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Expert MLB Betting Advice: Weekly Baseball Bullpen Report
by Victor Ryan - 9/12/2016
It's really unfortunate for MLB that pitching changes are akin to watching paint dry. With excitement supposedly growing over the playoff chase, fans must endure what happened in Boston on Sunday. In that masterpiece of a game, an incredible 18 pitchers toed the rubber over the course of nine innings. Game time: 3 hours and 46 minutes. Thanks expanded rosters.
MLB Betting Trends: Hot and Cold Baseball Wagers
by Victor Ryan - 9/12/2016
As things stand entering Monday's action, the AL East would send three teams to the playoffs. The Red Sox lead the division by two games over both the Blue Jays and Orioles, who are up two games on both the Yankees and Tigers in the wild-card chase.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Tuesday, September 13, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/12/2016
Injuries have really hit the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals hard this season, and it appears that outfielder Lorenzo Cain, an AL MVP finalist last year, might now be done for the year with a wrist injury. That might officially put a nail in the Royals' coffin in terms of getting a wild-card spot as they are four games out of the second spot as of Monday and have six total teams ahead of them in the standings.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Saturday, September 10, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/9/2016
I'm not a Yankees fan at all. But if they somehow make the playoffs, then Brian Cashman deserves to be MLB's Executive of the Year and Joe Girardi the AL Manager of the Year. Everyone thought the Yankees were punting on 2016 at the trade deadline in dumping Aroldis Chapman, Andrew Miller and Carlos Beltran while also forcing Alex Rodriguez into retirement.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Friday, September 9, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/8/2016
Sorry Nationals fans and backers, but I warned you. On Wednesday's Opening Line Report, I said to watch Stephen Strasburg very closely in his first start back from a DL stint due to elbow pain. If said pain returned and Strasburg had to be pulled from the game, his season was surely over (and maybe 2017 too) and so was Washington's chance to win the pennant for the first time in franchise history.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Thursday, September 8, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/7/2016
I monitor several MLB news sources daily to get updated injury information that might affect a betting decision on any given game. But I was just as surprised as anyone that the Marlins activated slugger Giancarlo Stanton from the DL on Tuesday after he reportedly was going to miss the rest of the regular season due to a major groin strain. If rosters weren't expanded, then Stanton probably wouldn't be active.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Wednesday, September 7, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/6/2016
What on earth has gotten into Twins second baseman Brian Dozier? He hit three homers on Monday against Kansas City and now has 38 on the season, second in the majors. He's just the sixth Twin ever with a three-homer game and has joined Hall of Famer Harmon Killebrew as the only players in Twins history with 36 or more homers in a single season. The all-time record by a second baseman is 42 homers by Davey Johnson in 1973, while the American League record is Alfonso Soriano's 39 in 2002. Dozier has 24 homers since the All-Star break, or one more than reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper has all year.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Tuesday, September 6, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/5/2016
Monday was Labor Day, one of the last big regular-season days of the year in Major League Baseball, so it's a good time to check out updated division odds at Bovada. And you can only bet on three of them because the Cubs are lapping the field in the NL Central, and the Nationals and Rangers are going to win the NL East and AL West, respectively, barring a collapse of epic proportions. The most interesting race has to be in the AL East with Toronto holding a one-game lead over Boston and three over the Orioles as of Monday.
Expert MLB Betting Advice: Weekly Baseball Bullpen Report
by Victor Ryan - 9/5/2016
This week's bullpen report is yet another indicator of just how critical relief pitching is in today's Major League Baseball. Each of the four best bullpen efforts from last week came from clubs squarely in the playoff chase. Conversely, of the three worst bullpen performances, two resulted in likely fatal postseason blows for their respective clubs.
MLB Betting Trends: Hot and Cold Baseball Wagers
by Victor Ryan - 9/5/2016
Just four weeks remain in the Major League Baseball season, and both wild-card races are looking to go down the wire. In the American League, the Red Sox (76-60) are two games up for the first wild card entering Monday's action with the Tigers and Orioles, both at 74-62, tied for the second spot.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Saturday, September 3, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/2/2016
One thing I like about the September call-ups is that it gives you a potential heads-up from a betting perspective on the following season's Rookie of the Year props. Here's the official designation of what makes a rookie in MLB: "A player shall be considered a rookie unless, during a previous season or seasons, he has (a) exceeded 130 at-bats or 50 innings pitched in the Major Leagues; or (b) accumulated more than 45 days on the active roster of a Major League club or clubs during the period of 25-player limit."
