Nationals ML (-123): The Nationals come into this game on a 5 game skid. They will turn the ball to lefty Ross Detwiler looking to stop the bleeding. He will be facing a Marlins team that ranks near the bottom in the league vs lefties. They have really struggled lately against left handed pitching. The Marlins are batting .157 in there L5 and .225 in there L10 games. Detwiller will be making his 2nd start off the year vs the Fish, with the 1st one being a solid outing going 6 scoreless innings, allowing 0 runs on 3 hits in a win. The Fish will be countering with Jacob Turner. He is 1-2 with a 6.87 era with his time with the Tigers and now the Marlins. Both teams have struggling offensive lately, but the Nationals will have the pitching advantage and offensive advantage. This is also a situational play on the Nats who have lost 5 in a row. They have seen there divisional lead shrink to 4 games. I feel they will handle business today and get a much needed win.
Padres (+109): Tommy Hanson has struggled lately for the Atlanta Braves since he returned from the DL. He is 0-1 with a 6.55 era. Prior to his DL stint he saw his WHIP increase to 1.75 in his last couple outings. His 13/8 strike out to ball ratio wasn't good either. He will be facing a Padres team that ranks #13 against right handed pitching and are batting .287 as a team in there last 10 games. The Padres will be sending Eric Stults to the mound. He has been a solid 4-2 with 2.69 on the year. He pitched well lately going 3-0, 2.08 in his last four starts. The one thing I really like about backing Stults in this spot has to do with his #s against left handed batters. Stults on the year ranks #20 overall against lefties and he will face a Braves line up that has majority of there offensive threats batting from the left side. Starting with speedster Michael Bourn and continuing with Jayson Heyward, Brian McCann and Freddie Freeman. If Stults can continue to be impressive against lefties, the Braves could have a tough time scoring today. The Braves as a whole have also struggled against lefties lately batting just .212 L5 and .228 L10. I think the Padres as a home dog stand a very good chance of winning this game.
Cubs ML(+111): The Cubbies will be looking to avoid being swept in front of the Wrigley faithful. At first glance it might not look like a good spot for them to do that, but I really like some things they have going for them in this game. The starter Jeff S has been pretty consistent all year. He comes into this one with a 4-3 record at home and a 3.28 era. In his last 3 outing he is 1-1 with a 3.89 era. He will be making his 2nd start of the year vs the Brewers, in the 1st start he went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on just 3 hits, while striking out 6 batters and walking 2. The one thing I really like about Jeff in this game is his splits vs right handed batters. On the year he ranks as one of the best pitchers at #9 overall against right handed batters. The Brewers line up is stacked with right handed batters including Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Gomez, Cody Ransom, Jothathon Lucroy, Martin Maldonado and Corey Hart. If Jeff can continue his dominating ways vs right handed batters it will go a long way towards a Cubs victory today. The Brewers starter Michael Friars has been good on the year going 7-6 with a 2.98 era. He has done well on the road as well going 3-2 with a 3.50 era. However he has struggled big time in his last 3 outings going 1-1 with a 9.88 era. A seasonal stat that I like for Jeff S and recent struggles for Friars is the 2 biggest reasons I am taking a stab at the home dog Cubs in this one. They seem to give many teams trouble at Wrigley and I can definitely seem them avoiding the sweep and getting a nice win here.
Mets 1st 5 (+108): The Mets will be sending one promising young pitchers to the mound in Matt Harvey. He is 2-3 with a 2.75 era since being called up. He has been heating up lately going 1-1 with a 1.83 era. He has allowed 2 runs or fewer in 5 of his 6 starts. His WHIP of 0.86 is very impressive. He has also done well in night starts in the small sample size going 2-2 with a 1.74 era. Harvey has been very good against left handed batters and the Phillies have majority of there offense coming from that side including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Juan Pierre. The Mets always seem to give the Phillies trouble and have put up 5 runs and 9 runs in the 2 games so far in this set. They will be facing T Cloyd making his major league debut. He is a spot starter that had no plans of pitching in this game and is only starting due to Cole Hamels getting sick. I think even the Mets offense should be able to scrape together 4-5 runs against him. I almost just played the Mets TT O 3.5, but I felt there was more value in the 1st 5 play at +108 vs the -125 team total. I am also making a rare 1st 5 play, to avoid the Mets bullpen in this one. This play is a strong plan on Harvey, so 1st 5 will be better.
Boston TT O 3.5 (-115): The Red Sox just faced the struggling C J Wilson and they tagged him for 6 runs on 8 hits in just 5 innings. Wilson has struggled big time all year but even more so lately. He has an era of 8.27 in his last 3 outings. I don't like backing Boston as a side play in this one for numerous reasons including there own starting pitcher. I do feel pretty confident they can put up at least 4 runs against Wilson tho. I like the Angels TT as well, but id much rather need 4 runs for a win then 6.
That's gonna be it for me, with some dogs plays going on today ill be pretty happy with a 3-2 day. Best of luck to everyone today
Nationals ML (-123): The Nationals come into this game on a 5 game skid. They will turn the ball to lefty Ross Detwiler looking to stop the bleeding. He will be facing a Marlins team that ranks near the bottom in the league vs lefties. They have really struggled lately against left handed pitching. The Marlins are batting .157 in there L5 and .225 in there L10 games. Detwiller will be making his 2nd start off the year vs the Fish, with the 1st one being a solid outing going 6 scoreless innings, allowing 0 runs on 3 hits in a win. The Fish will be countering with Jacob Turner. He is 1-2 with a 6.87 era with his time with the Tigers and now the Marlins. Both teams have struggling offensive lately, but the Nationals will have the pitching advantage and offensive advantage. This is also a situational play on the Nats who have lost 5 in a row. They have seen there divisional lead shrink to 4 games. I feel they will handle business today and get a much needed win.
