Giants vs Padres Pick
MLB betting action sees the San Francisco Giants taking on the San Diego Padres on Friday April 10th at Petco Park. Cappers Picks provides free MLB handicapping tips all season long.
MLB betting action sees the San Francisco Giants taking on the San Diego Padres on Friday April 10th at Petco Park. Cappers Picks provides free MLB handicapping tips all season long.
MLB Baseball betting action sees the Colorado Rockies taking on the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday April 7th at Miller Park in Milwaukee, WI. Cappers Picks provides free MLB Baseball handicapping tips all season long.
These teams are definitely constructed differently.
If you dig the long ball then Baltimore is your choice led by Nelson Cruz, who I think has more home runs this season than the entire Royals starting nine have in their careers.
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2014 American League Championship Series
Kansas City Royals vs. Baltimore Orioles
Series Odds: Kansas City +124, Baltimore -144
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Cruz and Adam Jones form a potent 1-2 punch for Baltimore…If you value being able to manufacture runs than you can not argue that Kansas City’s get on base, move’em over and get’em in philosophy has merit.
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No Royals hit 20 homers or drove in 80 runs. I do think that the Orioles have the stronger, more experienced lineup but I love the fact that nobody struck out less during the regular season than Kansas City.
They put the ball in play and force you to respond.
Advantage: Baltimore (with a philosophical edge to the Royals)
Baltimore might have gotten the nod here but injuries have already revealed the depth they had behind the likes of Manny Machado, Chris Davis and Matt Wieters – who saw Steve Pearce coming and catcher Caleb Joseph has been a stabilizing force even though this offense is light.
For Kansas City they regularly look to contributions from speedsters Jarrod Dyson and Terrence Gore. Veteran bats Josh Willingham and Raul Ibanez can still put a charge in the ball in the right situation.
How is this for rare, Gore had just one regular season AB with the club but is indispensable now.
Advantage: Kansas City
In terms of raw stuff the Royals definitely have the edge. The Royals’ James Shields is the best starter on either team and Yordano Ventura and Danny Duffy are young premium arms who have developed pretty quickly.
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The Orioles are very solid one through four with but nobody has dominating stuff and Chris Tillman and Wei Yin Chen hardly strike fear in opponents. The questions is what are you looking for in a starting staff in the playoffs, consistency or potential dominance – a lot of it has to do with the kinds of offenses you have.
My preference is for shutdown stuff and the Royals are built to win 2-1 while the O are happy to engage in much higher scoring games.
Advantage: Kansas City
Baltimore closer Zach Britton seems to have finally found a role for himself in the Majors. He has been dominant since assuming the role this season and he gives the O’s great confidence late in game. He has great support too from the likes of LH Andrew Miller and RH Darren O’Day.
Similar to the starting rotation if you are looking for pure stuff it is hard to get much better than tjhe Royals trio of Greg Holland, Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera. It is a young pen full of players who probably don’t realize what is going on around them…and that is for the better.
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Did you see Finnegan against Oakland. Dude was pitching for TCU a couple of months back.
Advantage: Tie
I fully respect Ned Yost and admire what he has done with the team but this is the biggest gap between the two clubs. Orioles manager Buck Showalter has won more and been in more of these kinds of situations over his career. Further.
The way this team took off in the second half and didn’t look back was pretty amazing given their personnel losses. You can’t criticize them now but maybe the Royals shouldn’t have been fighting for their playoff lives to the bitter end.
Though the question remains just how much a manager really makes a difference.
4* FREE MLB Series prediction: Royals win in 7 games.
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The Toronto Blue Jays host the Chicago Cubs on Monday in the opening game of a three-game set at the Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays need wins in a bad way to breathe some life into their fading playoff hopes, so drawing the Cubs in this one is a good get. Cappers Picks provides free MLB Baseball handicapping tips all season long.
MLB Baseball betting action sees the St. Louis Cardinals taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday August 26th at PNC Park in Pittsburgh PA. Cappers Picks provides free MLB Baseball handicapping tips all season long.
On the season the Cardinals have an Over/Under record of 59-64 and a run-line W/L record of 55-75 and the Diamondbacks have an Over/Under record of 62-60 and a run-line W/L record of 70-61.
The Giants usually win a World Series in even-numbered years (2o1o, 2012) so we’ll see if a pattern continues and 2014 is pre-ordained for them. However, the D’backs are a hungry competitor in the Giants’s division, so they’ll have something to say about that.
Sometimes in sports betting, particularly in baseball, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the day-to-day grind and possibly overlook some obvious and powerful numbers.
For instance, with Interleague play in full swing again this week, did you know that the Minnesota Twins are 19-5 in their last 24 games versus the National League?
That would have been nice to know before their weekend series at the Cubs, right?
Okay MLB Sportsbook bettors, I’ll admit that the Chicago Cubs (97-65 SU, 82-74-6 O/U, 83-79 RL) dropped the ball in a big way on Wednesday, losing Game 1 of their NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers (85-78 SU, 74-83-5 O/U, 81-81 RL) 7-2 while simultaneously ruining what would have been a perfect 5-0 MLB wagering day for me.
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John Martin
Boston Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays
Martin’s Saturday Free Play: 1 Unit on Boston Red Sox -142 (Listing Lester)