a money line of -150 or more (NY YANKEES) - below average hitting team (AVG <=.265) against a good starting pitcher (ERA <=4.20) -AL, with a starting pitcher who strikes out 5 or more batters per start. (110-31 since 1997.) (78%, +56.5 units. Rating = 3*).
      Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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      • #4
        Verlander tries to shut down struggling Rays


        TAMPA BAY RAYS (26-22)

        at DETROIT TIGERS (24-23)


        First Pitch: Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
        Line: Detroit -160, Tampa Bay +150, Total: 7.5

        After losing six of their seven games against the Rays last season, the Tigers equaled their win total of 2010 against Tampa on Monday with a 6-3 victory. The two teams meet again on Tuesday in second game of their three-game series at Comerica Park.

        The Rays, who enter Tuesday losers of seven of their past 10, will throw Wade Davis (4-4, 3.47 ERA). Davis hopes to get some support as he tries to avoid losing his third straight start. The right-hander has kept the Rays in each of his past two starts, but his teammates have totaled two runs in those games. He allowed three runs on two homers and walked four in a season-high 7.2 innings of a 3-2 loss at Toronto on Thursday. However, this outing was better than his previous effort when he gave up four runs (2 HR) in 5.1 innings of a 6-0 loss to Baltimore on May 14.

        Detroit will counter with ace Justin Verlander (4-3, 2.96 ERA). After no-hitting Toronto on May 7 and giving up one run and two hits in eight innings to beat Kansas City on May 13, he allowed three runs and struck out nine in 8 IP, but did not factor in the decision of a 4-3 loss at Boston on Thursday. Verlander is 3-0 with a 3.48 ERA in five home starts versus Tampa Bay. He has posted a 2.84 ERA while winning his past three starts against the Rays at Comerica Park.

        The Tigers have won two straight after losing five in a row. With Verlander on the mound, I like Detroit to win its third consecutive game.

        These two highly-rated FoxSheets trends also support the Tigers:

        Play On - All favorites with a money line of -150 or more (DETROIT) - below average hitting team (AVG <=.265) against a good starting pitcher (ERA <=4.20) -AL, with a starting pitcher whose strikes out 5 or more batters per start. (110-31 since 1997.) (78%, +56.5 units. Rating = 3*).

        JIM LEYLAND is 39-14 (73.6%, +23.3 Units) against the money line in home games vs. a very good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.250 or better as the manager of DETROIT. The average score was DETROIT 5.6, OPPONENT 4.2 - (Rating = 3*).
        Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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        • #5
          Jurrjens looks to give struggling Braves a boost


          ATLANTA BRAVES (26-23)

          at PITTSBURGH PIRATES (22-24)


          First Pitch: Tuesday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
          Line: Atlanta -125, Pittsburgh +115, Total: 7

          The Pittsburgh Pirates get set to host the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday in the first of a two-game series at PNC Park. Both teams are coming off losses in their series finale on Sunday.

          The Braves have lost four of five games getting outscored 24-11 over that stretch. They will look to Jair Jurrjens (5-1, 1.80 ERA) to get them back on the winning track. Jurrjens, who is second in the NL in ERA, had gone 5-0 with a 1.66 ERA in his first six starts prior to Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Diamondbacks, during which he gave up two runs and eight hits in 6.2 innings. Jurrjens, who has yet to allow more than two earned runs in any outing in 2011, has lost his past three meetings with the Pirates despite posting a 3.06 ERA. He hasn't faced them since 2009.

          The Pirates had their season-high, four-game winning streak stopped on Sunday, and look to start a new streak when they send Charlie Morton (5-1, 2.62 ERA) to the mound. Morton finished last season 2-12 with a 7.57 ERA and was part of a Pirates rotation that ranked last in the majors in wins (34), ERA (5.28) and strikeouts (540). The right-hander, who was acquired from Atlanta in 2009, started the Pirates recent winning streak by limiting Cincinnati to five hits while posting his second career shutout in a 5-0 road win Wednesday. Morton has won all three of his starts this month while recording a 2.05 ERA. He is 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA in three home outings this year.

