My thoughts . . .
After an initial look at today's small card, the only game that has jumped out at me thus far is the Angels/Mariners over 8.5, +113. Escobar has been great this year, but one of the few bad starts he's had was in Seattle. Both teams are very capable of putting up a crooked number at any point in this game, as we saw in their last series in Seattle (15 runs by LAA, 14 by Seattle). Batista's ERA against LAA is just a tad under 7 over 5 starts and 10 total apperances. And he's got an ERA of 4.53, a WHIP of 1.47, and a BAA of .271 at home this season. While Escobar comes in with some great stats, he's not quite the same pitcher on the road, where he sports a 4.22 ERA, a 1.35 WHIP and a .276 BAA. Against Seattle he's got a 5.05 ERA, a 1.53 WHIP, and a .298 BAA in 15 starts and 28 total appearances. I haven't played this one yet, but if anyone has any thoughts on this one I'd love to hear them.
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