Cnotes 2022 Major League Baseball Transactions, News, Notes, Picks Etc. !!

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MLB

Sunday, August 7

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Trend Report
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Houston @ Cleveland
Houston
Houston is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games
Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing at home against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 8 games

Pittsburgh @ Baltimore
Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games
Baltimore
Baltimore is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Baltimore is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Washington @ Philadelphia
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 13 of Washington's last 19 games when playing Philadelphia
Washington is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
Philadelphia is 17-2 SU in its last 19 games when playing Washington

Tampa Bay @ Detroit
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Detroit
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Detroit's last 10 games at home
Detroit is 12-6 ATS in its last 18 games when playing at home against Tampa Bay

Toronto @ Minnesota
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Toronto is 12-5 SU in its last 17 games
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing Toronto
Minnesota is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games

Boston @ Kansas City
Boston
Boston is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Boston's last 14 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Kansas City's last 14 games when playing at home against Boston

Cincinnati @ Milwaukee
Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 5 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cincinnati
Milwaukee is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cincinnati

NY Yankees @ St. Louis
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees's last 5 games on the road
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games

Miami @ Chi Cubs
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games on the road
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games at home

Chi White Sox @ Texas
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox
Texas is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Chi White Sox

San Francisco @ Oakland
San Francisco
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland
San Francisco is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games at home
Oakland is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing San Francisco

Colorado @ Arizona
Colorado
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Arizona
Arizona is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games

LA Angels @ Seattle
LA Angels
LA Angels is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle
LA Angels is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 13-6 SU in its last 19 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Seattle's last 6 games when playing at home against LA Angels

Atlanta @ NY Mets
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

San Diego @ LA Dodgers
San Diego
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 6 games on the road
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games


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[CNOTES]

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
WAS at PHI	01:35 PM	WAS +273 U 8.5	+500 +500
PIT at BAL	01:35 PM	BAL -177 O 9.0	+500 +500
TB at DET	01:40 PM	TB -177 U 8.5	+500 +500
TOR at MIN	02:10 PM	TOR -167 U 8.0	+500 +500
CIN at MIL	02:10 PM	MIL -286 U 7.5	+500 +500
BOS at KC	02:10 PM	BOS -142 O 9.5	+500 +500
NYY at STL	02:15 PM	STL +113 U 8.0	+500 +500
MIA at CHC	02:20 PM	MIA +124 U 9.5	+500 +500
CHW at TEX	02:35 PM	CHW -134 O 8.0	+500 +500
SF at OAK	04:07 PM	SF -197 U 8.0	+500 +500
ATL at NYM	04:10 PM	NYM -139 U 7.0	+500 +500
COL at ARI	04:10 PM	ARI -152 U 9.0	+500 +500
LAA at SEA	04:10 PM	SEA -149 O 8.0	+500 +500
SD at LAD	07:08 PM	SD +118 U 9.0	+500 +500

 

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Armadillo Sports

Monday’s 6-pack
91— Aaron Judge, NYY
79— Mookie Betts, LA
74— Freddie Freeman LA/Paul Goldschmidt StL
72— Dansby Swanson, Atl
70— LeMahieu NYY, Yelich Milw, Edman StL
69— Alvarez Hst, Lindor NYM, Schwarber Phil

Quote of the Day
“Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.”
Thomas Jefferson

Monday’s quiz
Which two starting QB’s in the NFL (now) have a father who played major league baseball?

Sunday’s quiz
In the movie The Pelican Brief, Denzel Washington plays the newspaper reporter who works with Julia Roberts’ character to uncover a government conspiracy.

Saturday’s quiz
Oakland A’s won three straight World Series, from 1972-74. Hall of Famer Dick Williams managed the A’s in 1972-73; Alvin Dark managed the A’s in 1974.

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Monday’s Den: Our first look at Week 1 of the NFL regular season……..

Thursday game
Bills @ Rams
— Last three years, Buffalo is 16-7-1 ATS on the road.
— Bills are 12-2-2 ATS last 16 games where spread was 3 or less.
— Buffalo is 10-3 ATS in last 13 games vs NFC teams.
— Buffalo won last three road openers.
— Bills are 5-3 ATS in last eight road openers.
— Bills are 7-5 ATS last 12 games as an underdog in road openers.
— Last two years, over is 10-4-2 in Buffalo’s road games.
— First game for Dorsey as Buffalo’s new OC.

— Rams won/covered last seven home openers.
— Under McVay, Rams are 5-0 SU/ATS in Week 1.
— Last three years, LA is 14-10 ATS at home.
— Last two years, Rams are 2-7-1 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Under is 4-2 in last six home openers.
— Last three years, under is 17-7 in their home games.

— Buffalo leads series, 8-5
— Bills won last meeting 35-32, two years ago.
— Bills lost two of three series games played in LA (2-0 in St Louis)
— Matthew Stafford’s brother-in-law is WR coach for Buffalo.

Sunday’s games
49ers @ Bears
— Last two years, San Francisco is 6-4 ATS as a road favorite.
— Last three years, 49ers are 16-9 ATS on the road.
— Won last three road openers, scoring 31-31-41 points.
— Since 1994, they’re 2-8 ATS as a favorite in road opener.
— Under is 7-5-1 in last 13 road openers.
— Shanahan is 14-7 ATS vs AFC teams.

— Last four years, Bears are 6-9 ATS as a home underdog.
— Chicago started out 0-1 seven of last eight years.
— Bears won three of last four home openers.
— Under is 5-0 in their last five home openers.
— Last two years, over is 10-7 in Chicago home games.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

— Teams split last six meetings.
— 49ers won 33-22 here LY, throwing for 322 yards.
— 49ers won three of last four visits to Chicago.

Patriots @ Dolphins
— 17-16 SU since Brady left; 4-5 ATS as a road underdog.
— Won/covered five of last seven road openers.
— Since 1998, they’re 6-1 ATS as an underdog in road opener.
— 6-6 ATS in AFC East road games since Brady left.
— Last two years, they’re 5-7 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less.
— New England is Week 1 underdog for 2nd time since 2003 (won 23-21 in ’16)
— Last six years, under is 31-16-1 in their road games.
— Who is calling plays now, with McDaniels off to the Raiders?

— Last two years, Dolphins were 12-5 ATS at home.
— Last four years, Miami is 10-7 ATS in games where spread was 3 or less.
— Last four years, Miami is 7-4-1 ATS in AFC East home games.
— Over is 11-2 in Miami’s last 13 home openers.
— Dolphins are 6-4 ATS in last ten home openers.
— Since 2003, Miami is 2-5 ATS as a favorite in home opener.
— First game for the new coaching staff in Miami.

— Third straight year these teams are meeting in Week 1.
— Dolphins won three in row, six of last nine series games.
— Miami won last year’s meetings, 17-16/33-24.
— New England lost four of last five visits to Miami.

Saints @ Falcons
— Last five years, New Orleans is 18-8 ATS as a road favorite.
— Last four years, Saints are 10-2 ATS in NFC South road games.
— Saints lost four of last five road openers.
— Since 2010, New Orleans is 2-10 ATS in road openers, 0-6 if favored.
— Under is 4-2 in their last six road openers.
— First game for new HC Allen; first game since 2012 without Sean Payton.
— Last four years, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 0-10 ATS as Week 1 favorites.

