Sunday: Seattle a Road Warrior

ofred · Jun 22, 2014

The Mariners are so awful at home that their fans just expect them to lose and score maybe 1-2 runs per game. Then they go on the road and win 2 out of 2 from the hottest team in the AL. Chris Young must have sold his soul to the devil. I have watched him pitch and still cannot see how he does it. The Nats waived him in spring training and lucky for Seattle that they signed him. His fastball doesn't even tail that much and I swear he throws it 75% of the time- in the mid 80s. ??? Vargas toiled a bit but was pretty good. Not sure why he was sent out there in the 9th. Maybe the Royals are vexed.

Saturday: 2-4, -6.25 units Post May 20th: 66-54, + 26 units

SF Giants -1 (-115) 3 units. Arizona starter Bolsinger has been called out by Montero, his catcher, and the mgr, for being unfocused on the mound. He has average stuff at best as it is, and can't keep the signals right. Montero thought he seemed nervous or confused. Either way, I'm not sure he'll last long in this game, and the D-Back middle relief will be asked to come in. The Giants finally broke their losing streak, and Bumgarner is their ace. He usually puts up an excellent line, but if not, he keeps his team in the game. He has also been much better on the road this year. The Giants BP gets the edge here. Neither team is hitting all that well, but the Ginats are at least hitting for average- if not power. Arizona has a horrendous BB:K ratio this past week of 8:53.

ofred · Jun 22, 2014

NYY RL (-105) 2 units. Tanaka. He has been nearly unhittable lately, and right now a matchup with a somewhat regressing Chris Tillman is worth the extra juice. Tillman has been inconsistent with mechanics, his velocity is down, and his command is off. He has a number of games this year where he loses it early, and gets yanked. Tillman, even in his better times, has pitched very poorly in Yankee Stadium. Even if he doesn't pitch badly, I like Tanaka to hold the Orioles at 2 or less. I'm going to ride Tanaka until he shows slippage.

ofred · Jun 22, 2014

Washington/ Atlanta - under 7 (+105) One unit. Sunday day games seem to bring down the scores around the mlb. Both of these teams are struggling at the plate an both have strong BPs. The only x factor is Ervin Santana. He has been inconsistent of late, although the Nats lineup has enough holes that he might do well. There is nothing really wrong with him and the Nats haven't seen him this year yet. Roark, the Nats starter, is pitching better than Strasburg, Gio G and Zimmerman.

XSPower · Jun 22, 2014

Thanks and good luck today my friend!!!! :103631605

ofred · Jun 22, 2014

LA Dodgers -1/2 (-105) First 5. 3 units. Almost the same situation as yesterday except SD is sending out a very beaten up Eric Stults. The Dodgers have hit .355 off of him, and Stults has been equally awful to RH and LH batters- both over .300. Stults has given up 38 hits in his last 29 IPs, with 26 runs and 7 HRs. This is hard to do pitching SD or other pitcher's parks of the NL West. The Dodgers are heating up, maybe ready to make a run. Ryu has given up only 1 run in 13 of his last IPs vs. SD. Ryu has 3 poor starts this year, all against good hitting clubs. His road stats are also much better. The Padres have also been slow starters with the bats, and altogether pretty punchless all year. They've hit .172 in June.

ofred · Jun 22, 2014

Chicago WS +127 First 5. One unit. John Danks has been unbelievably great his last 5 starts- 36 IPs, and only 6 ERs. The way the Twins are hitting for the past few weeks, this is a generous #. Phil Hughes has also been good this year, but he's pitched better on the road, and for some reason, I just don't trust that it will last.