Brandon Lang
Brandon Lang
15 DIME
Padres - Specify Pitchers - Peavy vs Hernandez (Or any D'backs starter)
5 DIME
Mets - Specify Pitchers - Maine vs Shearn
D'Rays - Specify Pitchers - Liz vs Sonnastine
free pick - Nationals - For analysis see daily video
DAY GAME
METS
As I said yesterday, this team is on fire right now and I will ride them again today.
They hammered the Reds pitching staff for 11 runs and now get this kid Shearn.
In his two starts this year Shearn has allowed 6 runs in 11 innings but truthfully I believe this gets ugly facing the Mets.
Maine comes off 7 rock solid innings against the Braves giving up just 1 earned in getting the win raising his road mark to 9-2 with a 3.24 ERA.
Considering how hot the Mets bats are right now, this is a great spot to jump on the boys from Shea once again.
Just like last night with Perez, lay this number with the Mets and wait to collect as Maine goes to 10-2 on the road this year.
Mets are the play.
PADRES
I don't care what the number is in this game. I am laying it.
I have jumped on Peavy and his road starts this year and I have been rewarded greatly for it.
He is 8-0 on the highway this year with a 1.22 ERA. How solid is that.
Furthermore, the Padres are in a pennant race and a win tonight will put him at 17-5 for the year and probably lower than ERA of 2.10.
Can you say Cy Young award winner? Yes you can.
Hernandez comes off 7 shutout innings against the Rockies but he didn't pitch all that well. He had men on base almost every inning and escaped a bases loaded no out jam.
It could have been bad if the Rockies could have gotten the big hit.
Now he faces the Padres he is 2-2 against his last 4 allowing more than 3 runs in 3 of those 5 starts.
Considering Peavy is 4-0 his last 4 versus the D'backs allowing 1, 0 and 0 runs the last 3 times he has faced them, any price is worth admission to this show tonight.
Bottom line. Livian Hernandez is not beating Jake Peavy tonight. At least that is the way I see it.
Padres are the play.
D'RAYS
All this talk about Kazmir and Shields but don't sleep on Sonnanstine.
He comes off 8 shutout innings at Yankee stadium and now comes back home to face the Orioles, a team that has roughed him up twice this year.
Learn from your mistaks young Luke Skywalker. Trust the force you had in New York and go with it.
Prior to that Yankee start he was coming off a horrific start in Boston to shut down the A's for 5 innings allowing 2 earned in getting the win there.
So back to back wins brings him back home against the O's and I like him and the D'rays off that loss last night.
Liz has good stuff but is hittable. He is 0-1 with an ERA over 7 allowing 7 runs in his 9 innings here at the big league level.
This is a great spot to ride the D'rays and call for them to get a big home win over the O's.
Drays are the play.<!-- / message -->
Brandon Lang
15 DIME
Padres - Specify Pitchers - Peavy vs Hernandez (Or any D'backs starter)
5 DIME
Mets - Specify Pitchers - Maine vs Shearn
D'Rays - Specify Pitchers - Liz vs Sonnastine
free pick - Nationals - For analysis see daily video
DAY GAME
METS
As I said yesterday, this team is on fire right now and I will ride them again today.
They hammered the Reds pitching staff for 11 runs and now get this kid Shearn.
In his two starts this year Shearn has allowed 6 runs in 11 innings but truthfully I believe this gets ugly facing the Mets.
Maine comes off 7 rock solid innings against the Braves giving up just 1 earned in getting the win raising his road mark to 9-2 with a 3.24 ERA.
Considering how hot the Mets bats are right now, this is a great spot to jump on the boys from Shea once again.
Just like last night with Perez, lay this number with the Mets and wait to collect as Maine goes to 10-2 on the road this year.
Mets are the play.
PADRES
I don't care what the number is in this game. I am laying it.
I have jumped on Peavy and his road starts this year and I have been rewarded greatly for it.
He is 8-0 on the highway this year with a 1.22 ERA. How solid is that.
Furthermore, the Padres are in a pennant race and a win tonight will put him at 17-5 for the year and probably lower than ERA of 2.10.
Can you say Cy Young award winner? Yes you can.
Hernandez comes off 7 shutout innings against the Rockies but he didn't pitch all that well. He had men on base almost every inning and escaped a bases loaded no out jam.
It could have been bad if the Rockies could have gotten the big hit.
Now he faces the Padres he is 2-2 against his last 4 allowing more than 3 runs in 3 of those 5 starts.
Considering Peavy is 4-0 his last 4 versus the D'backs allowing 1, 0 and 0 runs the last 3 times he has faced them, any price is worth admission to this show tonight.
Bottom line. Livian Hernandez is not beating Jake Peavy tonight. At least that is the way I see it.
Padres are the play.
D'RAYS
All this talk about Kazmir and Shields but don't sleep on Sonnanstine.
He comes off 8 shutout innings at Yankee stadium and now comes back home to face the Orioles, a team that has roughed him up twice this year.
Learn from your mistaks young Luke Skywalker. Trust the force you had in New York and go with it.
Prior to that Yankee start he was coming off a horrific start in Boston to shut down the A's for 5 innings allowing 2 earned in getting the win there.
So back to back wins brings him back home against the O's and I like him and the D'rays off that loss last night.
Liz has good stuff but is hittable. He is 0-1 with an ERA over 7 allowing 7 runs in his 9 innings here at the big league level.
This is a great spot to ride the D'rays and call for them to get a big home win over the O's.
Drays are the play.<!-- / message -->