— Last two years, Atlanta is 3-12 ATS at home.
— Last three years, they’re 4-8 ATS as a home underdog.
— Falcons lost last two home openers, after a 14-2 SU/ATS run.
— Since 1999, Atlanta is 7-2 ATS as an underdog in home openers.
— Falcons started out 0-1 five of the last six seasons.
— Last three years, under is 15-9 in Atlanta home games.

— New Orleans won seven of last nine series games.
— Saints won their last four visits to Atlanta.
— Road team won five of last six series games.

Ravens @ Jets
— Last year, Baltimore was 0-5 ATS as a road favorite.
— Ravens are 9-5 ATS in last 14 road openers.
— Last six years, Baltimore is 5-1 ATS in Week 1 games.
— Last 15 years, over is 10-4-1 in their road openers.
— Under is 10-6 in their last 16 road games.

— Last two years, Jets are 11-20 ATS as an underdog.
— Last four years, Jets are 11-13-1 ATS as a home underdog.
— Jets lost last four home openers (0-4 ATS), scoring 11.8 ppg.
— Jets started out 0-1 five of last six seasons.
— Under is 4-1 in their last five home openers.

— Ravens won nine of last 11 series games.
— Baltimore won three of last four series games played here.

Steelers @ Bengals
— Since 2017, Steelers are 14-7 ATS as a road underdog.
— Pittsburgh is 9-2 ATS last 11 games as an AFC North underdog.
— Pittsburgh is 4-1-1 SU in last six road openers.
— This is 8th straight year Steelers are opening on road.
— Their last five road openers stayed under the total.
— Last eight years, under is 42-18-3 in Pittsburgh road games.

— Last 19 years, team that lost Super Bowl is 4-15 ATS in Week 1 the next season.
— Last five years, Bengals are 7-11 ATS as a home favorite.
— Last three years, Cincinnati is 6-3 ATS in AFC North home games.
— Bengals lost four of last six home openers.
— Cincinnati started out 1-0 five of last eight seasons.
— Over is 4-2 in their last six home openers.
— Last three years, over is 19-11-3 in Bengal home games.

— Bengals won last three series games, all by 10+ points.
— Last time Bengals won three straight series games; 1989-90.
— Steelers lost last two visits here, 27-17/41-10

Browns @ Panthers
— Last 10 years, Browns are 17-64 SU on road.
— Last four years, Browns are 11-6 ATS vs NFC teams.
— Last three years, Cleveland is 7-12-1 ATS in games where spread was 3 or less.
— Cleveland is 3-0 ATS as a favorite in road openers.
— Since 2005, Browns are 0-16-1 SU in Week 1
— Under is 5-1 in their last six road openers.

— Last three years, Carolina is 15-34 SU
— Last three years, Carolina is 6-17-1 ATS at home.
— Last seven years, Panthers are 17-12 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Since 2011, Panthers are 7-4 ATS in home openers.
— Last eight years, Carolina is 5-3 ATS in Week 1.
— Under is 6-3 in their last nine home openers.

— Obviously, Baker Mayfield played for the Browns (2018-21; 30-31 W-L)
— Does he have any special insight into their schemes?
— Panthers lead series, 4-2
— Browns lost both visits to Charlotte, 20-12/17-13

Eagles @ Lions
— Last year, Philly was 6-3 SU on road, 3-5 at home.
— Last two years, Eagles are 2-5 ATS as road favorites.
— Eagles lost three of their last four road openers.
— Since 2005, Philly is 4-8 ATS as a favorite in road openers.
— Eagles started out 1-0 in nine of last 11 seasons.

— Lions were underdog in every game LY (3-13-1 SU, 11-6 ATS)
— Lions were 6-2 ATS LY as a home dog; (10-21-1 from 2012-20)
— Detroit lost its last four Week 1 games (favored in 3 of 4)
— Detroit’s last eleven season openers went over the total.
— Since 1999, Lions are 7-4 ATS as an underdog in home openers.
— Over is 9-3 in their last dozen home openers.

— Eagles ran for 236 yards, hammered Detroit 44-6 here LY.
— Lions won three of last four series games.
— Teams split last four meetings in the Motor City.

Colts @ Texans
— Colts went 20-13 SU last two years, with +24 turnover margin.
— Under Reich, Indy is 7-4 ATS as a road favorite.
— Last four years, Colts are 7-5 ATS in AFC South road games.
— Colts lost 10 of their last 12 road openers.
— Indy started 0-1 seven of last eight years.
— Over is 5-1 in their last six Week 1 games.
— Ryan is Colts’ 6th different starting QB the last six years.

— Last 10 years, Texans are 11-16-1 ATS as a home underdog.
— Last two years, Houston is 4-2 ATS in AFC South home games.
— Texans are 8-4 in last dozen home openers.
— Houston covered its last three Week 1 games.
— Over is 3-1 in their last four Week 1 games.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

— Colts won five in row, nine of last 11 series games.
— Colts won last year’s games, 31-3/31-0.
— Indy won won five of last six visits to Houston.

Jaguars @ Commanders
— Last four years, Jaguars are 9-17-2 ATS as a road underdog.
— While HC in Philly, Pederson was 9-13 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last nine years, Jaguars are 6-31 ATS vs NFC teams.
— Jaguars covered four of their last five road openers.
— Jacksonville is 10-8 ATS as an underdog on road openers.
— Their last three Week 1 games went over the total.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

— Last four years, Washington is 3-7 ATS as a home favorite.
— Last three years, Washington is 4-9 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Washington lost eight of last ten home openers.
— Since 2009, Commanders are 1-5 ATS as a favorite in home openers.
— Over is 7-4 in their last eleven home openers.
— Last two years, under is 12-4 in Washington home games.

— Washington won last four meetings, two of them in OT.
— Jaguars lost all three visits here, by 12-6-31 points.
— Jacksonville’s only series win: 2002.

Chiefs @ Cardinals
— Last three years, Chiefs are 20-4 SU on the road.
— Chiefs are 17-6-1 ATS last 24 games with a spread of 3 or less.
— Last seven years, Kansas City is 13-16-1 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Last two years, Chiefs are 6-8-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— Kansas City started 1-0 the last seven years, scoring 35.1 ppg.
— Chiefs won five of last seven road openers.
— Over is 7-3 in their last ten road openers.
— Last five years, over is 25-15 in Kansas City road games.

— Since 2016, Cardinals are 14-22 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less.
— Last 10 years, Cardinals are 18-13-1 ATS as a home underdog.
— Last three years, Arizona is 8-5 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Arizona won its last two home openers, scoring 30-34 points.
— Average total in their last three Week 1 games: 49.7
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten home openers.
— Last three years, over is 14-10 in Cardinal home games.

— Chiefs lead series, 9-3-1
— Home side won six of last seven series games.
— Teams split four meetings in the desert.

Packers @ Vikings
— Last three years, Packers are 17-8 SU on road.
— Last six years, Green Bay is 10-13-1 ATS as a road favorite.
— Last six years, Packers are 8-10 ATS in NFC North road games.
— Packers are 10-6-2 ATS last 18 games with spread of 3 or less.
— Green Bay is 4-7 ATS in last eleven road openers.
— Packers allowed 31+ points in four of last five road openers.
— Over is 7-2 in their last nine road openers.

