Daily Baseball Market Trends: Brewers' Big Catch Makes Debut

Dan FabrizioJul 8, 2008

Moving Today's Market

Baseball’s big weekend news is making for the game of the day, as C.C. Sabathia (6-8. 3.83 ERA) makes his Brewers debut in Milwaukee against the Rockies. Sabathia struggled early in the season, but has shown his Cy Young form over his past 14 starts, posting a 2.16 ERA and striking out 109 batters in 104 innings. The bets and money have pushed the Brewers from an opening line of -130 at Cris to currently -250. Another game with early action sees the Cubs’ Ryan Dempster (9-3, 3.24) seeks his 10^th win of the season at home against the Reds and Aaron Harang (3-10, 4.47). Dempster is 9-0 with a 2.71 ERA at Wrigley Field in 10 starts this season. In another interesting match up, the streaking Twins look to derail Jon Lester’s recent dominance for Boston. Lester (7-3, 3.21) has allowed more than two earned runs only once since the beginning of June, and both the bets and money are backing the Red Sox. The line opened at -110 for both clubs, but has since moved Boston to -170 at Cris. There is an unusually low number of bets being placed on the Rays-Yankees match up, as Tampa ace Scott Kazmir (7-3, 2.63) faces Andy Pettite (9-6, 4.22).

Key Injury Updates

Player	Team	Injury	Status	Comments
Roy Oswalt	HOU (SP)	Hip	Prob Fri	Start pushed from Tuesday to Friday due to strained left hip.
Joe Saunders	LAA (SP)	Personal	Questionable	He is dealing with an undisclosed personal issue.
Ian Snell	PIT (SP)	Elbow	Probable	He is expected to be activated from the 15-day disabled list for Tuesday's game against Houston.
Dan Uggla	FLA (2B)	Ankle	Questionable	He is dealing with a sprained left ankle, but may be able to pinch hit on Tuesday.

Key Market Moves

Two games mentioned above have received two alerts from SportsInsights.com’s valuable betting systems. The Reds have received two Smart Money alerts from sportsbooks with positive units won, despite facing Ryan Dempster in Chicago. Minnesota received a Steam Move and Smart Money alert from books with positive results despite facing one of baseball’s hottest pitchers in Jon Lester.

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Tomorrow's Market Movers

More MLB action leading into next week's All-Star break and a couple of WNBA games are on the schedule.