MLB Betting: The Best And Worst Road Teams To Bet On: July 20th 2010

Handicappers PicksJul 20, 2010

BetUS Sportsbook always has its watchful eye over the top teams in baseball, and today, we’re taking a look at the hottest teams that have been spoiling the party as unwanted guests in opposing homes. The MLB betting list for the best road teams is still littered with the best squads in the bigs.
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Season Standings
1: San Diego Padres (24-18, +$1,225) – The Pads took a bit of a step backwards over the L/2 weeks on the road, but things are still going quite well for them. San Diego still owns a four game lead in the NL West standings as we enter the first full week of the second half of the season, but the road will certainly be tough this week in Atlanta, a place where the Braves have one of the best home marks in the bigs.

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2: Tampa Bay Rays (29-16, +$1,207) – The only series the Rays have played on the road since the last time we checked up on them was this past weekend in Yankee Stadium. Losing two out of three wasn’t great, but the fact that Tampa Bay scored the same number of runs as the Yankees (19) has to be encouraging to manager Joe Maddon.

3: Kansas City Royals (21-28, +$562) – Let’s hear it for the Royals! KC has had a very respectable year this season on the road, and thanks to the fact that home teams have been dominant of late, KC can slip onto this list just for being relatively average. Keep a very close eye on this squad, as it has basically played .500 baseball since the firing of manager Trey Hillman.

Who’s Hot?
1: Baltimore Orioles (4-1, +$955) – The good news for the O’s is that they just wrapped up a four game sweep in Texas right before the All-Star Break to do a ton of damage to the books. The bad news is that they still have a miserable road record for the year at just 13-34 and out over nine more units. There’s still plenty of work to do for whomever takes over this franchise as the next permanent manager.

2: Oakland Athletics (4-1, +$359) – Does anyone realize that the A’s are back to .500 yet again? It isn’t totally inconceivable that they could claw their way back into contention in the AL West, as they are just seven games out of it with plenty of time to spare. Busting out the brooms in KC helped over the weekend, as the team is now on a five game winning streak.

3: Atlanta Braves (4-1, +$324) – When you’ve got one of the best home records in baseball and are hot on the road, everything is working for you. That’s exactly what is happening to the Braves right now, as they sit five games ahead of the New York Mets for the top spot in the NL East. Picking up SS Alex Gonzalez was a questionable move right before the All-Star Break, and perhaps as a result, Atlanta is just 2-3 in those five.

For every home team that is red hot, there has to be a visiting team that just can’t figure out how to put it together quite yet. Some of the worst squads in baseball are on this MLB betting list to stay away
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Season Standings
1: Pittsburgh Pirates (11-38, -$1,638) – Some of the stats on the road for the Pirates are just downright embarrassing. They’ve only won two road games since May 25th, and both of those came against the Cubs. In fact, they are only 7-36 on the season away from home against all other teams outside of Chicago. The last time the Bucs put more than five runs on the board in a road game? May 14th at… yep, you guessed it… Wrigley Field.

2: Arizona Diamondbacks (13-33, -$1,555) – It’s not like the Diamondbacks can do much more bragging than the Pirates can. Their only road series victories of the season came at Tampa Bay and at Houston. Aside from that, they have been absolutely atrocious all season long, including in a three-game sweep at the hands of the Padres this past weekend.

3: Seattle Mariners (15-32, -$1,436) – Lately, it’s been rough to be a Seattle Mariner. Coming into play on Sunday, the team had lost four straight, nine out of ten, and 13 of 15. They had lost six out of seven on the road and hadn’t won a game not pitched by LHP Cliff Lee on the road since June 30th. Now, Lee is gone, but at least the streaks are over with him. LHP Jason Vargas helped pitch the team to a 2-1 win on Sunday over the Halos.

Who’s Not?
1: Detroit Tigers (0-5, -$648) – This isn’t going to cut it if the Tigers are going to win the AL Central this year. Chicago’s ascent to the top of the division wasn’t just by accident or good fortune. Detroit is playing despicable ball on the road right now, as it has lost six straight on the road. The first two defeats at Target Field against the Twins weren’t so embarrassing. Dropping four at Progressive Field in Cleveland is a totally different story, particularly starting the second half of the year.

2: Pittsburgh Pirates (0-5, -$500) – Why are we not surprised? After all, the Cubs haven’t showed up on the road schedule in quite some time for the Pirates.

3: Philadelphia Phillies (1-4, -$405) – The two time defending National League champs are on the ropes and are on the verge of becoming sellers and not buyers at the MLB trade deadline. Picking up 5.5 games in a span of approximately 70 isn’t impossible, but there is just no headway being made right now on the Braves, who are still as hot as could be. A bad series in St. Louis this week could be the beginning of the end for the 2010 MLB betting campaign in the City of Brotherly Love.

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