— Over last decade, Vikings are 17-6 ATS as a home underdog.
— Last seven years, Minnesota is 12-8-1 ATS in NFC North home games.
— Last two years, over is 11-5 in Minnesota home games.
— Vikings won/covered six of last seven home openers.
— Last eight years, Minnesota is 5-3 ATS in Week 1.
— Under is 7-1 in their last eight home openers.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

— Green Bay won four of last six series games.
— Teams split last four meetings played here.
— Average total in last four series games: 59.8.

Raiders @ Chargers
— Last three years, Raiders are 11-6 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last six years, Raiders are 7-11 ATS in AFC West road tilts.
— Raiders are 7-1-1 ATS in last nine road openers.
— Las Vegas won its Week 1 games five of last six years.
— Last 23 years, over is 14-8-1 in Raiders’ road openers.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.
— Last two years, Raiders are 18-15 SU, despite a minus-20 turnover ratio.

— Last 8 years, Chargers are 16-29-1 ATS as home favorites (4-3 under Staley)
— Last ten years, Bolts are 9-20-1 ATS in AFC West home games.
— Over was 8-3 in their games LY when Chargers were favored.
— Chargers covered once in last five home openers.
— Bolts started out 1-0 the last three years, giving up 17.7 ppg.
— Over is 14-5 in their last nineteen home openers.

— Raiders won four of last six series games.
— Raiders beat Chargers in OT in Week 18 LY, knocking them out of playoffs.
— Raiders split last six road series games.

Giants @ Titans
— Last four years, Giants are 19-10 ATS as a road underdog.
— Last three years, Giants are 3-10 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Giants lost 10 of their last 12 road openers.
— Giants lost last five Week 1 games, scoring 12.4 ppg.
— Since 2004, Giants are 6-9 ATS as an underdog in road openers.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

— Titans have had six winning seasons in a row.
— Last four years, they’re 10-11 ATS as a home favorite.
— Last seven years, Tennessee is 17-11-1 ATS vs NFC teams.
— Tennessee lost six of last eight home openers.
— Since 2013, Titans are 0-5-1 ATS as a favorite in home openers.
— Under is 7-3 in their last ten home openers.

— Titans won five of last six series games.
— Giants lost three of four visits to Tennessee.
— Daboll was OC in Buffalo LY; they lost 34-31 in OT here LY

Buccaneers @ Cowboys
— Last two years, Tampa Bay is 7-8 ATS as a road favorite.
— Last two years, Tampa Bay is 3-6 ATS on artificial turf.
— With Brady at QB, Bucs are 2-0 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less points.
— Bucs lost last two road openers, 34-23/34-24.
— Over is 10-4 in their last fourteen road openers.
— Since 2013, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 13-7-1 ATS as Week 1 underdogs.

— Last four years, Dallas is 6-0 ATS as a home underdog.
— Last three years, Dallas is 6-10 ATS in games with spread of 3 or less.
— Last three years, over is 16-8 in Cowboy home games.
— Dallas won its last five home openers (4-1 ATS)
— Last three years, Cowboys scored 35-40-41 points in home openers.
— Dallas lost five of its last eight Week 1 games.

— Cowboys won seven of last nine series games.
— Tampa Bay (-9) beat Dallas 31-29 in LY’s season opener.
— Bucs lost last five visits here; their last win here was in 2001.

Broncos @ Seahawks
— Broncos started 1-0 in eight of last ten seasons.
— Last ten years, Denver is 24-15-2 ATS vs NFC teams.
— Last five years, Broncos are 5-6 ATS as a road favorite.
— Denver lost four of last five road openers.
— Under is 3-1 in their last four road openers.
— Last four years, NFL coaches in their first year with a new team are 0-10 ATS as Week 1 favorites.
— New coach, new QB, who is playing against his old team here.

— Last ten years, Seahawks are 8-2 ATS as a home underdog.
— Last four years, Seattle is 11-5-1 ATS vs AFC teams.
— Since 2003, Seattle is 14-5 ATS in home openers.
— Under is 8-3 in their last eleven home openers.
— Seahawk trends reflect Russell Wilson at QB; he plays for Denver now.

— Russell Wilson (113-60-1) played the last 10 years for Seattle.
— Teams split last eight series games.
— Teams split last six meetings played here.
— Teams were division rivals from 1978-2001

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Monday, August 8

 

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BALTIMORE is 9-0 SU (9 Units) after a loss by 6 runs or more in the current season.

CINCINNATI is 26-11 Under (13.9 Units) in road games in August games in the last 3 seasons.

WASHINGTON is 40-16 Over (22.4 Units) in August games in the last 3 seasons.

ARIZONA is 7-0 SU (7 Units) in home games after a game where their bullpen blew a save in the current season.

SAN DIEGO is 46-27 Over (16.3 Units) after a 5 game span with an OBP of .285 or worse in the last 3 seasons.

OAKLAND is 63-41 SU (17.9 Units) after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

SEATTLE is 72-45 SU (22.5 Units) after a game where the bullpen gave up no earned runs in the last 3 seasons.

 

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MLB
Dunkel

Monday, August 8

 

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Monday, August 8

National League
Cincinnati (44-63) @ NY Mets (70-39)
— Dunn is making his first ‘22 start.
— In his career, he is 5-4, 3.94 in 25 starts (Seattle 2019-21)
— In 102 IP, he allowed only 70 hits, but also 69 walks.
— allowed run in first inning: 0-0
— record in first 5 innings: 0-0
— He hasn’t pitched against the Mets.

— Reds are 16-9 in last 25 games.
— Cincinnati is 20-31 on road.
— under 11-4 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 26-107
— record in first 5 innings: 36-54-17
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4.1-4.1

— Bassitt is 2-2, 3.34 in his last five starts.
— Mets are 12-8 in his starts
— over 5-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 4-20
— record in first 5 innings: 11-5-4
— He is 0-1, 3.52 in one start vs Cincinnati

— Mets are 12-2 in their last 14 games.
— Mets are 35-18 at home.
— over 9-5 last 14 games.
— scored run in first inning: 38-109
— record in first 5 innings: 59-28-22
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 8-5.2-3.1

Washington (36-74) @ Chicago (43-64)
— Sanchez is 0-4, 8.10 in four starts.
— Nationals are 0-4 in his starts.
— under 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-4
— record in first 5 innings: 0-4
— He is 5-2, 2.94 in nine starts vs Chicago.

— Washington lost nine of last 11 games.
— Nationals are 19-34 on road.
— over 4-1-1 last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 32-110
— record in first 5 innings: 28-70-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-7.1-4.1

— Thompson is 1-2, 6.89 in his last three starts.
— Cubs are 3-7 in his last ten starts.
— under 5-1 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2
— He threw 1.1 scoreless IP in relief vs Washington.

— Cubs lost seven of last 10 games.
— Cubs are 22-33 at home.
— under 21-6-3 last 30 games
— scored run in first inning: 37-107
— record in first 5 innings: 41-49-17
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.1-2.1-3

Pittsburgh (44-64) @ Arizona (48-59)
— Beede allowed 4 runs in 1.1 IP (42 PT) in his first ‘22 start.
— Pirates are 1-0 in his starts
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He is 0-2, 3.86 in four starts vs Arizona.

— Pirates won four of last six games.
— Pittsburgh is 20-35 on road.
— over 6-3-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 20-108
— record in first 5 innings: 34-52-22
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-4-4

— Gallen is 2-0, 2.65 in his last three starts.
— Arizona is 12-8 in his starts
— over 8-2 last 10
— allowed run in first inning: 4-20
— record in first 5 innings: 11-3-6
— He is 0-1, 3.00 in one start vs Pittsburgh.

