Baseball betting<\/strong><\/a> fans sure are getting their money\u2019s worth from the free mlb baseball picks<\/strong><\/a> provided by top Tout service online Capperspicks.com.<\/p>\n Conventional logic would have you believe it\u2019s never too early to wager on 2010 World Series futures. After all, you could find some real value right now. However, bettors should consider the current futures breakdown as the \u201cPre-Bay-Holliday odds.\u201d Jason Bay and Matt Holliday\u2019s final destinations could significantly impact their new teams\u2019 chances of reaching the Fall Classic.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a preliminary look at the top favorites and a couple of sleepers \u2013 with Bay and Holliday\u2019s possible suitors taken into consideration.<\/p>\n New York Yankees<\/strong> Philadelphia Phillies<\/strong> Boston Red Sox<\/strong> St. Louis Cardinals<\/strong> Seattle Mariners <\/strong>FAVORITES<\/h3>\n
\nNo surprise whatsoever here. Already the reigning World Series champs, the Yanks have improved even more this offseason. They added Curtis Granderson in a deal with the Tigers. Not only is Granderson a toolsy, powerful hitter entering his prime, he\u2019s also a major defensive upgrade in center field. Nick Johnson returns to the Big Apple to DH and Javier Vazquez gets another shot at success in the Bronx after a career year in Atlanta. The Yankees are downright scary and you never know when they\u2019ll pull another massive signing or trade out of their hats. No matter what Brian Cashman says, we can\u2019t count the Bronx Bombers out of the Bay\/Holliday sweepstakes.<\/p>\n
\nThe Phillies are another slam-dunk favorite. Their explosive offense remains intact with Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jayson Werth and Raul Ibanez all still under contract. Now Roy Halladay joins the mix and gets a chance to show the mainstream baseball universe that he\u2019s quite possibly baseball\u2019s best pitcher. The scariest part is that the Phillies didn\u2019t surrender any current regulars to the Blue Jays to get Doc. He\u2019ll take Cliff Lee\u2019s spot and join Happ, Hamels and Blanton in the National League\u2019s deepest rotation.<\/p>\n
\nYou knew Theo Epstein couldn\u2019t stand pat this offseason after the Red Sox watched their bitter rival Yankees win the big one. Adding John Lackey to a rotation that already had Josh Beckett, Jon Lester, Daisuke Matsuzaka and Clay Buchholz makes you wonder if the BoSox have surpassed the Yanks in pitching depth. Mike Cameron and Marco Scutaro aren\u2019t marquee acquisitions but they aren\u2019t easy outs and they probably give Boston the American League\u2019s best defense now.<\/p>\nSLEEPERS<\/h3>\n
\nThe Cards don\u2019t feel like true sleepers but they\u2019re clearly not in the same league as the three teams above. They do, however, boast the decade\u2019s best hitter in Albert Pujols and, arguably, baseball\u2019s best one-two pitching punch in Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright. If they can re-sign Holliday, they\u2019ll contend.<\/p>\n
\nHere\u2019s the deep sleeper of the bunch. It\u2019s been a while since Seattle was relevant but that could very well change this season. The Mariners clearly want to win now, as they acquired Cliff Lee to pair with Felix Hernandez in a suddenly dynamite top of the rotation. The offense needs a bit of work but the Chone Figgins and Milton Bradley deals were plus-moves. The X-factor is Jason Bay. He grew up in nearby British Columbia and there\u2019s still an outside chance he\u2019d take a \u201chometown\u201d discount to play for Seattle. If the Mariners are willing to surrender some defensive effectiveness, they could still make a move for Bay.
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