Padres (+109): Tommy Hanson has struggled lately for the Atlanta Braves since he returned from the DL. He is 0-1 with a 6.55 era. Prior to his DL stint he saw his WHIP increase to 1.75 in his last couple outings. His 13/8 strike out to ball ratio wasn't good either. He will be facing a Padres team that ranks #13 against right handed pitching and are batting .287 as a team in there last 10 games. The Padres will be sending Eric Stults to the mound. He has been a solid 4-2 with 2.69 on the year. He pitched well lately going 3-0, 2.08 in his last four starts. The one thing I really like about backing Stults in this spot has to do with his #s against left handed batters. Stults on the year ranks #20 overall against lefties and he will face a Braves line up that has majority of there offensive threats batting from the left side. Starting with speedster Michael Bourn and continuing with Jayson Heyward, Brian McCann and Freddie Freeman. If Stults can continue to be impressive against lefties, the Braves could have a tough time scoring today. The Braves as a whole have also struggled against lefties lately batting just .212 L5 and .228 L10. I think the Padres as a home dog stand a very good chance of winning this game.
Cubs ML(+111): The Cubbies will be looking to avoid being swept in front of the Wrigley faithful. At first glance it might not look like a good spot for them to do that, but I really like some things they have going for them in this game. The starter Jeff S has been pretty consistent all year. He comes into this one with a 4-3 record at home and a 3.28 era. In his last 3 outing he is 1-1 with a 3.89 era. He will be making his 2nd start of the year vs the Brewers, in the 1st start he went 5 innings, allowing 1 run on just 3 hits, while striking out 6 batters and walking 2. The one thing I really like about Jeff in this game is his splits vs right handed batters. On the year he ranks as one of the best pitchers at #9 overall against right handed batters. The Brewers line up is stacked with right handed batters including Ryan Braun, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Gomez, Cody Ransom, Jothathon Lucroy, Martin Maldonado and Corey Hart. If Jeff can continue his dominating ways vs right handed batters it will go a long way towards a Cubs victory today. The Brewers starter Michael Friars has been good on the year going 7-6 with a 2.98 era. He has done well on the road as well going 3-2 with a 3.50 era. However he has struggled big time in his last 3 outings going 1-1 with a 9.88 era. A seasonal stat that I like for Jeff S and recent struggles for Friars is the 2 biggest reasons I am taking a stab at the home dog Cubs in this one. They seem to give many teams trouble at Wrigley and I can definitely seem them avoiding the sweep and getting a nice win here.
Mets 1st 5 (+108): The Mets will be sending one promising young pitchers to the mound in Matt Harvey. He is 2-3 with a 2.75 era since being called up. He has been heating up lately going 1-1 with a 1.83 era. He has allowed 2 runs or fewer in 5 of his 6 starts. His WHIP of 0.86 is very impressive. He has also done well in night starts in the small sample size going 2-2 with a 1.74 era. Harvey has been very good against left handed batters and the Phillies have majority of there offense coming from that side including Ryan Howard, Chase Utley and Juan Pierre. The Mets always seem to give the Phillies trouble and have put up 5 runs and 9 runs in the 2 games so far in this set. They will be facing T Cloyd making his major league debut. He is a spot starter that had no plans of pitching in this game and is only starting due to Cole Hamels getting sick. I think even the Mets offense should be able to scrape together 4-5 runs against him. I almost just played the Mets TT O 3.5, but I felt there was more value in the 1st 5 play at +108 vs the -125 team total. I am also making a rare 1st 5 play, to avoid the Mets bullpen in this one. This play is a strong plan on Harvey, so 1st 5 will be better.
Boston TT O 3.5 (-115): The Red Sox just faced the struggling C J Wilson and they tagged him for 6 runs on 8 hits in just 5 innings. Wilson has struggled big time all year but even more so lately. He has an era of 8.27 in his last 3 outings. I don't like backing Boston as a side play in this one for numerous reasons including there own starting pitcher. I do feel pretty confident they can put up at least 4 runs against Wilson tho. I like the Angels TT as well, but id much rather need 4 runs for a win then 6.
That's gonna be it for me, with some dogs plays going on today ill be pretty happy with a 3-2 day. Best of luck to everyone today
Had a lean on brewers , but with you taking cubs has me thinking twice ...lol ...like nats ... Mets 1h sounds like the bet to make , I actually like the angels TtR better , they seem like they are hot
Had a lean on brewers , but with you taking cubs has me thinking twice ...lol ...like nats ... Mets 1h sounds like the bet to make , I actually like the angels TtR better , they seem like they are hot
Had a lean on brewers , but with you taking cubs has me thinking twice ...lol ...like nats ... Mets 1h sounds like the bet to make , I actually like the angels TtR better , they seem like they are hot
I wouldn't fault anyone for taking the Brewers today... I simply like alot of what I see on the Cubs side today. Nats are my favorite play today, i don't see them losing. Mets game will depend on there offense showing up imo. The Angels/Boston TT will probably both hit, I just like the needing 4 one better. Overall I am feeling pretty good about this card, hopefully it plays out somewhat
Had a lean on brewers , but with you taking cubs has me thinking twice ...lol ...like nats ... Mets 1h sounds like the bet to make , I actually like the angels TtR better , they seem like they are hot
I wouldn't fault anyone for taking the Brewers today... I simply like alot of what I see on the Cubs side today. Nats are my favorite play today, i don't see them losing. Mets game will depend on there offense showing up imo. The Angels/Boston TT will probably both hit, I just like the needing 4 one better. Overall I am feeling pretty good about this card, hopefully it plays out somewhat
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