Daily Market Trends: Slow Day for Pitching Matchups

Moving Today's Market

It’s not an exciting day for pitching macthups, and the number of bets show it (only two games have breached 10,000 bets). Only three games contain a pair of starting pitchers with sub 4.00 ERAs, but two are battles between division leaders and the teams directly trailing them in the standings.

Oakland @ Anaheim is first of these, and is seeing most of the early action due to a late afternoon start time. The bets and the money seem to slightly favor the Angles’ Joe Saunders (11-4. 3.06 ERA) over the Athletics’ Dana Eveland (6-5, 3.34).

The other division battle sees Tampa Bayace Scott Kazmir (7-3, 2.28) trying to complete the surprising three-game sweep against Daisuke Matsuzaka (9-1, 3.21) and the Boston Red Sox. Matsuzaka looks to continue his strong rebound since a horrendous first start after coming off the DL (1IP, 6H, 7ER vs. STL on 6/21).

Indians ace CC Sabathia (6-8, 3.78) looks to add to his trade value (and next contract) against Jose Contreras (7-6, 3.99) and the AL Central leading White Sox.

Key Injury Updates

Player	Team	Injury	Status	Comments
Roy Oswalt	HOU (SP)	Hip	Doubtful for Saturday	He is dealing with a strained left hip abductor.

Key Market Moves

Today we had two games that received Smart Money status and a Steam Move from different sportsbooks that have positive units won. The first is the D-Backs over the Brewers. The Smart Money bet was triggered by Skybook (+14.04 units), while the Steam Move was triggered by BetUS (+3.89 units). The second is the Giants over the Cubs. The Smart Money bet was also triggered by Skybook, while the Steam Move was triggered by Pinnacle (+24.94 units).

Today’s Best Bets

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Tomorrow's Market Movers

Baseball fans have been excited all season for the battle between the Orioles and Royals, but I have a feeling the Red Sox @ Yankees four-game series might see a little action.