MistaFlava's 2009 MLB Baseball Record: 9-8 (+74.70 Units)
Big Plays 25/50 Units: 3-0 (+100.00 Units)
So we are back for another baseball season and I could not be more excited. I did not post consistently in this sport in 2008 because I simply did not have the time but I have made the decision to post baseball picks right up until the NCAA Football season and NFL seasons come rolling back around and that should be a good 4-5 months of baseball and nothing but baseball.
I am also contemplating heading back into the world of NBA Betting but it's late in the season, I have not established myself in the pro hoops betting ranks and it would be tough to get into the swing of things right now at the end of the season and right before the playoffs. I am pretty sure I am not going to post NBA Picks but that might change and I might do the playoffs We'll see I guess.
The key to winning baseball bets early in the season is to stay focused on which teams and which pitchers are finding early season chemistry. Some teams favored to win it all might start 2-10 or they might start 10-0. Don't forget that good pitchers are good pitchers and bad pitchers bad pitchers regardless of Spring Training.
1 Unit = $100
I am a streaky capper and everyone knows it. You can tail, fade or simply watch what I do. But in the end, I am always a winner and that is all that matters.
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Big Plays 25/50 Units: 3-0 (+100.00 Units)
So we are back for another baseball season and I could not be more excited. I did not post consistently in this sport in 2008 because I simply did not have the time but I have made the decision to post baseball picks right up until the NCAA Football season and NFL seasons come rolling back around and that should be a good 4-5 months of baseball and nothing but baseball.
I am also contemplating heading back into the world of NBA Betting but it's late in the season, I have not established myself in the pro hoops betting ranks and it would be tough to get into the swing of things right now at the end of the season and right before the playoffs. I am pretty sure I am not going to post NBA Picks but that might change and I might do the playoffs We'll see I guess.
The key to winning baseball bets early in the season is to stay focused on which teams and which pitchers are finding early season chemistry. Some teams favored to win it all might start 2-10 or they might start 10-0. Don't forget that good pitchers are good pitchers and bad pitchers bad pitchers regardless of Spring Training.
1 Unit = $100
I am a streaky capper and everyone knows it. You can tail, fade or simply watch what I do. But in the end, I am always a winner and that is all that matters.
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Friday, April 10
Scott Richmond vs. Scott Lewis
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Scott Richmond vs. Scott Lewis
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The Toronto Blue Jays are my pride and joy and always have been (seeing how Toronto is where I am from) but I have come to learn over the years that these good starts at the beginning of the season are often bogus and for some reason both the Yankees and the Red Sox always find a way to sleepwalk through the first few weeks of the season giving most Jays fans hope that we can finally make it back to the playoffs for the first time in more than 15 years now. Well not so fast my friend. This team still has issues to workout. They have one of the best young hitting lineups in baseball but they have a few questions marks in their rotation and Scott Richmond is one of them. The problem with the Jays is that they cannot win games in their own Division and although this is not a divisional game right here today, I have to say the AL Central has been kind to my boys lately and we have had success against teams from that division. Having said that, the Jays have and always will be one of the most inconsistent teams in Major League Baseball as they seem to always struggle to win more than a few games in a row. As a matter of fact, Toronto is now 3-7 in their last 10 games that follow a win, they sucked late last year when playing on a Friday (going 2-6 in their last 8 Friday games) and they are only 1-4 in their last five games as underdogs. I really don't trust these guys on the road with a young pitcher who is only on the team because he is Canadian and I really don't see Richmond being in the rotation past his first few starts. Richmond did pitch well at home against Cleveland in a 4-0 loss last August but he was rocked in his last three spring starts this season and I have no confidence whatsoever in his abilities to lead a team into an opponent's home opener on the road and pull out the win. Cleveland struggled big time in their road opening series and I really think they are going to rock the living crap out of Richmond and of the limited BlueJays bullpen we are going to see in this game. Bad spot for Toronto.
The Cleveland Indians are off to a terrible start as their pitching staff got absolutely rocked in their road opening series in Texas and the Indians come home with an 0-3 record on the year (having been swept right out of Arlington in disgusting fashion). The batters are not getting the job done hitting only .221 at the plate, the pitchers have sucked big time ass combining for an ERA of 18.00 (that's their three starters so far), the bullpen has an ERA of 4.85 and the team has really sucked in all of their games. Well now they head back home for their Home Opener and believe me this team is not ready or willing to lose another game. Not here, not now, not against Scott Richmond (by far the weakest link in the Jays rotation). The Indians have a youngster of their own on the mound today as Scott Lewis is handed starting the ball for his 5th career start and let me tell you right now that Lewis is a big time prospect in this organization. He is 4-0 in four career starts with an ERA of 2.62 and he was fantastic in all four of his September 2008 starts. I expect much of the same here as Lewis is up against an inconsistent Jays lineup. Toronto is batting only 0.91 versus left handed pitchers this season by the way. I talked about Cleveland's never ending struggles on the road but I have to tell you that things are different at home where this team is 6-0 in their last six home games. The Indians have also won four straight at home versus right handed pitchers and they are very good in Game 1 of a series winning 25 of their last 25 first game of a series situations. Like I said before, Lewis has made four Major League Baseball starts in his career (all last September) and he won all four of them. The team plays behind him with a great deal of confidence and that is going to be huge here as the Indians are nicely priced and as they try to win their first game of 2009. I actually think we are going to see an explosion of the Cleveland bats in this game and I have serious faith that the Indians batters are going to finally breakout of their slump and I think they are going to rock Toronto's should be demoted ASAP starter Scott Richmond. No way the Indians lose this game here.