— Diamondbacks are 3-6 in last nine games.
— Arizona is 29-28 at home.
— over 5-1 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 32-107
— record in first 5 innings: 42-38-27
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-2-4

San Francisco (53-55) @ San Diego (60-51)
— Wood is 1-2, 5.66 in his last four starts.
— Giants are 6-8 in his last 14 starts
— over 12-9
— allowed run in first inning: 6-21
— record in first 5 innings: 6-11-4
— He is 5-3, 3.12 in 13 starts vs San Diego.

— Giants are 5-12 since All-Star break.
— San Francisco is 24-28 on road.
— over 5-2-1 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 24-108
— record in first 5 innings: 43-46-19
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.1-3.2-2

— Snell is 3-0, 1.06 in his last three starts.
— Padres are 4-1 in his last five starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 3-6-4
— He is 2-0, 3.48 in four starts vs San Francisco.

— Padres are 0-4 in last four games.
— San Diego is 31-23 at home.
— over 9-3-1 last 13 games.
— scored run in first inning: 29-109
— record in first 5 innings: 50-35-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-3.1-2

American League
Toronto (60-48) @ Baltimore (56-52)
— Kikuchi is 2-2, 5.66 in his last five starts..
— Blue Jays are 6-12 in his starts
— under 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 6-18
— record in first 5 innings: 5-10-3
— He is 1-2, 5.29 in three starts vs Baltimore

— Blue Jays won 15 of their last 21 games.
— Toronto is 26-27 on road.
— under 8-3 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 38-108
— record in first 5 innings: 44-40-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.1-3.1-4

— Lyles is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts.
— Orioles are 5-1 in his last six starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 6-22
— record in first 5 innings: 9-11-2
— He is 2-1, 7.54 in four starts vs Toronto.

— Orioles are 21-8 in their last 29 games.
— Baltimore is 31-21 at home.
— over 5-2-1 last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 20-108
— record in first 5 innings: 41-51-16
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.2-4-3.2

LA Angels (46-63) @ A’s (41-68)
— Suarez is 2-0, 0.84 incise last two starts.
— Angels are 4-6 in his starts
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4-1
— He is 2-2, 3.00 in six games (3 starts) vs Oakland.

— Angels are 4-5 in their last nine games.
— Angels are 22-31 on road.
— under 10-4 last 14 games
— scored run in first inning: 32-109
— record in first 5 innings: 50-44-15
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.2-6.1-4

— Irvin is 3-1, 2.77 in his last four starts.
— A’s are 7-12 in his starts
— under 7-1-1 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 9-19
— record in first 5 innings: 6-10-3
— He is 0-2, 4.50 in two starts vs Anaheim TY.

— A’s are 2-5 in their last seven games.
— Oakland is 17-35 at home.
— under 30-16-2 last 48 games
— scored run in first inning: 26-109
— record in first 5 innings: 36-57-16
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4-4.2

New York (70-39) @ Seattle (59-51)
— Taillon is 0-0, 5.40 in his last three starts.
— New York is 16-5 in his starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 7-21
— record in first 5 innings: 11-6-4
— He is 4-1, 3.38 in seven starts vs Seattle.

— New York is 0-5 in its last five games.
— New York is 29-24 on road.
— over 20-7-1 last 28 games
— scored run in first inning: 39-109
— record in first 5 innings: 55-32-22
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.2-3-5

— Gilbert is 0-1, 4.76 in his last five starts.
— Seattle is 10-3 in his last 13 starts
— under 9-6-1 in his last 16 starts.
— allowed run in first inning: 4-22
— record in first 5 innings: 13-7-2
— He is 1-0, 4.38 in two starts vs New York.

— Mariners are 4-2 in their last six games.
— Seattle is 29-25 at home.
— over 6-3-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 32-110
— record in first 5 innings: 44-48-18
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-6-3

 

[Udog]

MLB

Monday, August 8

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Trend Report
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Toronto @ Baltimore
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Toronto's last 8 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baltimore's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Baltimore's last 8 games when playing at home against Toronto

Cincinnati @ NY Mets
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Mets
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cincinnati's last 7 games
NY Mets
NY Mets is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
NY Mets is 12-2 SU in its last 14 games

Washington @ Chi Cubs
Washington
Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games
Washington is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games at home
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington

Pittsburgh @ Arizona
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Pittsburgh's last 10 games when playing on the road against Arizona
Arizona
Arizona is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Arizona is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

San Francisco @ San Diego
San Francisco
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 16 of San Francisco's last 24 games when playing San Diego
San Diego
San Diego is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games

LA Angels @ Oakland
LA Angels
LA Angels is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
LA Angels is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Oakland's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing LA Angels

NY Yankees @ Seattle
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle
NY Yankees is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle
Seattle is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Yankees
Seattle is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home


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[CNOTES]

MONDAY, AUGUST 8​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
TOR at BAL	07:05 PM	TOR -145 O 9.5	+500 +500
CIN at NYM	07:10 PM	CIN +238 O 8.5	+500 +500
WAS at CHC	08:05 PM	CHC -183 O 7.5	+500 +500
SF at SD	09:40 PM	SF +154 U 8.0	+500 +500
PIT at ARI	09:40 PM	ARI -233 U 8.5	+500 +500
LAA at OAK	09:40 PM	LAA +109 O 7.0	+500 +500
NYY at SEA	10:10 PM	SEA +107 O 7.5	+500 +500

 

[Udog]

Armadillo Sports

Tuesday’s 6-pack
Odds for NFL preseason games this week:
— Giants (-2) @ Patriots
— Titans @ Ravens (-3.5)
— Falcons (-1.5) @ Lions
— Browns @ Jaguars (-1.5)
— Jets (-1) @ Eagles
— Cardinals @ Bengals (-1.5)

Quote of the Day
“Our front office and coaching staff have my support. We will make decisions in the best interest of the Brooklyn Nets.”
Nets’ owner Joe Tsai, after getting a “fire them or trade me” ultimatum from Kevin Durant

Tuesday’s quiz
When Kevin Durant was an NBA rookie, what team did he play for?

Monday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes, Jared Goff are the two starting QB’s in the NFL (now) who both have a father who played major league baseball.

Sunday’s quiz
In the movie The Pelican Brief, Denzel Washington plays the newspaper reporter who works with Julia Roberts’ character to uncover a government conspiracy.

****************************

Tuesday’s Den: Nobody asked me, but…….

— Peter Seidler owns the San Diego Padres; he is the grandson of Walter O’Malley, the guy who moved the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles back in the 50’s.

One thing I learned very emphatically as a kid; never, EVER say the name “O’Malley” in front of my dad, who grew up in Brooklyn and was a huge Dodgers fan.

I was 9 or 10 years old and I casually mentioned how moving the Dodgers to Los Angeles must have been a great move financially. I got a scowl and an earful on what a hideous, greedy person O’Malley was. My dad a pleasant, even-tempered guy, unless you mentioned Walter O’Malley.

— There is M*A*S*H episode where Charles Winchester bets on the Dodgers to win the 1951 World Series; they had a 12 or 13-game lead in the National League, but wound up blowing the lead and losing a playoff to the Giants, when Bobby Thomson hit a walk-off homer.

I watched M*A*S*H reruns constantly in late 70’s/80’s; my dad walks in the room, listens to what this episode was about and says firmly “Turn that off” which I quickly did. It was actually a pretty good episode, unless you like the Dodgers. Charles Winchester always wound up losing.