          Jurrjens is the perfect recipe for the Braves struggles. Despite Morton’s strong start this season, I’m taking Atlanta to win on Tuesday, which is supported by this three-star FoxSheets trend:

          Play On - All favorites with a money line of -125 to -175 (ATLANTA) - bad offensive team (<=4.1 runs/game) against a good starting pitcher (ERA<=3.70) (NL), with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better on the season. (48-14 since 1997.) (77.4%, +29.1 units. Rating = 3*).
          Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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          • #6
            Padres try to wake up bats Tuesday vs. Cards


            ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (29-20)

            at SAN DIEGO PADRES (19-29)


            First pitch: Tuesday, 10:05 p.m. EDT
            Line: St. Louis -120, San Diego +110, Total: 6.5

            The Padres look to get their dormant offense going when they host St. Louis for the second game of a three-game set on Tuesday night.

            Entering the season, the Padres lineup was thought to be one of baseball’s worst. That’s held true, and they’ve been especially anemic during their current homestand. San Diego has scored six runs in the first six games of its eight-game homestand, losing five times. Their lone win came courtesy of Tuesday’s starter, Aaron Harang.

            Last Thursday, Harang threw eight shutout innings against Milwaukee, and the Padres scored in the bottom of the ninth to get the win. It was Harang’s best start in his first season with San Diego. Despite a 4.31 ERA and weak offensive support (3.64 runs per game in Harang’s starts), the veteran is 5-2 and the Padres have won seven of his nine starts. When Harang has been good, he’s been very good, holding opponents to two runs or less in six of his nine starts. When he’s been bad, he’s been awful, allowing seven runs over 4.1 innings in Colorado two starts ago, and eight runs over six innings in a start against the Braves in April.

            Harang has a long track record against the Cardinals from his days pitching in the N.L. Central for the Reds, and it’s not a very good one. He’s 7-13 with a 4.63 ERA in 23 career starts against St. Louis. Since 2008, he’s made nine starts against the Cards and lost seven of them while posting a 4.88 ERA. He will get a break on Tuesday though, as All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday (quad) is expected to be out.

            St. Louis will have right-hander Kyle McClellan on the mound. The former reliever has been a success in his first stint as a starter in the bigs, going 6-1 with a 3.43 ERA while the Cards have won eight of his nine games. He hasn’t overpowered opponents, striking out just 28 through 57.2 innings this season, but has a high groundball rate and has been outstanding once runners reach base (possibly as a result of his time as a reliever). While opponents are hitting .307 against McClellan with the bases empty, they’re hitting just .181 off him with runners on base, .153 with runners in scoring position and .095 with RISP and two outs.

            McClellan’s a pretty good matchup for the small-ball Padres, though. San Diego is aggressive on the base paths (NL-leading 50 stolen bases) and not significantly worse with runners on base (.234 with the bases empty, .243 with runners on, .217 with RISP). Considering its homefield advantage and Harang’s recent effectiveness at Petco Park (two runs allowed in his past 15 innings at home), I like San Diego.

            The FoxSheets have a three-star trend that works in Harang’s favor as well:

            Play On - Home underdogs with a money line of +100 or higher (SAN DIEGO) - with a team batting average of .255 or worse on the season (NL), after a combined score of 4 runs or less. (80-56 over the last 5 seasons.) (58.8%, +40.4 units. Rating = 3*).
            Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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            • #7
              Giants aim for 6th straight win hosting Marlins


              FLORIDA MARLINS (26-19)

              at SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (27-19)


              First pitch: Tuesday, 10:15 p.m. EDT
              Line: San Francisco -130, Florida +120, Total: 6.5

              The Giants are looking like World Champs of late, but they’ll have to solve Florida’s Ricky Nolasco if they’re going to match their season-high, six-game winning streak.

              Nolasco has been dominant in four career starts against San Francisco, posting a 1.91 ERA over 28.1 innings, and AT&T Park has been one of his favorite places to pitch. He’s allowed one run and six hits while striking out 18 in 15.1 innings there. In fact, his trips West have always gone well. In 15 career road starts against NL and AL West opponents, Nolasco has gone 11-2 with a 2.62 ERA, striking out 106 in 106.2 innings. The Marlins won 13 of those 15 games.

