MLB Thursday

San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers. Early division battles continue with Dodgers returning to the ravine after playing 1 under .500 on the road and splitting the West, (COL 2-1 series win, SFG 1-2 series loss). Dodgers sporting almost a 4 more runs and perfect at home will return on a short hop giving L.A -145 home fav status. J. McDonald will take the mound with 1-1 record, 2-1 team record, 7.72 ERA. He is coming off a win at Colorado, but there are no quality start and has yet to go beyond 5 innings. Padres coming from Colorado (1-2 series loss) Geer filling in for Shawn Hill is coming off a excellent start and if he can come near what he did San Diego should have a fighting chance. I'm going to say the starting pitchers don't factor into this outcome and normally skimpy Total is up to 9, but I think it's reachable and late scoring has been plentiful.

SDP/LAD OVER 9 -118 for 1 unit

MLB Monday

Check out Pittsburgh 11-7 with top ERA in baseball. I know most are not holding their breathes and these games are going under the radar. Tonight the Bucs make a trip to Milwaukee where the Brewers are 2-4 with 8-10 overall. Their less than impressive record is actually a reflection of a team coming out of a slow start. Milwaukee coming home after taking 2 out of 3 series beating Houston and Philadelphia going 5-4, but 4-1 in last 5. Brandon Looper taking the mound for Brew crew is starting out nicely in 17 innings, 3 starts 2-0 record with Brewers winning all three. Pittsburgh will counter with Jeff Karstens who has the least innings of all Pirates starters and might be considered the weak link, but he too is coming off a win. The big factor making the Brewers a big favorite is their 12 game straight win against Pittsburgh. Matter of fact Milwaukee has lost 1 game out of last 15 against the Bucs. That kind of stuff will stay in your mind, but the odds are stacked too high and Bucs are playing good ball. It's still April I'll take the value.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES ML +183 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.00 units

MLB Saturday

Milwaukee at Houston. Brewers are cooking with 3 wins and they are playing .500 ball on the road. Starters, outside of Parra's last start, have completed 6 innings or more. Last night's win Yovani Gallardo coming off a complete game leaving Brewers pen well rested. Testament to their resent pitching and defense this road trip has given up 2 runs or less in 5 out of 7 games, O/U 1-6 & W/L 5-2, which is all good. On the other side, the home team Houston Astros, who are 6-11, 4-7 at home, so far and they are not hitting. I normally give you the take on pitching, but I'd play action here.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS +110 (W)

1-0 +1.10 units

MLB Thursday

Tigers in the South land is on the prowl and the Halos are grasping for help. Angels, the top contender in AL West, are very much in need of Arms and today will be no different. Pitching has gone dry and Tigers will feast.

DET Run Line -1.5 +120 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.00 unit

MLB Saturday

Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees. F. Carmona vs C. Wang. Both pitchers are floundering and Wang has not looked well in a long time. Thus today we have a high end total at 10.5 which many will see it as a reasonable score to reach. But early numbers suggest over compensation and I'm not saying pitchers are going to be in mid season form I think the number is too high.

CLE/NYY UNDER 10.5 at -105 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.05 units

MLB Tuesday

Yanks got killed at tropicana yesterday. It's only April, but people sure are talking about AL champs winning at home. I'm sure they will be pretty good, I don't disagree, but AL East as always is no cake walk and AJ taking the mound will not falter easily.

NYY +112 for 1 unit(W)

1-0 +1.12 units

MLB Friday

SF Giants at SD Padres.
Barry Zito's back on the mound for the G-men. Considering his rough 2008 and his first NL year 2007 you might sense the value here. I mean 10-17 record was the worst in his 9 years of majors. Coming from Oakland A's in 2007 he definitely looked like a bad buy for the Giants (11-13) and things took a turn for the worst in 2008. But 2009 model Zito is a bit different and one stat I look for a dip is the WHIP combined with little scoring and Zito outing should be much better. Shawn Hill is also a value pick up for the Pads. Released by Nationals and making a spot rotation for San Diego. There's a lot riding for Shawn to earn his right for the rotation and he is a sinker baller which I favor, but I look for Giants to break through and Zito to pitch in form.

GIANTS +112 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.00 unit

Nick Adenhart

Nick Adenhart's unexpected passing is tragic to say the least. I can't tell you much about the kid, but I do know he was the product from Williamsport, MD. on the fast track this year. Debut in the Bigs May 1, 2008 and logged three starts with 9.00 ERA. He showed growth in spring training and got the call with injury riddled starters. It was a promising 2009 start against Oakland at home going 6 innings 7 hits no runs who would of known that would of been his last day on this earth. Taken at such young age he will not be forgotten RIP.