Like I said, my dad loved the Brooklyn Dodgers; he became an avid Mets fan, but by the time I was 12, I knew more about Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Ralph Branca than any young person in the 70’s needed to.

— My reason for writing all this is two-fold; I’m wondering how my dad would react to the grandson of Walter O’Malley owning another big league team. Padres have a payroll of $211M this year; two years ago, before Mr Seidler owned the ballclub, it was $67M, so he isn’t afraid to spend money to help his team.

Too bad he didn’t buy the A’s.

— My main reason for writing about this is that it reminded me of one of my favorite days, back in 1990 or so, when I took my dad to meet Ralph Branca at an autograph signing at Mohawk Mall, about eight miles from Armadillo World HQ.

It was a weekday afternoon and luckily, no one else was there, so I walked up to Mr Branca, said hello and introduced him to my dad, then stepped back and for 15-20 minutes, listened to them talk about the good old days— Ebbets Field, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snider, Ernie Lombardi.

It was tremendous, like a reunion between two old friends who had never met. Like I said, it was one of the best things I ever did. I’m pretty sure both of them enjoyed it.

— Jacob deGrom beat the Braves 5-2 Sunday, striking out 12 in 5.2 IP, giving up two runs in his second start this season. He got 25 whiffs on 42 swings, which is a dominant performance.

— Philadelphia Phillies honored their 1980 World Series title team Sunday; one of the biggest cheers was for Pete Rose, who hit 42 doubles for the Phillies that year, then hit .317 in playoff games/World Series.

I’d be in favor of Rose being inducted into Cooperstown, but no one asked me.

— They did a cool thing Sunday on the Phillies’ TV broadcast, setting up a patio-type thing in the broadcast booth and bringing players from that team to the booth to reminisce. The parts that I heard were great; Greg Luzinski, Larry Bowa, Larry Christensen, Greg Gross; old friends getting back together to remember the good times and have a few laughs.

— Yadier Molina got his 1,000th hit at Busch Stadium this weekend; he and Yogi Berra are the only two catchers ever who had 1,000+ hits in one ballpark.

— Happy birthday to ESPN’s Lee Corso, who turned 87 this week; Corso has been a fixture on ESPN’s College Football Game Day since 1987. He is smart and funny and he is better on TV than he was a coach, but he was a pretty good coach.

Corso went 28-11-3 at Louisville in the early 70’s, parlayed that into the Indiana job, where things didn’t go so well (41-68-2). Indiana is a basketball school and from 1973-82, when Corso was there, it was REALLY a basketball school, the pinnacle of the Bob Knight era.

Corso bounced to Northern Illinois for a year, then to the USFL with the Orlando Renegades fr a year, but he found his true calling when he signed up with ESPN, where he’s been brilliant for 35 years.

Happy birthday!!!!

— Tampa Bay 7, Detroit 0— Game was scoreless after eight innings, Rays scored seven runs in the ninth inning. Somewhere, someplace, a person bet the under in this game, and probably came close to a nervous breakdown before the game finally ended under 8.5.

— Golfer Jerry Kelly won three tournaments in his PGA Tour career; these days he is cleaning up on the Seniors Tour, or whatever they call it now. Kelly won his third Seniors’ event of the year this weekend; he has won 11 Senior tournaments.

He earned $352,500 this weekend in Calgary, has won $1,774,128 this season.

— How loaded are the Dodgers? Cody Bellinger bats 9th; he was the freakin’ MVP of the whole league in 2018, but his numbers hit the skids since then.

Hitting is a mental thing; Sunday he went 3-3 with two homers. If Bellinger regains his old form, the Dodgers will be monster when October rolls around.

Sunday night, ESPN showed clips of Bellinger playing in the Little League World Series 15 years ago. Time flies, man.

— RIP to Roger Mosley, the fine actor who played TC the helicopter pilot on Magnum PI; he was 83 years old. Mosley died after a car accident last week, surrounded by family; he was paralyzed from the shoulders down in the accident.

Mosley had 70 acting credits, including Semi-Tough, Rockford Files, Kojak, Baretta, McCloud and of course Magnum PI. Mosley and Larry Manetti appeared in an episode of Las Vegas a few years ago, when Tom Selleck’s character bought the fictional Montecito Casino.

He will be missed. RIP, sir.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Tuesday, August 9

 

[Udog]

ATLANTA is 17-26 SU (-14 Units) vs. a starting pitcher with good control (less than 1.75 BB's/start) in the current season.

KANSAS CITY is 45-54 SU (-17.6 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game in the current season.

PHILADELPHIA is 10-1 SU (8.9 Units) after scoring 7 runs or more 2 straight games in the current season.

BALTIMORE is 24-7 SU (16.3 Units) in the second half of the season in the current season.

CINCINNATI is 26-11 Under (13.9 Units) in road games in August games in the last 3 seasons.

CLEVELAND is 12-2 Under (9.8 Units) in road games after a one run win over the last 2 seasons.

KANSAS CITY is 132-121 SU (-1.1 Units) in home games when playing with a day off since 1996.

WASHINGTON is 147-185 SU (-56.5 Units) in all games in the last 3 seasons.

TEXAS are 46-29 Over (14.1 Units) in road games after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

MILWAUKEE is 8-22 SU (-16.2 Units) after having lost 4 of their last 5 games in the last 3 seasons.

COLORADO is 9-1 SU (7.9 Units) in home games after 7 or more consecutive road games over the last 2 seasons.

PITTSBURGH is 6-16 SU (-11.6 Units) in road games when playing on Tuesday in the last 3 seasons.

SAN DIEGO is 154-243 SU (-113.3 Units) in home games as a favorite of -150 or more since 1996.

OAKLAND is 6-18 SU (-13.8 Units) in home games as an underdog of +125 to +175 in the last 3 seasons.

NY YANKEES are 41-62 SU (-27.2 Units) as a road favorite of -125 or more in the last 3 seasons.

LA DODGERS are 7-0 SU (7 Units) in August games in the current season.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Dunkel

Tuesday, August 9

 

[Udog]

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Tuesday, August 9

National League
Miami (49-59) @ Philadelphia (60-48)
— Garrett is 1-2, 3.03 in his last six starts.
— Marlins are 5-6 in his starts.
— under 8-3
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-1
— He is 1-0, 2.89 in two starts vs Philly.

— Miami is 9-20 in its last 29 games.
— Marlins are 25-32 on road.
— under 7-1 last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 17-108
— record in first 5 innings: 38-49-21
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-3-2

— Wheeler is 2-0, 1.71 in his last three starts.
— Philly is 10-5 in his last 15 starts.
— under 3-1-1 last five home starts
— allowed run in first inning: 2-20
— record in first 5 innings: 9-9-2
— He is 9-4, 2.45 in 18 starts vs Miami.

— Phillies are 10-1 in last 11 games.
— Philly is 30-25 at home.
— over 7-3-2 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 29-108
— record in first 5 innings: 44-45-19
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 1-3.1-3

Cincinnati (44-64) @ NY Mets (71-39)
— Minor is 0-2, 7.23 in his last four starts.
— Reds are 1-10 in his starts
— under 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 1-11
— record in first 5 innings: 2-6-3
— He is 5-3, 4.56 in 13 starts against the Mets.

