Washington Nationals @ St. Louis Cardinals (Washington +165 Cris)
Well for the most part I just do not like Smoltz right now at a price of -170+. I mean St. Louis has been playing great baseball and heck they have made me a lot of money, but I think there is some value in Washington. St. Louis is coming off a tough loss against Houston and Washington believe it or not is coming off a series victory of the Cubbies. Now Smoltz did throw 5 scoreless innings his last outing, but he also did face Washington earlier this year pitching for Boston. The Red Sox lost that game 9-3 and Smoltz gave up 5 runs over 5 innings. Lannan will be pitching for the Nationals and has been awful his last 3 starts, but he is a much better pitcher and I expect him to rebound. As well in 2 career starts against St. Louis, Lannan has allowed 4 runs over 12.2 innings pitched.
Cleveland Indians @ Baltimore Orioles (Cleveland -110 Pinnacle)
In game that most people won’t care about I have to go with Carmona who has had an era of 2.63 in the month of August. Carmona has been pitching they way we were used to seeing him throw a couple of years ago. There is one thing that does worry me about his numbers and that is all of his starts in August have been at home. He has an 8.25 era on the road this year, however I think he has gained back some confidence in his pitching and Cleveland is a good play at a price of -110, especially since Baltimore is 3-13 in Berken’s last 16 games.