So we have a battle between a team that leads the AL East Division in April like they always seem to do going up against a team who is 0-3 heading into their Home Opener. Logic says to take the Indians here and that is what most people are doing but having said that, Scott Lewis is a much better young pitcher than Scott Richmond (who was rocked in Spring Training and again is only on the team because of his Nationality). The Jays are going to have a solid team this season and maybe later on in the year they can win games on the road with some of their youngsters on the mound but let me tell you right now that Cleveland has not been a kind place to play for the Jays as they are a pathetic 2-15 in their last 17 games played in Cleveland and they are only 7-23 in their last 30 meetings overall with the Indians. That does not sit well with me because they struggle both on the mound and at the plate when visiting Cleveland and with the Indians bats ready to explode after a pathetic stint in Arlington on opening week, the Indians seem to be the only way to go here. I think this is going to be a high scoring game because regardless of how well Lewis has pitched he is still a rookie and the Jays still have a lineup that is hitting .287 on the season. Nonetheless, the Cleveland bats win this game.
Trend of the Game: Cleveland is 15-2 in their last 17 home games versus Toronto.
Cleveland 14, Toronto 3
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The Cleveland Indians are off to a terrible start as their pitching staff got absolutely rocked in their road opening series in Texas and the Indians come home with an 0-3 record on the year (having been swept right out of Arlington in disgusting fashion). The batters are not getting the job done hitting only .221 at the plate, the pitchers have sucked big time ass combining for an ERA of 18.00 (that's their three starters so far), the bullpen has an ERA of 4.85 and the team has really sucked in all of their games. Well now they head back home for their Home Opener and believe me this team is not ready or willing to lose another game. Not here, not now, not against Scott Richmond (by far the weakest link in the Jays rotation). The Indians have a youngster of their own on the mound today as Scott Lewis is handed starting the ball for his 5th career start and let me tell you right now that Lewis is a big time prospect in this organization. He is 4-0 in four career starts with an ERA of 2.62 and he was fantastic in all four of his September 2008 starts. I expect much of the same here as Lewis is up against an inconsistent Jays lineup. Toronto is batting only 0.91 versus left handed pitchers this season by the way. I talked about Cleveland's never ending struggles on the road but I have to tell you that things are different at home where this team is 6-0 in their last six home games. The Indians have also won four straight at home versus right handed pitchers and they are very good in Game 1 of a series winning 25 of their last 25 first game of a series situations. Like I said before, Lewis has made four Major League Baseball starts in his career (all last September) and he won all four of them. The team plays behind him with a great deal of confidence and that is going to be huge here as the Indians are nicely priced and as they try to win their first game of 2009. I actually think we are going to see an explosion of the Cleveland bats in this game and I have serious faith that the Indians batters are going to finally breakout of their slump and I think they are going to rock Toronto's should be demoted ASAP starter Scott Richmond. No way the Indians lose this game here.
So we have a battle between a team that leads the AL East Division in April like they always seem to do going up against a team who is 0-3 heading into their Home Opener. Logic says to take the Indians here and that is what most people are doing but having said that, Scott Lewis is a much better young pitcher than Scott Richmond (who was rocked in Spring Training and again is only on the team because of his Nationality). The Jays are going to have a solid team this season and maybe later on in the year they can win games on the road with some of their youngsters on the mound but let me tell you right now that Cleveland has not been a kind place to play for the Jays as they are a pathetic 2-15 in their last 17 games played in Cleveland and they are only 7-23 in their last 30 meetings overall with the Indians. That does not sit well with me because they struggle both on the mound and at the plate when visiting Cleveland and with the Indians bats ready to explode after a pathetic stint in Arlington on opening week, the Indians seem to be the only way to go here. I think this is going to be a high scoring game because regardless of how well Lewis has pitched he is still a rookie and the Jays still have a lineup that is hitting .287 on the season. Nonetheless, the Cleveland bats win this game.
Trend of the Game: Cleveland is 15-2 in their last 17 home games versus Toronto.
Cleveland 14, Toronto 3
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