              Giants starter Matt Cain has had similar success against Florida. In seven career starts against the Marlins, Cain is 3-0 with a 2.98 ERA. San Francisco won six of those games, including all four of Cain’s home starts against the Fish. Cain continues to be nearly unbeatable at home. Since last year’s All-Star break, he’s 7-1 with a 2.44 ERA at home, and the Giants are 12-2 in his home starts.

              San Francisco just completed sweeps of its two biggest rivals—the Dodgers (two games) and Oakland (three games)—and the Giants have the second-best home record in the NL (13-5). But the Marlins have the best road record in the bigs (12-7). That’s yet another reason to consider this one a toss-up. And with the difference in payout on those money lines, I’m going with Florida.

              Nolasco got an extra day of rest for Tuesday’s start, and the FoxSheets have a four-star trend that shows good news for the Marlins:

              NOLASCO is 12-1 (+12.8 Units) against the money line in road games when working on 5 or 6 days rest over the last 3 seasons. (Team's Record). The average score was NOLASCO 5.2, OPPONENT 3.0 - (Rating = 4*).
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              • #8
                Fade Alert - L.A. Dodgers

                May 24, 2011


                Results during the baseball season can create quite a mosaic as win and lose streaks alternate concurrently across both leagues. On a team-by-team basis, however, some of those streaks are more illuminating and easier to identify. Losing streaks in particular.

                Which is why we don’t think we’re too late to the party that is fading the Los Angeles Dodgers, at the moment perhaps the most appealing go-against proposition in either league. Although the Blue isn’t quite at the bottom of MLB money standings through the weekend at -823 on the season, the descent has been steep in recent weeks. And after ranking in the middle of the pack in the money standings for much of the first month of the season, LA now sits above only Houston and disappointing Minnesota as the worst wagering values in the 2011 campaign.

                The distractions at Chavez Ravine are well-documented, especially those relating the ownership mess created by Frank and Jamie McCourt and their well-publicized divorce. As most realize, MLB has assumed operation of the franchise, with ex-Rangers exec Tom Schieffer (brother of CBS Face The Nation’s Bob Schieffer) assigned by commissioner Bud Selig to temporarily oversee the franchise. How the May 31 payroll will be funded remains a question. The McCourt soap opera and the disturbing details of their lifestyle are too complex to be explored in depth on these pages, at least for the moment, although we’ll be putting something together in the near future as we try to understand what really is unraveling at the Ravine.

                For the moment, all we’ll say is that we are humored by the shallow, softball-tossing LA media corps that, except for sarcastic LA Times columnist T.J. Simers, had mostly given the McCourts a pass for several years before it recently became chic to knock the Dodger ownership. Even today, the majority of LA media types seem be portraying wife Jamie as a victim of the whole mess, and fingering husband Frank as the “bad guy” in this depressing tale. These are many of the same journalists who wasted valuable editorial space on puff pieces regarding the couple, especially the overbearing Jamie, who, among other things, apparently believed she could ride the crest of the Dodgers wave into a career in politics...all of the way to the White House.

                We don’t know which McCourt is worse. What we do know is the fact that either had anything to do with the Dodgers is a stain on this once-proud franchise and Major League Baseball. And for all of Frank’s well-documented faults, we’re not sure Jamie’s personal shortcomings weren’t worse. Of all of behind-the-scenes Jamie criticisms that never seemed to grace the LA-area newspapers or airwaves, we thought the one that described her as a “female Dan Snyder...only twice as bad” summed up things pretty well.

                Having attended Dodger games in LA for the past five decades, and raised on the O’Malley regime, watching the disintegration of the franchise, and the Dodger Stadium facility, has been hard to comprehend. The game-day experience at the Ravine used to be special, but attending a Dodger game in 2008, I was taken at how different the facility at Chavez Ravine seemed to operate from the old days. And it started from driving into the Ravine, where the parking operation seemed strangely confused, countless attendants pointing and directing traffic into specific areas. In the old days, there was a flow and continuity to traffic inside of the many lots at the Ravine. Fans knew where to park and the directions were easy, but now were being herded like sheep or cattle, a practice that continued once inside the park. The McCourt Dodgers had, almost incredibly, made a once-pleasant game-day experience now seem uncomfortable.