— Reds are 16-10 in last 26 games.
— Cincinnati is 20-32 on road.
— under 12-4 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 26-108
— record in first 5 innings: 36-55-17
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.1-4.1-3.1

— Carrasco is 4-0, 1.50 in his last six starts.
— Mets are 11-3 in his last 14 starts
— over 8-2-1 last eleven
— allowed run in first inning: 5-21
— record in first 5 innings: 14-5-2
— He is 4-0, 3.32 in seven starts vs Cincinnati

— Mets are 13-2 in their last 15 games.
— Mets are 36-18 at home.
— over 9-6 last 15 games.
— scored run in first inning: 39-110
— record in first 5 innings: 60-28-22
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.2-3.1-1

Washington (36-75) @ Chicago (44-64)
— Espino is 0-2, 6.55 in his last five starts.
— Nationals are 3-7 in his starts.
— over 4-2 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 3-10
— record in first 5 innings: 2-5-3
— He is 1-0, 3.48 in two starts vs Chicago.

— Washington lost 10 of last 12 games.
— Nationals are 19-35 on road.
— over 5-1-1 last seven games.
— scored run in first inning: 32-111
— record in first 5 innings: 28-71-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 7.1-4.1-3

— Stroman is 1-0, 1.65 in his last five starts.
— Cubs are 5-9 in his starts.
— under 4-0-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 9-3-2
— He is 1-1, 4.78 in five starts vs Washington.

— Cubs lost seven of last 11 games.
— Cubs are 23-33 at home.
— under 21-7-3 last 31 games
— scored run in first inning: 37-108
— record in first 5 innings: 42-49-17
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.1-3-3

St Louis (60-48) @ Colorado (48-63)
— Mikolas is 3-1, 3.58 in his last five starts
— St Louis is 13-8 in his starts.
— under 8-1 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 5-21
— record in first 5 innings: 10-8-3
— He is 1-0, 5.92 in four starts vs Colorado.

— Cardinals are 7-0 in their last seven games.
— St Louis is 25-28 on road.
— under 8-3 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 37-108
— record in first 5 innings: 50-41-17
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4-x

— Feltner is 0-2, 8.85 in his last five starts.
— Colorado is 1-7 in his starts.
— over 6-2
— allowed run in first inning: 3-8
— record in first 5 innings: 1-7
— He hasn’t pitched against St Louis.

— Colorado is 5-14 in its last 19 games.
— Rockies are 30-27 at home.
— over 5-1 last six games.
— scored run in first inning: 31-108
— record in first 5 innings: 30-58-20
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-3-x

Pittsburgh (44-65) @ Arizona (49-59)
— Thompson is 0-2, 10.20 in his last three starts.
— Pirates are 2-6 in his last eight starts
— over 3-0 last three
— allowed run in first inning: 7-18
— record in first 5 innings: 6-12
— He is 1-0, 0.00 in one start (5 IP) vs Arizona.

— Pirates is 4-3 in its last seven games.
— Pittsburgh is 20-36 on road.
— over 6-4-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 20-109
— record in first 5 innings: 34-52-23
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4-4.1

— Henry allowed four runs in 5 IP (89 PT) in his first MLB start.
— Arizona is 0-1 in his starts
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Pittsburgh.

— Diamondbacks are 3-1 in last four games.
— Arizona is 30-28 at home.
— over 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 32-108
— record in first 5 innings: 42-38-28
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-4-2

San Francisco (54-55) @ San Diego (60-52)
— Cobb is 0-3, 3.16 in his last five starts.
— Giants are 2-7 in his last nine starts
— under 6-2 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 3-8-6
— He is 1-0, 4.66 in two starts vs San Diego.

— Giants won their last three games.
— San Francisco is 25-28 on road.
— over 5-3-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 24-109
— record in first 5 innings: 44-46-19
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.2-2-2.2

— Musgrove is 0-3, 7.29 in his last four starts.
— Padres are 1-6 in his last seven starts.
— over 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 3-19
— record in first 5 innings: 10-4-5
— He is 1-0, 0.00 in two starts (14 IP) vs San Francisco TY.

— Padres are 0-5 in last five games.
— San Diego is 31-23 at home.
— over 9-4-1 last 14 games.
— scored run in first inning: 29-110
— record in first 5 innings: 50-36-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-2-5.1

 

[Udog]

American League
White Sox (55-53) @ Kansas City (44-65)
— Lynn is 1-1, 3.06 in his last three starts.
— White Sox are 6-4 in his starts.
— over 5-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-4-2
— He is 7-2, 3.30 in 12 starts vs Kansas City.

— White Sox haven’t named starter for nightcap

— White Sox are 14-8 in their last 22 games.
— Chicago is 30-24 on road.
— under 8-3-1 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 26-108
— record in first 5 innings: 47-49-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-4.2-4

— Singer is 1-1, 2.52 in his last four starts.
— Royals are 7-7 in his starts.
— under 5-0 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-4-3
— He is 1-1, 2.77 in two starts vs Chicago TY.

— Royals haven’t named starter for nightcap

— Kansas City won three of last four games.
— Royals are 25-31 at home.
— over 8-3 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 30-109
— record in first 5 innings: 41-51-19
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.1-3-3

Toronto (60-49) @ Baltimore (57-52)
— Manoah is 3-1, 2.96 in his last four starts.
— Blue Jays are 13-8 in his starts
— under 14-7
— allowed run in first inning: 2-21
— record in first 5 innings: 11-6-4
— He is 2-0, 2.42 in four starts vs Baltimore

— Blue Jays are 1-3 in their last four games.
— Toronto is 26-28 on road.
— under 8-4 last 12 games
— scored run in first inning: 38-109
— record in first 5 innings: 44-41-24
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-4-3

— Bradish is 0-1, 7.58 in his last seven starts.
— Orioles are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 6-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 5-12
— record in first 5 innings: 4-7-1
— He is 0-1, 10.38 in one start vs Toronto.

— Orioles are 22-8 in their last 30 games.
— Baltimore is 32-21 at home.
— over 6-2-1 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 21-109
— record in first 5 innings: 42-51-16
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-3.2-3.1

Cleveland (55-52) @ Detroit (43-66)
— Bieber is 2-0, 2.08 in his last two starts.
— Guardians are 9-3 in his last 12 starts.
— under 10-7 last 17
— allowed run in first inning: 2-20
— record in first 5 innings: 10-7-3
— He is 1-2, 3.92 in three starts vs Detroit TY.

— Guardians are 13-8 in their last 21 games.
— Cleveland is 27-30 on road.
— over 13-7 last 20 games.
— scored run in first inning: 33-108
— record in first 5 innings: 43-44-21
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.2-3-1

— Alexander is 0-5, 8.02 in six starts.
— Tigers are 0-6 in his starts
— under 6-0
— allowed run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 1-5
— He is 2-2, 4.44 in 11 games (2 starts) vs Cleveland.

— Tigers are 7-20 in their last 27 games.
— Detroit is 26-30 at home.
— under 9-1-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 22-110
— record in first 5 innings: 36-59-15
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5-3.1-2

Texas (48-60) @ Houston (70-40)
— Perez is 2-0, 1.44 in his last four starts.
— Texas is 14-3 in his last 17 starts.
— over 7-0 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 3-21
— record in first 5 innings: 9-3-9
— He is 1-0, 0.56 in two starts vs Houston TY.

