Moving Today's Market
We hope you're enjoying the new layout at Sports Insights. It's good to be back, especially with a full slate of MLB games. We see some great pitchers taking the mound in the first full day of action since an extended version of the All-Star game. The Braves send ace Tim Hudson (9-7, 3.13 ERA) to the mound against the Nationals and Tim Redding (7-3, 3.85). This match up is drawing quite a bit of early interest, with the money and bets solidly behind Atlanta, who opened at -176 and are currently at -210 (Pinnacle). The Angels start John Lackey (6-2, 2.46) against the potent Red Sox offense and Clay Buchholz (2-4, 5.70). Lackey hasn't fared well against Boston in his career, compiling one win and a 6.27 ERA in 11 starts. James Shields (7-6, 3.83) gets the call for Tampa Bay against Toronto and AJ Burnett (10-8, 4.96). The bets and money have pushed the Rays from an opening of -139 to -156 at Pinnacle. The Yankees are drawing a surprisingly low amount of early interest with reliable starter Mike Mussina (11-6, 3.61) toeing the rubber against the Athletics. Mussina has provided a 2.77 ERA in his previous eight starts, but early money is backing Oakland and Greg Smith (5-7, 3.43). Also taking the mound tonight are Seattle's Felix Hernandez (6-6, 2.95) and Milwaukee's CC Sabathia (8-8, 3.67).
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Key Injury Updates
| Player | Team | Injury | Status | Comments |
| Bobby Jenks | CHI (RP) | Back | Probable | He is expected to be activated before Friday's game, the Chicago Tribune reports. |
| Kevin Youkilis | BOS (1B) | Triceps | Probable | He is dealing with a bruised left triceps. |
| Yunel Escobar | ATL (SS) | Shoulder | Doubtful | His shoulder was too sore to take batting practice on Thursday, and is likely out for Friday. |
| Chone Figgins | LAA (3B) | Personal | Probable | He was activated from the bereavement list on Wednesday, and should be in the starting lineup on Friday. |
Key Market Moves
A couple of teams have received a trio of alerts heading into tonight's action. The Athletics received a Steam Move alert to go along with a pair of Smart Money alerts against the Yankees. Two of the alerts were triggered by books with positive results won, while the third came from Pinnacle with results of -0.15 units. Meanwhile the Padres were also triggered for two Smart Money bets and a Steam Move. All three were triggered by books with positive results, but the one from Bet Jamaica has only +0.38 units won on the season.
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