Hot lines: Tuesday's best MLB bets

Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays (-125, 8)

Nobody hits right-handed pitching like the Toronto Blue Jays. The blue birds have hammered righties for an MLB-best 437 runs and are hitting a solid .260 against them.

But that’s not what makes them special. That’s the long ball.

The MLB leaders in home runs have hit a league-leading 148 round-trippers against right-handers – a staggering 44 more than any other team. The Blue Jays also have an MLB-best 199 doubles – twenty more than any other team.

"We're doing a good job offensively," Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista told the Associated Press. "We're coming up with big hits when we need them and solo shots here and there. That's been the recipe for success lately."

And who does Toronto face on Tuesday night? Try Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has yielded seven home runs in only 16 starts this season.

In Dice-K’s only career start north of the border, he yielded one home run in just six innings.

Pick: Blue Jays

Minnesota Twins at Chicago White Sox (-105, 9)

The Twins can’t be any happier to visit the Windy City. Minnesota is an AL-best 7-3 in its past 10 games overall and a staggering 17-5 in its past 22 games against the Pale Hose.

And the Twins are getting healthier.

Second baseman Orlando Hudson returned from the disabled list just in time to spark a five-run rally on Sunday against the Indians. Catcher Joe Mauer finally is healthy enough to start catching regularly behind the plate and opens up the chance to put more power in the lineup at DH.

"The players stay after it. We talk about staying on an even keel and putting good at-bats together,” Twins manager Ron Gardenhire told MLB.com. “When you have guys that can hit it out of the ballpark like a Jim Thome, that can jumpstart you in a heartbeat."

Meantime, Chicago struggled in a four-game series in Baltimore and desperately needs a spark to maintain its razor-thin lead in the AL Central. The White Sox have won six of 10 but subtract a 12-2 win over Detroit and the team is averaging only 3.2 runs per game over that span.

"It's a combination of good pitching and we're not hitting right now," manager Ozzie Guillen told the Associated Press. "Right now our bats are very silent."

Pick: Twins

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Posted by GDayMate
2 years ago

Padres RL pick of the late games......good punting
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Posted by mdfireman
2 years ago

Don't agree with Blue Jays over Boston because Boston has better pitcher and bullpen. Toronto is basically in the run with most games because of their knack for hitting the long ball. Boston isn't in the habit of giving too many of them up. Boston isn't out of the playoff race despite the injuries as well. They got a little fight in them to keep their heads afloat until the key guys get better and get back into the line-up. Got to side with Boston here....
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Posted by GDayMate
2 years ago

what days game are you talking about?
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Posted by 2LEGIT2QUITU
2 years ago

PLAY #1 OAKLAND A'S +115 (2 UNITS) PLAY #2 SAN DIEGO PADRES RL -1.5 (2 UNITS) -120 PLAY #3 KANSAS CITY / LA ANGELS OVER 8.5 RUNS (2 UNITS) THAT IS ALL AND GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!
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Posted by heylou54
2 years ago

I like Pitt+185. I know its Butt Pirates they did go into colo +2out 3 last week. Look 4 Mil 2 bounce back. take R.L. +150. I'll go against Covers + bet the White sox at home -102 good value. Love the game under 9 DOGFOOD IS ALWAYS ON THE MENU!! LUMBER JACKASS !!
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Posted by DDH420
2 years ago

Here we go.....TEX ML -135 (fucked up,I wanted the LR-1.5 +150 but texted the play in incorrectly...idiot)......LA/PHI U 8..5 +105.....ATL/HOU O 8 -110....WSUX pick'em.......LAA RL-1.5 -115......BAL +135.....TB/DET U 8.5 -110......SF RL-1.5 +115 FOR 2 UNITS.......WAS ML to SF ML +130....Thanx for the insight & info today fellers,BOL & enjoy your picks.
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Posted by DDH420
2 years ago

Added BOSUX ML +115 as a tail,no Wells and Buck took me off the JAYS,good info put me on BOSUX..thanx DIMER
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Posted by DrKizzle
2 years ago

ChiSox screwed me last night . . . brutal! still went 2 -1 but only half a unit profit. For Tonight . . . . BLUE JAYS, ROCKIES, REDS and ASTROS +1.5 all for 2 units and a 4-teamer for a half unit. Good LUck!!
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Posted by Picktrodomus
2 years ago

