Baseball Handicapping Articles
2018 AL East Expert Predictions with Odds and MLB Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 3/26/2018
I know that if you don't live in the Northeast you probably don't give a damn about the Yankees and Red Sox and, by extension, the American League East. In fact, you're probably repulsed by the amount of attention that these two diva organizations swallow up from the national sports media.
2018 AL West Expert Predictions with Odds and MLB Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 3/26/2018
Last year the Houston Astros overcame hell and high water, along with two powerhouse teams from the largest markets in baseball, to win the franchise's first-ever world championship. Now the Astros enter the season as reigning champions and favorites to maintain their spot on the throne again this season.
2018 AL Central Expert Predictions with Odds and MLB Betting Picks
by Robert Ferringo - 3/26/2018
Things are going to be ugly in the American League Central this year. Really, really ugly. Detroit and Chicago are barely going to be above Triple-A caliber as they both thrust their organizations into full-blown rebuilds. Kansas City isn't far behind. And its is entirely possible that the Central could end up with three teams losing 90 or more games this season.
MLB Home Run Totals Props Odds with Expert Betting Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/21/2018
We've already look at which players have the best shot at winning the home run title in both the American League and the National League and where the value lies in futures betting. Now it's time to take a look at the sluggers from a different angle. BetOnline has listed totals for home runs for many of the top deep ball artists in the league. Let's look through them and find the ones most worth a discussion, shall we?
MLB Betting Odds and Expert Predictions: Live Long Shots for Futures Wagering
by Trevor Whenham - 3/21/2018
When it comes to betting long shots in futures and full-season props, baseball is the most attractive sport out there. The reason is simple - crazy things happen in baseball. Just last year, Aaron Judge came from nowhere to win the American League home run title, and the Twins went from 59 wins to the playoffs. And the poster boy for bizarre turnarounds is R.A. Dickey, who was 8-13 the year before he increased his strikeout total by 96, won 20 games and took home a Cy Young. If Dickey can turn into a Cy Young winner in one year then there is hope for any guy on a major league roster to have a big year this year.
Betting Odds for Houston Astros to Repeat as World Series Champs with Expert Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/21/2018
As is always the case, the Astros had barely even planned the World Series parade route yet before thoughts turned to whether they could do it again. Was this the beginning of a dynasty? Or were they going to crash back to earth as magnificently as they soared last year? Oddsmakers and bettors are reasonably optimistic but certainly aren't crowning them - at +550 they are narrowly the second choice behind the reloaded and wildly-public Yankees to win the World Series. So, the question is simple - can the Astros repeat as World Series champions? The answer, though, is less simple. Here are three good arguments on either side:
Expert MLB Betting Advice: World Series Matchup Props
by Trevor Whenham - 3/21/2018
The great thing about the Internet and sports betting is that you can bet on pretty much anything these days. From the logical and attractive, to the bizarre and insane. It's all out there for you. Within any given sport you can take pretty much whatever angle interests you and monetize it. For example, and we head into another baseball season we have spent the last few weeks looking at all sorts of different props and futures for teams and players and their potential performances, and there is still a lot left to look at before the season starts.
2018 MLB MVP Odds with Expert Betting Predictions for Most Valuable Player
by Trevor Whenham - 3/19/2018
We can't have two repeat MVP winners in baseball this year. Giancarlo Stanton has joined Jose Altuve in the American League, so unless there is a tie at least one can't win. And the odds would suggest that neither will repeat. In both leagues there are clear favorites, and neither should be a surprise to anyone who has paid any attention to baseball at all in recent years. Here's a look at how the two MVP races shape up heading into the season (MVP odds are from BetOnline):
Which Teams Will Make the MLB Playoffs: Yes or No Betting Props and Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 3/15/2018
One of my favorite baseball season prop bets every year is the ability to bet on whether or not a given team is going to make the playoffs. Odds are listed for every squad, and it's a good exercise to really think about what you see the season turning out like. And every year there are some fat prices available that at least look good in hindsight - how much would you have loved to bet on the Twins last year, for example? Or even the Rockies. Here, presented in alphabetical order, are the seven most interesting prices BetOnline has offered this year:
MLB Wagering and Expert Baseball Handicapping: Rotations Bettors Can Trust
by Trevor Whenham - 3/7/2018
There are few things easier to trust in sports betting than a team with great pitching. Baseball is so driven by what a team gets on the mound, so when you can reliably and consistently expect a strong pitching outing you can focus on the deeper comparables between teams, and you can be a more effective handicapper as a result. And right now there is a lot of good pitching in the league. It's now balanced, of course - there are some truly awful rotations out there. But there are also a number of really great ones.