— Rangers are 12-23 in last 35 games.
— Texas is 25-29 on road.
— over 8-6 last 14 road games
— scored run in first inning: 26-108
— record in first 5 innings: 38-47-23
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2-5.2

— Urquidy is 2-0, 1.37 in his last three starts.
— Astros are 14-6 in his starts.
— under 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 5-20
— record in first 5 innings: 14-5-1
— He is 1-0, 2.84 in two starts vs Texas TY.

— Astros are 6-5 in their last 11 games.
— Houston is 34-17 at home.
— under 16-7 last 23 games
— scored run in first inning: 38-110
— record in first 5 innings: 64-32-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.2-2-2

LA Angels (47-63) @ A’s (41-69)
— Ohtani is 0-3, 5.50 in his last three starts.
— Angels are 9-9 in his starts
— under 7-2-1 last ten
— allowed run in first inning: 4-18
— record in first 5 innings: 9-5-4
— He is 2-3, 3.49 in seven starts vs Oakland.

— Angels are 5-5 in their last ten games.
— Angels are 23-31 on road.
— under 11-4 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 33-110
— record in first 5 innings: 51-44-15
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 6.1-4-2

— Kaprielian is 3-0, 1.89 in his last six starts.
— A’s are 10-7 in his starts
— over 8-4-1 last 13
— allowed run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-5
— He is 3-0, 1.17 in four starts vs Anaheim.

— A’s are 2-6 in their last eight games.
— Oakland is 17-36 at home.
— under 31-16-2 last 49 games
— scored run in first inning: 26-110
— record in first 5 innings: 36-58-16
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4.2-1

New York (71-39) @ Seattle (59-52)
— Cole is 0-2, 7.50 in his last three starts.
— New York is 15-7 in his starts.
— over 6-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 4-22
— record in first 5 innings: 13-3-6
— He is 6-3, 2.48 in ten starts vs Seattle

— New York is 1-5 in its last six games.
— New York is 30-24 on road.
— over 21-7-1 last 29 games
— scored run in first inning: 40-110
— record in first 5 innings: 56-32-22
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-5-2

— Castillo is 3-0, 1.99 in his last six starts.
— Seattle is 1-0 in his starts
— under 4-2 last six starts.
— allowed run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-4
— He is 1-0, 2.63 in two starts vs New York TY.

— Mariners are 4-3 in their last seven games.
— Seattle is 29-26 at home.
— over 7-3-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 33-111
— record in first 5 innings: 44-49-18
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 6-3-5

Interleague games
Atlanta (64-46) @ Boston (54-55)
— Morton is 0-2, 3.97 in his last four starts.
— Atlanta is 10-6 in his last 16 starts.
— over 16-4-1
— allowed run in first inning: 9-21
— record in first 5 innings: 11-8-2
— He is 7-1, 3.72 in 12 starts vs Boston.

— Braves are 1-5 in their last six games.
— Atlanta is 27-24 on road.
— over 13-5-1 last 19 games
— scored run in first inning: 32-110
— record in first 5 innings: 60-38-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.1-5.1-x

— Hill is 1-1, 5.27 in his last three starts.
— Red Sox are 2-4 in his home starts.
— under 5-2-2 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 6-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-4
— He is 5-0, 2.13 in eight starts vs Atlanta.

— Red Sox are 1-4 in last five games.
— Boston is 26-27 at home.
— over 18-12 last 30 games.
— scored run in first inning: 29-110
— record in first 5 innings: 41-43-26
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-2.2-3

Tampa Bay (57-50) @ Milwaukee (58-50)
— bullpen game

— Tampa Bay won four of last five games.
— Rays are 25-29 on road.
— under 6-3-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 31-108
— record in first 5 innings: 48-39-21
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 1.2-6-x

— Peralta is 1-1, 4.62 in his last three starts.
— Milwaukee is 5-4 in his starts.
— over 5-4
— allowed run in first inning: 4-9
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Tampa Bay.

— Brewers lost six of last seven games.
— Milwaukee is 27-22 at home.
— over 11-5 last sixteen games
— scored run in first inning: 36-108
— record in first 5 innings: 48-39-21
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4.1-3-x

Minnesota (57-51) @ Los Angeles (75-33)
— Ryan is 1-2, 8.53 in his last four road starts.
— Twins are 5-2 in his last seven starts
— under 10-7
— allowed run in first inning: 6-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Los Angeles.

— Minnesota is 10-14 in its last 24 games.
— Twins are 26-26 on road.
— over 18-8 last 26 games
— scored run in first inning: 36-108
— record in first 5 innings: 56-37-15
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5-4-x

— Urias is 8-0, 2.45 in his last nine starts.
— Dodgers are 13-8 in his starts.
— under 15-4-2
— allowed run in first inning: 6-21
— record in first 5 innings: 13-6-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Minnesota.

— Dodgers are 36-9 in their last 45 games.
— Los Angeles is 38-15 at home.
— under 22-15-3 last 40 games
— scored run in first inning: 40-108
— record in first 5 innings: 67-25-16
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4.1-2

 

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Trend Report
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Chi White Sox @ Kansas City
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi White Sox's last 12 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Chi White Sox's last 24 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Kansas City's last 12 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Kansas City's last 24 games when playing Chi White Sox

Toronto @ Baltimore
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Toronto's last 5 games when playing Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Toronto's last 9 games when playing on the road against Baltimore
Baltimore
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Baltimore's last 5 games when playing Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Baltimore's last 9 games when playing at home against Toronto

Miami @ Philadelphia
Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 6 games on the road
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Philadelphia is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Atlanta @ Boston
Atlanta
Atlanta is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
Atlanta is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Boston
Boston
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Boston's last 11 games when playing Atlanta
Boston is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Atlanta

Cincinnati @ NY Mets
Cincinnati
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Cincinnati's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Cincinnati's last 7 games on the road
NY Mets
NY Mets is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games at home
NY Mets is 13-2 SU in its last 15 games

Cleveland @ Detroit
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cleveland's last 9 games
Detroit
Detroit is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland

Chi White Sox @ Kansas City
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Chi White Sox's last 12 games when playing on the road against Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Chi White Sox's last 24 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Kansas City's last 12 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 17 of Kansas City's last 24 games when playing Chi White Sox

Washington @ Chi Cubs
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 6 games
Washington is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Washington

Texas @ Houston
Texas
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Texas's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Texas's last 11 games when playing Houston
Houston
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against Texas
Houston is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games when playing at home against Texas

Tampa Bay @ Milwaukee
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Tampa Bay
Milwaukee is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Tampa Bay

St. Louis @ Colorado
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of St. Louis's last 5 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 5 games when playing St. Louis
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Arizona
Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Pittsburgh's last 6 games when playing Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh's last 8 games on the road
Arizona
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Arizona is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

San Francisco @ San Diego
San Francisco
San Francisco is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 6 games when playing San Diego
San Diego
San Diego is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Diego's last 6 games

LA Angels @ Oakland
LA Angels
LA Angels is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
LA Angels is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Oakland's last 5 games when playing LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland's last 7 games when playing at home against LA Angels

NY Yankees @ Seattle
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Seattle
NY Yankees is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Seattle
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing at home against NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 7 games

Minnesota @ LA Dodgers
Minnesota
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Minnesota's last 12 games on the road
Minnesota is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Minnesota
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games


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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Odds for NFL preseason games this week:
— Packers @ 49ers (-2.5)
— Chiefs @ Bears (-3.5)
— Panthers @ Commanders (-3.5)
— Colts @ Bills (-1.5)
— Seahawks @ Steelers (-3)
— Dolphins (-1.5) @ Buccaneers

Quote of the Day
“You can’t sweep a doubleheader unless you win Game 1.”
Royals’ TV analyst Rex Hudler

Wednesday’s quiz
On the old Batman TV series, what actor played the Penguin?