Tonight i like the Det/TB Under 8.5 BOL Fellas. THE GIRLS
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Posted by DDH420
2 years ago

Ahh man I like that one too but was trying to talk myself out of it,now you just me wanting it again..... I was trying to knock 3 off my card and that total was one of the 3 along whith BAL ML and A's ML. Looks like another massive card for me.
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Posted by Picktrodomus
2 years ago

Tonight i like the Det/TB Under 8.5 BOL Fellas. THE GIRLS
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Posted by LeeK3
2 years ago

Yikes, I made a mistake, I said I had 2 losses yesterday, but that is a typo since I only had 3 plays last night and I won 2 and LOST 1. sorry for the typo............Hey GetEveryDollar, I like that OVER in the Rockies/Muts so good luck. I had to lay off of several bets since I liked too many today. Other games that I liked, but laid off were the Cards as dogs, RedSox as dogs, the Yankees as dogs, the Over 7.5 in Rockies/Muts and the Over 7 in Padres/Pirates.
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Posted by allne10
2 years ago

Going w/ Yankees ML & FL ML Parlay... $32 wins you $164... Parlay with SD ML & SF ML tonite as well. GL to all..
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Posted by GetEveryDollar
2 years ago

...OVER 7.5 COL/NY METS...Copy that Over and Out!...
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Posted by KJacobs2O3
2 years ago

havnt bet for a while but colorodo rl and phillies ml are the plays today GL
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Posted by LeeK3
2 years ago

Yesterday I won 2, lost 2, for +1 unit. I have 5 plays for tonight and some reasoning on the plays as well............The D-Backs rookie, Barry Enright has been one of the bright spots for the team. He has not been pitching more then 6 innings in any start, but he has not given up more then 2 runs in his last 5 starts (2, 1, 2, 2, 2). Add the Brewers bullpen woes on top of that and I think the D-Backs look good tonight as underdogs. On the flip side, Parra is not lasting more then 6 innings either but he has been giving up a lot more runs. In his last 7 starts he has given up 4, 5, 6, 10, 2, 4 and 6 runs in those starts...............I'm playing the WHITE SOX tonight even though the tough loss last night in the 10th inning. They W.Sox play much better at home, and I will take a shot on the extremely low ML tonight.........................I'm also taking a shot at another dog = the home dog Astros. In five career starts against the Braves, tonight's starter J.A. Happ has never allowed more than two runs. Jurrjens pitches well at home in Atlanta, but not so hot on the road and in the 3 road starts since he came back from the DL, he has given up 3, 4 and 5 runs, losing his last 2 road starts in Cincy and Florida. On the other side, the Astros have won 6 in a row at home and have score a lot of runs in those 6 wins = 6, 8, 5, 6, 5 and then 10 runs last night................................ The Reds love scoring runs for Cueto (last 3 have all gone Over even though he has pitched well) and in the last 4 starts for Cueto the Reds have scored 7, 7, 4 and 9 runs............. The Cardinals have been doing the same for Garcia, who has gone from an UNDER pitcher to an OVER pitcher with 4 of his last 5 starts going over and in 4 of those the Cards scored 5 or more runs, the other game they scored 4 runs (5, 7, 8, 5, 8, 4). Take it further and the Cards have gone Over in 6 of the last 8 starts by Garcia..................................... And for my ML parlay of the day, I am going back to "Old Faithful", which is the Ubaldo to Timmy ML parlay. A friend pointed out that Beltran, Pagan, Wright, Reyes and Francoeur are a combined 8-for-45 (.178) vs. Tuesday's Rockies starter, U. Jimenez. Here is what I was told was the Mets starting lineup today = Reyes-SS, Martinez-RF, Pagan-CF, Wright-3B, Davis-1B, Carter-LF, Thole-C, Tejada-2B, Pelfrey-P. And I like my chances with Timmy over the Cubs, so that is my 2-teamer today................my 5 plays are: W.SOX -106 Garcia vs Minnesota Baker, to win 1 unit................ Arizona +126 Enright vs MILW Parra, 1 unit............. HOUSTON +134 Happ vs Atlanta Jurrjens, 1 unit............... OVER 8.5 (-115) REDS Cueto vs Cardinals Garcia, to win 1 unit............ 2-team, Col -155 Jimenez vs MUTS Pelfrey, S.F. -200 Timmy vs Cubs Dempster, 1 unit wins 1.47 units............Good Luck to those on the same plays!
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Posted by DDH420
2 years ago

