MLB Over-Under Betting: The Best And The Worst: June 29th 2010

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Best Teams To Bet The ‘Over’ On
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Season Standings
1: Arizona Diamondbacks (46-28-2) – Running into the offensively challenged Rays was the best thing that happened to the D’Backs probably all season long. The team took two out of three in the Sunshine State over the weekend, holding Tampa Bay to just seven hits in the process. RHP Edwin Jackson’s no-no was made all the more sweet by the fact that this was the team that left him out of the rotation in the playoffs in the run to the World Series and then unceremoniously traded him to Detroit the next season. Still, at +18 towards the ‘over’ on the season, Arizona isn’t leaving this list any time soon.

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2: Milwaukee Brewers (39-31-5) – The Brew Crew went from a team that was challenging for the top spot in the ‘over’ power poll to one that may be falling off it any week now. Every week for the last month, Milwaukee has continued to drop towards the rest of the pack, and with just another questionable week of ‘totals’, it will finally find its way back off of this list.

3: Los Angeles Dodgers (41-33-1) – Offensively speaking, the Dodgers have had a great last four days. Yes, the team was held to one run by the Yanks to start a three game set, but aside from that, there have been 25 runs plated over the other three games. The offense is now up to 4.68 runs per game, which in theory, should be enough for a team managed by Joe Torre playing in one of the most pitcher friendly parks in the game.

Who’s Hot?
1: New York Yankees (5-1) – The Bronx Bombers took two out of three from their former skipper over the weekend and used a four run ninth inning to pull it off on Sunday night. The Yanks are starting to look like the Yanks, which is bad news for both the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays who are now firmly in a chase position in relation to the men in pinstripes.

2: Baltimore Orioles (5-1) – Someone break up the Orioles! The team has won four straight games and has all of a sudden posted eight straight of at least four runs scored. Not bad for a team that is only “up to” averaging 3.45 runs per game, eh?

3: Cleveland Indians (4-2) – Then there are the Indians… The Tribe is starting to resemble the team that had a 5.00+ ERA a season ago. Their ERA is inching closer to that point this year at 4.85, and allowing at least a touchdown on the board four times this week didn’t help matters. Both Cincinnati and Philadelphia scored at least 19 runs in three game sets this weekend, which yielded just a 1-5 SU record as well.

Best MLB Teams To Bet The ‘Under’
‘Under’ is still the word for a ton of teams on the diamond this season and there is no reason to believe that won’t continue into the dog days of summer. The MLB odds are still stacked in favor of some of the best teams in the bigs.
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Season Standings
1: St. Louis Cardinals (45-28-2) – The Redbirds ran together four straight ‘under’ games against the Royals and Blue Jays over the course of last week, which only improved their stranglehold on the top spot in the ‘under’ power poll. Still, scoring runs is an issue, as four games with three runs or less isn’t going to make manager Tony LaRussa a happy camper.

2: San Diego Padres (41-27-7) – The Pads took a major step forward this week for ‘under’ bettors, which we will discuss in just a minute. A pitching staff with a 3.02 ERA, a 1.20 WHIP, and 594 strikeouts is tops in the bigs in all three categories. That has been the reason that San Diego is atop the NL West and doesn’t look to be getting off of its perch any time in the near future.

3: Colorado Rockies (43-30-2) – The Rocks were rolling for ‘under’ MLB betting fans before this week, when the Red Sox scored 19 runs in two days and the Angels scored 17 in three days. It’s fairly clear that RHP Ubaldo Jimenez isn’t catching Bob Gibson’s 1.12 ERA any longer now that his ERA has ballooned to 1.60, but he is still the main reason that this team is 13 games over .500 to the ‘under’.

Who’s Hot?
1: Minnesota Twins (5-1) – The Twinkies haven’t played a game in which there have been more than eight runs scored since Monday. The end result has been five straight ‘under’ contests. The offense has been the real culprit here, as getting shut out twice in four days isn’t going to cut it. Going just 3-6 on this marathon road trip through the NL has been tough, but coming back home should be just the panacea to get the Twins back on track in the AL Central.

2: Kansas City Royals (5-1) – It’s not often that you talk about the Royals and good pitching in the same sentence, but that’s what we are doing today. KC has held six straight foes to four runs or less, and though they are only 3-3 in that span, the MLB odds have yielded them a nice return on their investment, particularly in a road win against RHP Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals.

3: San Diego Padres (4-1-1) – Pitching wins championships – Period! That’s what the Padres have going for them right now like no other team in the bigs. We already discussed their season accolades, but last week, the staff was exemplary. San Diego held the Fish to just three runs in as many days, while the two teams in the Sunshine State as a whole plated just 13 runs in six games. The Pads went 5-1 in those six to open up a solid lead once again in the NL West.

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