                Once inside the stadium, the old ambiance seemed to absent as well. Access between the seating levels was limited. Moreover, the stands were littered with foul-mouthed louts, many of those in gang-like attire. The combination of those sorts and the insufferable LA “elite” who occupied the better seats on the field and loge levels (and who have increasingly been absent over the past few years, creating embarrassing blocks of empty seats in the once-filled field level) created a distasteful atmosphere. Having attended games at most other MLB stadiums in the country, I was suddenly hard-pressed to think of a ballpark I wouldn’t rather attend than Chavez Ravine. Give me PNC Park or Great American Ballpark and their fans any day of the week.

                It was also apparent that the potential for fan violence had reached new and uncomfortable levels. Large swaths of the fan base looked to be imported from the NFL Raiders who used to call L.A. home. There was a threatening air about the crowd that I never recalled from decades before. Perhaps this was simply a byproduct of the L.A. area, which had undergone its own transformation over the decades. Sadly, an incident like the brutal attack on Giants fan Bryan Stow in the first week of the season was not hard to comprehend by anyone who has sat in grandstands at the Ravine over the past few years or had to walk to their cars in the vast parking lot after the game. A recent report by a research group that concluded the Ravine placed 30th (and last) in a survey of the safest MLB parks was no surprise. Whether or not this is all due to the McCourts and their inattentiveness is debatable, but Dodger Stadium is surely not the same warm and fuzzy place it used to be when the O’Malleys ran the franchise before selling to the Fox Entertainment Group of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation in 1998.

                That the Dodgers reached the playoffs and won postseason series as recently as 2008 (breaking a 20-year playoff series drought) and 2009 is a testament to the talents of manager Joe Torre, who fortuitously became available after the 2007 season, and the brief uptick fueled by the acquisition of Manny Ramirez. The “Mannywood” era ended ignominiously, however, and improvement elsewhere in the NL West spelled an end to the brief Big Blue resurgence. Torre, sensing that things were going pear-shaped in the McCourt regime, had no interest in extending his deal beyond the original 3-year contract and quietly left LA and the Frank and Jamie soap opera after last year’s 80-82 finish.

                Enough trashing the McCourts and the old “Dodger Experience” that exists only in memory. What’s going on with the current edition of The Blue on the field?

                Noting too good, it seems. We’ve mentioned the lack of wagering value that LA has been providing lately. But what makes a Dodger slump, like a Yankees or Red Sox slump, so intriguing for baseball bettors is that LA continues to be overvalued by the oddsmakers and public.

                The problem areas are many. The offense has been inefficient, ranking above only the popgun Padres attack in runs at a paltry 3.46 per game. Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, both of whom having experienced respective torrid stretches through the first six weeks of the season, have cooled considerably. Now Ethier and catcher Rod Barajas are nursing injuries, and with everyday players Juan Uribe and Casey Blake on the DL, and pitchers Jonathon Broxton, Vicente Padilla, and Blake Hawksworth also in dry dock at the moment, first-year manager Don Mattingly must be yearning for their days when he didn't have all of these extra worries as a hitting coach, or even his playing days with the Yankees in George Steinbrenner's era which almost seems tame by comparison.

                We don’t foresee the offense erupting anytime soon. The injuries, Kemp’s slump, 1B James Loney’s mysterious lack of power (only 1 HR and 14 RBI to date), and a collection of journeymen (Jamey Carroll, Tony Gwynn, Jr., Jay Gibbons, Aaron Miles, Dioner Navarro) make it unlikely the Dodgers are going to outscore many teams despite some promising work from rookie LF Jerry Sands. The Blue has scored just 28 runs in its last 11 games thru May 23 as well.

                Pitching, a longtime Dodger strong point, has also been suffering. No LA pitcher ranks in the top 71 of MLB money standings after weekend action. Here is a quick money rundown of the Dodgers’ starting rotation thru May 23;

                Clayton Kershaw (+92 Money Line, ranks 72nd)...The one somewhat consistent element of the staff, although the Dodgers have only won 6 of Kershaw’s 10 starts to date;

                Ted Lilly (+39 ML, ranks 85th)...So-so at best, alternating winning and losing starts since the beginning of the season, with an ERA of 5.04 in his last four starts;

                Hiroki Kuroda, (-60 ML, ranks 109th)...Brief revival in recent solid efforts vs. the Brewers and Pirates was undermined on Sunday against the White Sox when allowing 9 hits and 6 runs in 5 2/3 IP of an eventual 8-3 loss;