Tuesday’s quiz
When Kevin Durant was an NBA rookie, he played for the Seattle SuperSonics, the year before the franchise moved to Oklahoma City.

Monday’s quiz
Patrick Mahomes, Jared Goff are the two starting QB’s in the NFL (now) who both have a father who played major league baseball.

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

— Pirates-Arizona last night in the desert, a guy on Pittsburgh slides head-first into third base, and his cellphone pops out of his back pocket. Seriously, it did. In a major league game, a guy slid into third base and his cellphone popped out of his pocket.

Rodolfo Castro is the player; he is hitting .189 in a utility role. Would be some quality reality TV to listen to him explaining that to his manager.

— If you have HBOMax, there is a show on there, The Super Bob Einstein Movie, it is about the late actor Bob Einstein, who is best known for playing Super Dave Osborne on an old TV show, Super Dave. He also played Marty Funkhouser on Curb Your Enthusiasm.

The show is 75 minutes long; it is basically a short history class on TV comedy.

David Letterman. Rob Reiner. Steve Martin. Jimmy Kimmel. Jerry Seinfeld, they’re all on this show, talking about talented/funny Bob Einstein was as an actor/writer.

I’ve always been a big Steve Martin fan; he and Einstein were writers on the Sonny & Cher Show, back in the 60’s. Got to go to see the David Letterman Show twice in person in Manhattan.

If you like comedy, this show is well worth your time.

— So I’m in the studio audience for the Letterman show; while you’re waiting in line, they have you fill out a questionnaire, nothing too amazing. One of the questions was: Which celebrity do you look like?

This was 35-40 years ago, before my hair fell out; friend of mine’s mother always told me that I looked like David Letterman, so I write that down on the questionnaire.

Before the show actually started, the announcer, Bill Wendell, did a warm-up so the show wouldn’t start with the audience half-asleep. I hear him say this:

“Two people in our audience claim they look like David Letterman; would Person A please stand up?”

I was horrified; wasn’t anxious to get booed by 300 people if they disagreed with my friend’s mother. Luckily, the first guy looked NOTHING like Letterman- he got booed.

“Would Biff Fischer please stand up?” I reluctantly stand up, to almost total silence, which was great. No one booed. I waved and quickly sat down.

Those two shows were great fun, to see how these did the tapings in person.

— Last year, six NFL teams played at 100% of their home capacity; Washington Commanders had only 64.3% of their seats bought for their eight home tilts.

Next lowest team was Detroit; they played at 79.9% of their home capacity.

— Speaking of the Lions the first episode of Hard Knocks was on HBO last night; this year they’re focusing on the Lions, which should be interesting.

— HBO may have struck TV gold with Lions coach Dan Campbell; no idea how good a coach he is, but he is certainly an interesting guy, which makes for good TV.

At one point last season, after watching several Lions’ games, I was convinced that Campbell is insane; they tried an onside kick and a fake punt in the first 5:00 of a game in Los Angeles. No way anyone else ever did that before- they both worked, but it was still bizarre.

Brad Holmes is the Lions’ GM; he didn’t appear in the first episode last night. Before coming to Detroit, Holmes was Director of College Scouting for the Rams. Holmes is African-American; because of that, the Rams got a 3rd round draft pick when Detroit hired him as GM.

That 3rd round pick was one of the picks the Rams sent to Detroit when they acquired Matthew Stafford from the Lions.

— This is Jared Goff’s 7th year in the NFL; it is the third time his team is on Hard Knocks. He wasn’t on the show much last night; am curious to see how much he will be on in the remaining shows. Goff also came from the Rams; will that subject be brought up?

— I was a big fan of the Showtime series Ray Donovan; until a year or two ago, I had no idea the narrator on Hard Knocks is Liev Schreiber, who starred in that excellent show. Got used to his voice having a Boston accent (Ray Donovan was from Boston).

— Was sad to hear that Olivia Newton-John passed away this week; she was a great singer, had several big hits. She was a big part of the soundtrack of my high school/college years.

Turns out her father was a British spy during World War II; her grandfather won a Nobel Prize for physics.

— This week in 1974, Richard Nixon quit as President, replaced by Gerald Ford. I remember this because my parents were getting the inside of our house done over; all the furniture from the kitchen was in our living room that day, a total mess.

While Nixon was on TV, resigning, 14-year old me was sitting on top of some cabinets that were usually in the kitchen. I had no idea of the significance of all that back then, but I was watching history unfold in front of me.

— This week in 1988, Edmonton Oilers traded superstar Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings, which stunned the hockey world. Oilers had won the Stanley Cup four of the previous five seasons; they won it again in 1990, but haven’t won it since, making the Finals only once more (2006).

Gretzky was/is the greatest hockey player ever; no Canadian franchise has won the Stanley Cup since 1993. When he got traded, it was a very big news day.

— Also this week in 1988, the first night game at Wrigley Field happened. August 8, 1988, otherwise known as 8-8-88.

— Since 1900, most strikeouts in first 100 career starts:
812- Yu Darvish
766- Chris Sale
756- Shane Bieber

— Baltimore Ravens signed K Justin Tucker to a 4-year, $24M contract extension; you can make a strong argument that Tucker is the best NFL kicker ever.

— Few years ago, I’m sitting in the sportsbook in the Aria Casino in Las Vegas; two guys come in, one sits next to me, the other sits in front of him.

We’re watching a college bowl game, making small talk. Early in the second quarter, the guy leans over and shows me his betting ticket; he had $3,200 on Team A to win the first half.

Pretty sure the eyes popped out of my head when I saw the ticket “Wow, good luck man” was all I said to him. He won his bet; I think the team wound up losing in the second half, which did not matter to him, obviously, unless he also bet on the team for the whole game.

When you’re in Las Vegas, every once in a while you’re reminded that this is the big-time.

— Bengals’ QB Joe Burrow hasn’t started practicing yet after his appendicitis, and his father says he might be out a bit longer. Burrow had the surgery July 27; the season starts in a month. Will Burrow he ready for the Steelers on September 11?

There are murmurs that this appendix surgery was a bit more serious than usual; no one is saying if his appendix burst or not. When he gets the OK to work out again, he will have to ramp up his conditioning. There is a thing where you’re not allowed to be hit for a certain anoint of time after an appendix operation.

Cincinnati’s backup QB’s: Brandon Allen, Jake Browning, Drew Plitt.

— Good news for me and other Rams’ fans; Sean McVay has signed a contract extension, but the team isn’t going to officially announce it until GM Les Snead’s contract is also extended. Unsure what they’ll be making, but 100% sure that whatever it is, they’ve earned it.

— Seattle 1, New York 0 (13)
Cole-Castillo staged a classic pitching duel for seven innings.
Teams combined to go 2-22 with runners in scoring position
Luis Torrens got the walk-off hit in the 13th inning.

— Why would any politician vote against a $35 price cap for insulin for non-Medicare people? Why is this a good idea? Some people need insulin to stay healthy; this shouldn’t be a political issue, but as it stands now, it is one.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has a website, costplusdrugs.com which apparently has the lowest prices on meds anywhere. Check it out.

 

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Wednesday, August 10

 

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Wednesday, August 10