Expert MLB Betting Advice: 2018 Rotations that Are Tough to Wager On
by Trevor Whenham - 3/7/2018
Good pitching can make a bad team look decent, and it can make a decent team look awful. No other position in sports - not even a starting quarterback in football - more singularly determines how a team fares and how easy it is to trust them as bettors. And this year in the major leagues, as every year, there are some awful rotations - groups of pitchers so bad that their teams have almost no hope of getting good pitching on any kind of a consistent basis. The more bettors can understand and embrace how questionable these rotations are, the better positioned they are to exploit those struggles to produce profits.
2018 Atlanta Braves Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Chris Vasile - 3/5/2018
I liked the MLB when the Atlanta Braves were a relevant franchise who competed amongst the upper echelon of the league's elite teams for the World Series title. The glory days saw legends like Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, John Smoltz, Tom Glavine and Andruw Jones all suit up for the Braves and play their part in one of the longest streaks in pro sports history. From 1991-2005 the Atlanta Braves won 15 consecutive division titles. At that time, it was the most consecutive division titles in any sport.
2018 Kansas City Royals Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2018
The Kansas City Royals are a very clear lesson in how fleeting success is and how much you should appreciate it while you have it. They won 86 games in 2013 but missed the playoffs. The next year they won 89 games and then lost the World Series in seven games to the Giants. 2015 was what they were building to, though, and they won 95 games and took the World Series in just five games over the Mets.
2018 Seattle Mariners Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2018
I'm not mad at the Seattle Mariners at this point. Just disappointed. For more years than I can count I have believed that for the respective year the team was close to a breakthrough. When I was a kid their AAA team played just down the street from me, so I saw so many young studs - Edgar Martinez, Tino Martinez, A-Rod, Danny Tartabull, Jay Buhner, Omar Vizquel, even Ken Griffey Jr. for an extremely brief time - come through that I figured bright days were around the corner. And I'm still waiting for them to go around that corner.
2018 Oakland Athletics Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2018
The Oakland Athletics made the playoffs three straight years from 2012 to 2014. It can be easy to forget that, though, because they have been so anonymous and underwhelming since then. Moneyball is never flashy, and that's especially true when they are rebuilding. Well, quietly they have been doing a decent job of their rebuild. There is still work to do, but this team won 75 games last year and, at least on paper, are better this year. Fans should not plan a parade just yet, and they still have to deal with playing in the worst stadium in the league, but there is room for cautious optimism here.
2018 Texas Rangers Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2018
A while ago I was lying in bed just drifting off when I was shaken by a loud bang - something like a sonic boom. I wasn't sure what it was, and my wife and son didn't notice, so I forgot about it and fell asleep. Only a few days later did I realize that it was the Texas Rangers' window to relevance slamming shut. From 2010-2016 the team made the playoffs in five of seven years and lost the World Series twice. They were a model franchise.
2018 Chicago White Sox Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2018
Are the White Sox rebuilding, or have they just given up? It's been a fair question to ask at times the last couple of years. But there is a bit of talent here, and the more optimistic out there could believe that they are ready to turn a corner and take some steps forward. We're not talking a corner like the Twins turned last year, to be clear. But the upside for the team this year is that they are not awful, and that will be a welcome change. They are helped by being grouped with as bad a bottom half of a division as you can find. But will that be enough? What does the season hold for this team?
2018 Detroit Tigers Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/5/2018
The Tigers are following an interesting recipe - wait until the last minute to admit you are rebuilding and then do it in the most soul-crushing way that almost guarantees to be long and painful. I don't know how fun it has ever been to be a fan of the Tigers - at least in a couple of decades - but this is going to be as bad as it has ever been. It's as if they watched the Marlins totally dismantle their team and felt like they had been challenged to prove that they could be better at being awful. But how bad can this team be? And will they provide any sneaky value for bettors at any point along the way?
2018 Washington Nationals Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Chris Vasile - 3/2/2018
The Washington Nationals have won the NL East four times in the last six years. In most cases, that should translate to some sort of postseason success. However, for the Nationals and their fan base it has left them frustrated beyond belief. Despite those four division banners, the Nationals have yet to win a playoff series. They've lost to the Cardinals, Giants, Dodgers and Cubs all in the NLDS. It's hard to believe a team with such a potent starting rotation and a talented group of core players has yet to get over the hump.
2018 Cleveland Indians Expert Predictions and Odds to Win the World Series
by Trevor Whenham - 3/2/2018
It has been a great two-year run for the Indians. They lost Game 7 of the World Series in 2016 and then won 102 games last year - 22 of those wins coming consecutively - before a tough Game 5 loss to the Yankees in the ALDS. And they should be poised for another big season. It feels like this season has some extra urgency, though, because it could be the beginning of the end of an era. Both big pieces of the bullpen will be free agents following the season, and they will face several other key decisions next year.
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