                Chad Billingsley (-288 ML, ranks 162nd)...Billingsley hasn’t pitched too badly in recent starts, but the Dodger s have lost all four of those, partly because they haven’t scored more than one run for Billingsley in any of those outings;

                Jon Garland (-506 ML, ranks 183rd)...Hardly the reliable workhorse many Dodger fans anticipated when added to the roster in the offseason, as LA has lost in Garland’s last five starts, including a shellacking against his old White Sox team on Saturday when allowing 11 hits and 7 runs in only 3 2/3 IP of an eventual 9-2 loss.

                Without any real stoppers on the staff, injuries piling up, the distractions of the McCourt situation, and the unlikeliness of any help arriving either from the minor league system or from elsewhere at the trade deadline, the Dodgers appear headed for 90 or more losses. Only the Padres seem capable of keeping LA out of the NL West basement.

                In other words, there seem to be a lot of Dodgers losses on the horizon for baseball bettors to capitalize upon.
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                • #9
                  Diamond Trends - Tuesday

                  May 24, 2011

                  SU TREND OF THE DAY:

                  The Royals are 0-14 since July 09, 2010 as a 140+ dog and it is the first game of the series for a net profit of $1400 when playing against.


                  OU TREND OF THE DAY:

                  The Orioles are 0-9 OU since May 26, 2010 as a favorite when they are off a win in which they came back from a deficit for a net profit of $900 when playing the under.


                  STARTER TREND OF THE DAY:

                  The Mariners are 0-10 since April 24, 2010 when Doug Fister starts after his team won the last time he started for a net profit of $1010 when playing against.


                  MLB BIBLE TREND OF THE DAY:

                  The Dodgers are 11-0 (+2.9 rpg) since 2009 as a favorite when seeking immediate revenge for a loss in which the score was tied after the sixth inning.


                  TODAY’S TRENDS:


                  The Nationals are 0-8 since June 02, 2010 on the road after a loss in which they allowed 12+ hits and it is not the first game of a series for a net profit of $820 when playing against.

                  The Indians are 7-0 since June 28, 2010 as a home dog after a win in which they had fewer team-left-on-base than their opponent for a net profit of $895.

                  The Cubs are 0-8 since May 28, 2010 at home within 20 cents of pickem when they won the last two games their starter started for a net profit of $820 when playing against.
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                  • #10
                    MLB

                    Tuesday, May 24

                    Game Score Status Pick Amount

                    Boston - 7:05 PM ET Boston -134 500
                    Cleveland - Over 7.5 500

                    Kansas City - 7:05 PM ET Kansas City +161 500
                    Baltimore - Under 8.5 500

                    Toronto - 7:05 PM ET Toronto +148 500
                    NY Yankees - Over 8 500

                    Tampa Bay - 7:05 PM ET Tampa Bay +154 500
                    Detroit - Under 7.5 500

                    Atlanta - 7:05 PM ET Atlanta -118 500
                    Pittsburgh - Over 7.5 500

                    Cincinnati - 7:05 PM ET Cincinnati +103 500
                    Philadelphia - Over 8 500

                    Chi. White Sox - 8:05 PM ET Texas -128 500
                    Texas - Under 9 500

                    NY Mets - 8:05 PM ET NY Mets +122 500
                    Chi. Cubs - Over 7 500

                    LA Dodgers - 8:05 PM ET Houston +116 500
                    Houston - Over 7 500

                    Seattle - 8:10 PM ET Seattle +113 500
                    Minnesota - Over 7.5 500

                    Washington - 8:10 PM ET Milwaukee -161 500
                    Milwaukee - Over 8.5 500

                    Arizona - 8:40 PM ET Colorado -173 500
                    Colorado - Over 8 500

                    St. Louis - 10:05 PM ET St. Louis -119 500
                    San Diego - Under 6.5 500

                    Oakland - 10:05 PM ET Oakland +188 500
                    LA Angels - Under 7 500

                    Florida - 10:15 PM ET Florida +122 500
                    San Francisco - Under 6.5 500
                    Remember the 3 G's Gambling, Golf, Girls not in any particular order.....

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