Hey for just a few cents more you can get the XXXXXXXXXXL post :O
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Posted by StevenGA1011
2 years ago

Well I didn't hit the triple I was swinging for thanks to the Braves pulling a Bad News Bears 7th inning throwing the pebble all over the place. Its been quite awhile since I've been this happy to pull a 2-1 escaping a 5th straight day of getting it handed to me. Now that I've ended the slump hope I can start a nice streak in the other direction because its gonna take a good bit of winning to wipe away the hell that was Thursday-Sunday. At least I won't be worrying about any 2 team parlays tonight running 4 straights out there -- BAL/CLE UNDER 9=====+===== FLA/WAS OVER 7=====+===== BOS +115=====+===== PIT/SD UNDER 7
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Posted by nuggins
2 years ago

AZ- Mil Over 9...AZ TT O 4...SD TT O4
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Posted by nuggins
2 years ago

treading lightly on SD though
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Posted by 2LEGIT2QUITU
2 years ago

1-2 LAST NIGHT AND NOT THE WAY TO START OFF A NEW WEEK.................ONTO TODAY!
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Posted by EazyE11
2 years ago

Good morning all.....awesome night last night with RAYS and CARDS hitting in my parlay. Wish I had the balls to play them both R/L but it's always easy to say that after the fact! Tonight I'm going against covers and many of you all. I like Dice-K and the red sox to keep the momentum going. Also going to ride the Cards again with Garcia. RED SOX and CARDS are the plays for me today. GOOD LUCK
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Posted by GoTribe1986
2 years ago

5-0 last 5 bets +10.5 units. Today I got Rox/Mets OVER 7. Good luck everyone.
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Posted by GDayMate
2 years ago

G'Day all.......which Ricky Romero will turn up for this one?........in July he gave up 8 runs in 2 2/3 innings against the Yankees and followed it up with 9 in 2 1/3 innings against Red Sox.......last start he threw a complete game against NYY giving up 2 runs on 2 hits and 1 walk.......I'm betting he holds that form against the wounded Red Sox plus can't see Dice-K containing the Jays juggernaut......only concern is that Covers agrees.......my bet Toronto RL @ $2.50........good punting
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Posted by thisguyiswise
2 years ago

perhaps the blue jays are the pick but lets get some facts straight first before the public is misinformed. Dice K has started 5 career games in toronto at rogers centre and just 4 homers in 32 innings, which is one per 8 innings and is 3-1 there with a 2.81 era. secondly, the conclusion in regards to him giving up one homer in just 6 innings suggesting that is a negative? seven homers in 16 starts is one every 2+ games, be worried about his walks going in, not his homers historically there or this year.
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Posted by 2LEGIT2QUITU
2 years ago

"1-2 LAST NIGHT AND NOT THE WAY TO START OFF A NEW WEEK.................ONTO TODAY!"

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Featured Free Play
MLB: Detroit vs. Texas
Pick:
O (DET at TEX)
Start:
May 19, 2013 - 8:05 PM
Capper:
Bryan Power
Offered at:
5dimes @ Over 9 -115
Analysis:

1* Over Tigers/Rangers (8:05 ET): Needless to say, I think everyone was surprised when Thursday's series opener went Over considering the pitching matchup was Yu Darvish vs. Justin Verlander.  The latter got shelled, something that rarely happens. But then the teams played to a 2-1 final Friday.  Then, yesterday saw the Rangers win 7-2, again falling short of the number. Tonight on ESPN, I'll look for an Over....

Detroit is 14-3 Over off a loss this season. Though Rangers starter Derek Holland has some nice looking numbers this year, he allowed four runs in his last start and didn't last six innings. The Tigers average 5.1 runs per game vs. lefties.

The Rangers have scored 18 runs in this series.  That's right on their pace for the last week as they are averaging just over six full runs per game.  They average 5.3 runs per game at home.  Last time they faced Fister saw them score nine runs in less than five innings against him. Fister has a 4.50 ERA his last three starts.  1* Over Tigers/Rangers.

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