MLB Baseball Betting: Over And Under Betting Report for July 20th 2010

Handicappers PicksJul 20, 2010

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Season Standings
1: Arizona Diamondbacks (56-34-3) – We’re glad to see that the D’Backs really haven’t changed their ways to start the second half of the season. Allowing 26 runs to the Padres over the course of three days is just unacceptable, and it raised their team ERA up to 5.40. The squad as a whole has a tremendous 1.53 WHIP, which is worst in the bigs. The offense hasn’t held up its end of the bargain yet in the second half, but eventually, the average of 4.50 runs per game will once again become what we see from Arizona on a weekly basis.

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2: Milwaukee Brewers (49-38-6) – The signs are there that the Brewers are starting to lose some of their ‘over’ steam. They went three straight games to start the second half of the year by allowing a total of eight runs in three days in Atlanta only to give up 11 on Sunday. The rumors are starting to fly around that 1B Prince Fielder could be traded by the middle of next week as well.

3: Los Angeles Dodgers (50-40-2) – The Dodgers have some major pitching issues right now, which is going to prompt manager Joe Torre to look for some arms right before the trade deadline. LA has conceded at least seven runs four times since July 9th, raising its team ERA up to 4.16 on the season. In a ballpark that is notoriously known for its ‘under’ prowess, that’s a miserable number to have.

Who’s Hot?
1: San Diego Padres (3-0) – The Pads came out of the blocks in the second half with their bats blazing, as they bounced around Arizona’s miserable pitching staff for 26 runs in three days. In spite of the fact that San Diego ranks 23rd in home runs on the season with just 75, the team blasted off eight times over the first three days of the second half.

2: Tampa Bay Rays (3-0) – Perhaps it was a bit foreboding for the Rays that they were absolutely pounded by the Bronx Bombers’ bats over the weekend at Yankee Stadium. They conceded 19 runs and had all three of their starting pitchers bounced around, including All-Star Game starter LHP David Price. Giving up that many runs has to concern manager Joe Maddon, but at least Tampa Bay can rest assured about one thing…

3: New York Yankees (3-0) – … The Yankees’ pitching was just as bad. New York allowed the exact same 19 runs to the Rays over the three game series in the Big Apple. The biggest concern has to be the right arm of AJ Burnett. He was blasted for four runs in just two innings of work before getting lifted from the game to a chorus of boos… and for good reason. Burnett’s ERA has skyrocketed to 4.99.

The second half of the season has started off with a bevy of ‘over’ games. The MLB odds aren’t stacked against all of the teams in the bigs this week, though.
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Season Standings
1: St. Louis Cardinals (53-36-3) - In spite of the fact that the Cards are in the hole almost five units for the season for their MLB betting fans, they are back in first place in the NL Central and could be poised to run away from the field. They swept a four game series at home against the Dodgers over the weekend to start the second half of the year, and they ran their string of consecutive games of holding teams to four runs or less to eight straight games.

2: Washington Nationals (51-38-3) – The offense for the Nats has simply been awful since July 8th. The ‘O’ has only averaged 2.86 runs per game since that point, and now that Washington is most certainly out of the race in the NL East, it is probably going to be inclined to clean house. If it’s the bats that end up on the move, the ‘under’ train could continue. However, closer Matt Capps is one of the names being talked about, which could kill some ‘unders’ late in games should the roles in the bullpen change.

3: Chicago Cubs (48-37-8) – The Cubbies have been playing a number of ‘over’ contests of late, but help could be on the way. RHP Carlos Zambrano could be rejoining the club as soon as the end of the week, though there is a chance that he could be traded before then as well. It’s probably best to stay away from Chicago, as it is poised to fall off of this list.

Who’s Hot?
1: Washington Nationals (3-0) – When you get shutout twice and only score four runs in a span of three days, you aren’t going to cash in many ‘over’ tickets. The Nats got a heck of a start out of RHP Stephen Strasburg as well the first day out of the All-Star Break. He tossed six shutout innings and struck out seven against the Marlins to improve to 4-2 on the campaign.

2: Florida Marlins (3-0) – The pitching staff for the Marlins had a fantastic weekend against the boys from DC. The bullpen didn’t allow a single run in three days, extending its scoreless innings streak to three games and 1.1 innings. The road is about to get significantly tougher though, as trips to Cincinnati and Milwaukee and their respective powerful offenses are on deck.

3: Boston Red Sox (3-1) – It’s amazing that the Red Sox are even remotely staying in the chase for the AL East and AL Wild Card distinctions with as many injuries as they are dealing with right now. It’s no wonder that the team lost three out of four at home to the Rangers over the weekend, and it’s certainly no wonder why Boston hasn’t scored more than four runs in a game since July 10th.

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