Free MLB Baseball Betting Picks: August 20th 2009: ATS Consultants

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OVER 10 Minnesota Twins/Texas Rangers:
Texas trails Boston by 1 game in the American League Wild Card standings, so they need to bounce back tonight after a tough loss to the Twins last night. Pitching wise, the matchup looks fairly one sided as Rookie Derek Holland has been pitching well for the Rangers, while fellow rookie Anthony Swarzak has been awful lately for Minnesota.

Swarzak (3-6, 5.87) had started this year pretty decent, but his last few efforts have been brutal to say the least. He’s allowed 16 runs on 25 hits in his last 8 innings of work. That’s almost hard to believe, but it’s true. He’s 1-3 with a 7.89 ERA in his last 5 starts. Like I said, brutal.

Holland (6-7, 4.88) is on the fast track to superstardom, but he’s not there quite yet. Along with Neftali Feliz, he gives the Rangers two dynamic young arms for the next several years. He’s 3-2 with a 2.70 ERA in his last 5 starts. Two of those starts however, have been pretty poor, allowing 7 runs in 7 innings against Oakland on August 4 and Kansas City July 25. Other than those, he’s been nearly flawless. We think Minnesota can get 3-4 runs off of Holland while the Rangers will have no trouble hitting Swarzak.

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