MLB betting odds are up and getting attention for a Sunday schedule of 16 games. Among the marquee matchups is the nightcap between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, and the Cleveland Indians wrap up a weekend set against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Multiple oddsmakers provided insights on MLB opening lines and early line movement, sharp money and public betting for Sunday’s games. Covers will update this action report with MLB sharp picks vs. public bets and line movement throughout the day.
MLB line movement
UPDATE 6:30 P.M. ET SUNDAY: The SuperBook opened the Phillies modest -116 favorites for the Sunday night game, but the moneyline has since flipped to Braves -110/Phillies even money. Details below.
UPDATE 1:30 P.M. ET SUNDAY: The Twins opened -210 at the Tigers, briefly went to -205, but closed -220 at William Hill US, with Detroit a +200 underdog for a game that just got underway. The Dodgers moved from -230 to -220 at the Rangers, though that's not indicative of liability at all for a 2:35 p.m. ET start. See below.
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Philadelphia is on a five-game win streak, climbing back to .500 in the process at 14-14 and looking to sweep a three-game series at Atlanta. Most books had not posted the line for this game by late Saturday night. First pitch is 7:08 p.m. ET.
The Indians have won four in row to take the lead atop a tight AL Central, and they’ll go for a three-game sweep of the host Cardinals in a 2:15 p.m. ET meeting. Caesars books opened at Cleveland -122/St. Louis +112, and there was no line movement Saturday night.
The San Diego Padres and Colorado Rockies split the first two games of their four-game weekend set, with Colorado taking a 4-3 victory Saturday. San Diego aims to get back on track Sunday and opened a -141 favorite at Caesars, before moving to -149, with Colorado at +139.
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MLB sharp money
UPDATE 6:30 P.M. ET SUNDAY: Reyna Hernandez, manager at The SuperBook at Westgate, said sharp play came in on the Braves runline +1.5, at -180. The sharp action included a $9,000 bet.
MLB public betting
UPDATE 6:30 P.M. ET SUNDAY: "There's sharp and public action on the Braves," The SuperBook's Hernandez said, alluding to the moneyline flipping in the Braves' favor. "The book will need the Phillies to win by two runs or more."
UPDATE 4:45 P.M. ET SUNDAY: Just ahead of the second game of the Yankees-Mets doubleheader, The SuperBook at Westgate is seeing good action on the "home" team, playing in the away stadium in the Bronx. "The public is betting on the Mets to win and on the runline -1.5," SuperBook manager Reyna Hernandez said, noting a large bet on the Mets moneyline -135, to win $5,000. The book needs the Yankees for just into five figures.
UPDATE 1:55 P.M. ET SUNDAY: At DraftKings Sportsbook, the White Sox are getting absolutely flooded on the moneyline against the visiting Royals. Chicago is landing 91 percent of bets and 94 percent of the money, and the Sox are currently -182 favorites. Bettors are hammering the runline even harder, with White Sox -1.5 taking 95 percent of tickets and 99 percent of dollars. The Indians-Cardinals game is far closer to two-way action at DraftKings, with Cleveland getting 59 percent of moneyline tickets and 56 percent of dollars as a -120 favorite.
UPDATE 1:30 P.M. ET SUNDAY: "We've got two big decisions in bases: we need against the Twins and against the Dodgers," William Hill US director of trading Nick Bogdanovich said. Covers Consensus bears that out, with the Twins landing 73 percent of picks ahead of their just-started game at Detroit, and the Dodgers getting 70 percent of picks at the Rangers. The upcoming Indians-Cardinals game is running dead even, according to Bogdanovich, with Cleveland -120 and St. Louist +110.
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Covers Consensus indicated perfect two-way action on Indians-Cardinals by late Saturday night, with both teams landing 50 percent of picks. The Padres were drawing 62 percent of early Covers Consensus play against the Rockies.
The Minnesota Twins were the most popular Covers Consensus play by late Saturday night, taking 72 percent of picks against the host Detroit Tigers. Caesars has that line at Twins -196/Tigers +178, for a 1:10 p.m. ET start.
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