Baseball Handicapping Articles

MLB Betting: Pete Rose Reinstatement Odds
by Matt Severance - 7/27/2009

Betting on whether Pete Rose gets back into Major League Baseball … is that irony or what? But it’s what you can do now at WagerWeb in the wake of reports that Commissioner Bud Selig is “seriously considering” possible reinstatement for Rose, 20 years after the all-time hit king was banned from baseball for life for betting on it while manager of the Cincinnati Reds (but never supposedly against his team).

MLB Betting: Are Astros For Real?
by Matt Severance - 7/23/2009

What is it with the Houston Astros after the all-star break? No team seems to surge post-break in recent years like the Astros, and it’s happening again. Stuck in last place in the NL Central at 19-28 and nine games out of first at the end of May, Houston just swept St. Louis and is now a game behind the first-place Cardinals entering play Thursday.

MLB Trade Predictions
by Matt Severance - 7/23/2009

It’s never easy to predict any trade in Major League Baseball because of all the misinformation out there nowadays. A random blogger can post something, and suddenly it becomes a rumor that a GM must address.

How Do MLB Standings Work?
by Matt Severance - 7/22/2009

Most everyone is pretty familiar with how the standard Major League Baseball standings work – after all, it’s not like the NHL where there are extra categories like shootout losses. But we can all use a refresher on some of the more subtleties of MLB standings, so that’s why we’re here today.

MLB Team Owners
by Jay Horne - 7/22/2009

When it comes to the baseball diamond it’s not hard to make headlines. A player goes on a hot hitting streak or a pitcher throws a couple of shutouts then they take the spotlight in the newspapers and TV shows. How teams perform on the field reflects back to the players and coaches. A lot of times coaches are given credit for a team’s performance and those are not always good praises.

MLB Handicapping: Oddsmakers Giving Nationals Too Much Respect
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/21/2009

The Washington Nationals trotted out one of the most misguided rosters in Major League history this season. Their pitching staff ranks amongst the worst of all time. Through 92 games the Nationals were 26-66, 40 games under .500, 27 games out of first place and came out of the gates after the all-star break by losing five straight games.

MLB Handicapping: Martinez and Schmidt
by T.O. Whenham - 7/21/2009

It's deja vu all over again. A few years ago Jason Schmidt and Pedro Martinez were among the elite pitchers in the league. Various hardships - and the inevitability of age - have made them mostly irrelevant recently. After long roads back, both guys have made their return to the big leagues in the same week.

MLB Handicapping: Time to “Sell” on the Rockies
by Nicholas Tolomeo - 7/21/2009

Mid-season managerial changes in baseball are generally about proving a point. Very rarely do they actually result in the kind of rebirth that the Colorado Rockies are experiencing under interim manager Jim Tracy.

MLB Betting: Crucial Three-Week Stretch for White Sox
by Matt Severance - 7/20/2009

The Chicago White Sox are far from a perfect team, but they also play in a far-from-perfect division, so the 47-44 Pale Hose are just a game-and-a-half behind the first-place Detroit Tigers in the AL Central, with the Twins a half-game behind Chicago.