MLB Opening Day 2009

Opening day! Let's go out to Pet Co Park where Jake Peavy will take the mound. Padres are supposed to be coming up for fire sale soon and there are tons of negative talk. Opposing visitors, L.A. Dodgers, are supposed to take the division by storm. But Kuroda on opening day tells me they are lacking quality arm. Don't get me wrong Kuroda has come through last season, but he's no big secret and Japanese imports have dipped in their second year. Taking the underestimated Padres with proven ace Peavy.

SAN DIEGO PADRES -120 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.20 units

MLB Thursday

Angels at Dodgers

Halos at the revine -117 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.17 units

Final Tune up Wednesday

Colorado Rockies at Kansas City Royals

Royals -113 for 1 unit(W)

1-0 +1.00 unit

Cactus League Tuesday

This is a good match up LAA at CUBS.
Line has held steady, but I'll give the boys from Mesa the advantage. WS implications? Maybe top contenders. Should be fun.

CUBS -102 for 1 unit(L)

Milwaukee Brewers at San Diego Padres
Brewers to take this contest at the sports complex.

MIL +102 for 1 unit(L)

0-2 -2.02 units

Sunday Baseball

What a bad call on friday. I'm going to give some thought on Sunday's game, Saturday is all done, and see if there's any early advantage. It's not all that early since the lines have been out for few hours, but early enough most players are not locked into any games yet.

Diamondbacks will feature their regulars on Sunday hosting the White Sox. The Sox scheduled to start Danks making the trip Fields, Chris Getz, Dewayne Wise, Brian Anderson and Jerry Owens are just some of the players making the trip to face D-backs starter Doug Davis.

ZONA -113 for 2 units(L)
0-1 -2.26 units

My Lucky Day

Holy shit! I just been alerted by my astrologer about my upcoming "lucky" day where I will triple my wealth. This will be one of my 3 dramatic life altering moments and I best be ready. The time is closing in and I need to act now. The instructions proceed to explain I am to call Dick at the given number, last name Head, and for a incredibly low price of $99.95 I will get the exact angle for this moment. Absolute lock guaranteed and if by some far fetch chance it doesn't work out my other 2 "lucky" days in my life are FREE....

I live by the words of Rolling Stones "You can't always get what you want" and that's the truth, but if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need.

OAKLAND A's at Phoenix muni taking on the visiting Padres. I'll take that home advantage. I think Peavy is going for Padres which may move this Moneyline. I'm going to watch for movement.

OAK at -114 1 unit(L)

Peavy too strong! 0-1 -1.14 units

Cactus League Thursday

Sup? Took a winner on hardwood last night and looking forward to Royal vs Mariners at Peoria Sports Complex. Ponson vs Felix I'll take Seattle.

SEATTLE -110 for 1 unit(W)

9th inning comeback for the home team. Already feels like summer.

1-0 +1.00 unit

Cactus League Monday

Chicago Cubs will ride to Papago Park today to face Dana Eveland and the Oakland A's.
Cubs got 3 straight wins

CUBS at -102 for 1 unit(W)

1-0 +1.00 unit

WBC Sunday USA vs JAPAN

World Baseball Classic didn't get much coverage in U.S. and couldn't really tell you how it's doing overseas, but with March Madness peaking, NBA & NHL coming to shape and U.S.A. full of missing players are not a champion caliber team. Today the expectation is high and Oz takes the mound against the Bostonian Japanese Dice K. This should be a good one and honestly I like Oz over Dice K, but Japanese hold WBC in higher respect in contrast to U.S.A.

Team Japan +100 for 1 unit(W)

It was the best play on whole board!

Cactus League Friday

Chicago White Sox at San Diego Padres
Padres are back to full squad and they are showing good at bat. Taking Pads at home against the long traveling White Sox.

Padres -107 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.07 units

Cactus League Thursday

San Diego Padres at Milwaukee Brewers
Brewers are strong at home today.

MIL -112 for 2 units(Push)

WTF Jeff Suppan?

MLB Spring Thursday Game

WBC will come into play, but play it like nothings happening as far as MLB is concerned. Anybody else surprised by Seattle? They moved out some key players like Putz, Ibanez, Green etc..., also missing Ichiro and Jojima to WBC, got bunch of new faces and they have not lost this spring...so far. The game is Angels against Mariners at Peoria sports complex. Angels enter the spring light with Tex gone to Yankees, Garrett to Braves, Vlad on DL and so is Mathews. The tendencies with Halos is not to show too much to their division foes. Lackey having pitched in last game new faces will likely get a spot. Going with M's to keep the streak alive.

SEATTLE MARINERS -105 for 1 unit(L)

0-1 -1.05 units