The first 10 games have gone about as well as expected for the Cubs. \u00a0Yes Theo Epstein is guiding the ship but he can\u2019t overhaul this wreck in just one offseason. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
Chicago Cubs (3-7) vs Miami Marlins (4-6) Matchup<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Preview<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n PITCHING MATCHUP<\/strong>: Chicago RH Matt Garza (1-0, ERA 1.23), Miami LH Mark Buehrle (0-2, ERA 3.65).<\/p>\n Chicago<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a team with a weak lineup and not enough pitching to challenge in the National League Central. \u00a0They have a couple of starters who can dominate but the bullpen gives you nightmares and their best hitter is being pigeon holed into a run producing slot even though that is not his thing.<\/p>\n One of those dominant starters is going against the Marlins Wednesday. \u00a0Matt Garza has always had great stuff and is off to a good start.<\/p>\n That should be no surprise as April is when he is usually most dominant (striking out more than a batter\/IP for his career). \u00a0Garza usually prefers home cooking though.<\/p>\n There is no book on him in the Marlins new home obviously and his numbers against Los Marlins are just average for his career (3.90 ERA). [dfads params=’groups=10&limit=1&return_javascript=0′]<\/p>\n Miami<\/strong><\/p>\n The Marlins have also struggled out of the gate albeit under different expectations. \u00a0Acquisitions and the new stadium raised them quite a bit but are so far yielding little.<\/p>\n New shortstop Jose Reyes has yet to get untracked and there is no telling where this team would be without utilityman Omar Infante and his 4 dingers. \u00a0On the mount Heath Bell has already blown two saves this year. \u00a0In all his years closing previously he had never blown back to back opportunities.<\/p>\n Another of those acquisition is starter Mark Buehrle. \u00a0He is doing his usual thing keeping his team in the game and working quickly. \u00a0He has a couple of losses but has pitched well enough to win both times.<\/p>\n Though he has pitched his entire career before this year in the AL he has a track record against the Cubbies because the White Sox faced them every year in interleague play.<\/p>\n The numbers are nothing spectacular but there is no one in the current lineup that has given him particular trouble.<\/p>\n O\/U Pick: \u00a0Over Chicago Cubs (3-7) vs Miami Marlins (4-6) The first 10 games have gone about as well as expected for the Cubs. \u00a0Yes Theo Epstein is guiding the ship but he can\u2019t overhaul this wreck in just one offseason. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":34186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[108,3882,111,112,232,1534,6878,54603,346,54601,54602,502,14228,27450,3775,691,1028],"class_list":["post-50573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb-baseball","tag-baseball-handicapping","tag-baseball-lines","tag-baseball-picks","tag-baseball-predictions","tag-braves","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-chicago-cubs-vs-miami-braves","tag-cubs","tag-cubs-braves","tag-cubs-braves-gambling","tag-gambling-lines","tag-mlb-baseball-previews","tag-mlb-free-pick","tag-mlb-odds","tag-mlb-predictions","tag-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107944,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50573\/revisions\/107944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWednesday April 18
\nMarlins Stadium – Miami, FL
\n7:10PM
\nMoneyline: \u00a0Miami -120, Chicago +110
\nO\/U: \u00a07<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Miami 5 – Chicago 3<\/strong><\/p>\nView The MLB Cappers Leaderboard For 2011 \u00a0– Picks Packages for 2012 On Sale! \u2014\u2013><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"