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Friday, September 2, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 9/1/2016
The injury bug has hit the incredibly unlucky Mets again as second baseman Neil Walker is dealing with a herniated disc -- the same type of problem that ended third baseman David Wright's year -- and has apparently opted for surgery instead of trying to play through it. That means Walker's season and perhaps Mets career is over as he will be a free agent this winter. He had played only four games since Aug.16 because of the injury and paternity leave.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Thursday, September 1, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 8/31/2016
I believe this is a first since I've been doing these stories for the past few years at Docs: there aren't five games to preview on a given day. It's partly why I don't write Sunday for Monday because Monday is usually the slowest day of the week on the schedule, but there are only four games on Thursday, the first day of September.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Wednesday, August 31, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 8/30/2016
The Los Angeles Dodgers admirably lead the NL West Division despite their rotation being ravaged by injury this season. But with all due respect to Clayton Kershaw, who remains on the DL, the last guy the Dodgers can afford to see get hurt now is shortstop Corey Seager, who is your lock NL Rookie of the Year and probably finishes second or third in the NL MVP voting. Los Angeles avoided total disaster on Monday when Seager was hit by a pitch on the left wrist in Colorado as X-rays were negative.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Tuesday, August 30, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 8/29/2016
We could see a substantial trade or two around the majors by Wednesday as Aug. 31 is the deadline for teams to acquire players via waivers and have said player eligible for inclusion on the postseason roster. Waivers go by reverse order of standings and if a player is claimed, either the team can pull him back off, trade him to the team with the worst record who claimed him or simply let the guy go and get out from under his contract.
MLB Betting Trends: Hot and Cold Baseball Wagers
by Victor Ryan - 8/29/2016
This week's look at the hottest and coldest bets in MLB has playoff-contending clubs on both sides of the ledger. The Indians had their lead in the AL Central trimmed while costing bettors big. On the flip side, the Royals and Dodgers each turned tidy profits while boosting their postseason hopes.
Expert MLB Betting Advice: Weekly Baseball Bullpen Report
by Victor Ryan - 8/29/2016
Several clubs in playoff contention got big production from their bullpens last week. The Pirates, Tigers and Royals relief staffs were a combined 10-for-10 in save opportunities to help keep each club's wild card hopes alive. Of the seven teams to make this week's bullpen hot list, six are in playoff position or contention, with the one outlier being the Oakland A's. This just goes to show just how important relief pitching is in today's game.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Saturday, August 27, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 8/26/2016
Come on Dodgers, send another player to the disabled list before the season is over! Not that I have anything against the Dodgers, but earlier this week they put starting pitchers Brett Anderson and Scott Kazmir on the DL. That tied a big-league record of 27 players put on the disabled list in one season by a team, although statistics for this sort of thing only go back 30 years.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Friday, August 26, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 8/25/2016
Here's hoping the news isn't bad, but it sure didn't look good when ultra-promising Red Sox rookie outfielder Andrew Benintendi suffered a gruesome knee injury in the sixth inning of Boston's game at Tampa Bay on Wednesday night while running the bases. He had to be helped off the field, although not on a cart, so maybe that's a good thing. Benintendi was to have an MRI on Thursday -- and you never want to speculate on torn ligaments, but I will be surprised if there aren't any.
Five to Follow MLB Betting: Thursday, August 25, 2016, Opening Line Report
by Alan Matthews - 8/24/2016
I know many Chicago Cubs fans who believe this is finally the year the Lovable Losers win the World Series and who plan to try and get tickets (good luck with that!) to one Fall Classic game at Wrigley Field. Well, now we know when those are as MLB released its postseason schedule on Tuesday, and the three games in the National League city are Oct. 28-30. The World Series opens Oct. 25 at the AL park because the Junior Circuit won the All-Star Game.
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