MLB Baseball Betting-Blue Jays vs. Royals Odds & Picks: April 29th 2009

Toronto Blue Jays vs. Kansas City Royals u7.5 (100)
Wed Apr 29 ‘09 8:10p - MLB Baseball Odds
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Zack Greinke looks like an early Cy Young candidate for the Kansas City Royals this season, while Brian Tallet has looked good in his two starts for the Toronto Blue Jays, so the offenses should struggle at Kauffman Stadium tonight.

Grienke has been perfect in terms of earned runs this season, as he has not allowed one in four starts covering 29 innings. In fact, going back to last season, he has now gone six consecutive starts and 43 consecutive innings. To show just how dominant Greinke has been this season, in addition to his 0.00 ERA, he has allowed only 25 baserunners (0.86 WHIP) while recording 36 strikeouts (1.24 per inning)!

Not to be lost in all the Greinke hype here is the fact that Tallet has pitched well in both of his starts since entering the starting rotation. He has allowed a grand total of one earned run in 11 innings in his two starts, and he now owns a 2.95 ERA and 1.09 WHIP for the season when combined with his work out of the bullpen.

Sure, he is filling the rotation spot of Jesse Litsch, but a few more starts like his first two and it may be hard to remove Tallet from the rotation. Tallet is also left-handed, so he should gave success facing a Royals lineup that is hitting a modest .244 vs. southpaws and has never faced him before.

Combined with the fact that he is facing Greinke and that both bullpens are in the top 10 in the majors in ERA, the Under seems like the obvious call here.

MLB Free Pick: Blue Jays, Royals Under 7.5 (+100)