Expert MLB Picks & Baseball Betting Predictions for August 8th 2010

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Pick: Chicago White Sox -124 (Craig Trapp)
BALT have played well lately but still have a serious lack of talent. Showalter pulled a rabbit out of his hat winning his first 4 games but lost yesterday. Today CHW are going to roll as they turn to their leader Buehrle. He has been up and down this year but he battles and he is going for third straight win. Buehrle is 5-3 with a 2.91 ERA in 12 starts against Baltimore head to head. Guthrie goes for BALT and he is just the opposite of Buerhle. He does not battle and had never beat CHW going 0-2 with a 6 plus ERA over 6 starts. Lineup is huge favor to CHW as well and they need to continue to win as MIN is right behind them.

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Pick: Padres vs. Diamondbacks Under 8 (Tom Freese)
Arizona starter Joe Saunders has made 2 starts with the Diamondbacks this year allowing 3 runs total in those 2 starts. The Diamondbacks are 7-2-1 UNDER off a win and they are 6-2-1 UNDER their last 9 games vs. righty starters. Arizona is 5-0-1 UNDER their last 6 home games vs. righty starters. San Diego starter Mat Latos has allowed 3 or less runs in 15 of his last 16 starts. The Padres are 9-3 UNDER their last 12 road games vs. lefty starters. San Diego is 8-3 UNDER in the last 11 starts made by Latos and they are 4-1 UNDER after scoring 5 or more runs in their last game. PLAY ON ‘UNDER’ (Saunders vs. Latos)

Pick: Los Angeles Angels +121 (Bryan Leonard)
Even without the suspended Torii Hunter the Angels continue to rake Detroit pitching. Now they face a struggling Rick Porcello who has severely dropped off from his rookie campaign. Last time out he allowed the White Sox seven earned runs in just 4.1 innings of work. In three lifetime starts against the Angels he’s been pounded for 15 earned runs in 21 innings. The Angels start young Trevor Bell who has pitched on the same level as Porcello but with much more room for improvement. He takes on a Tiger team who has scored more than four runs just once in their last eight games. Detroit is on a 6-20 run right now as they have fallen out of divisional contention. They don’t deserve to be favored here with a shaky starter on the mound.

Pick: Oakland Athletics -115 (Ross Benjamin)
The Oakland starter Trevor Cahill has been light out in 9-starts at home this season posting an excellent 1.88 ERA and 0.98 WHIP. Cahill is also a stellar 5-1 in his team-starts during the day with a 1.60 ERA. Cahill enters today in terrific form off of his last 3-starts posting a 0.75 ERA and 0.75 WHIP. Oakland is a very profitable 20-7 in their last 27 with Cahill as their starter including 13-4 the last 17 versus a team with a better than .500 winning percentage. Cahill is a perfect 5-0 in his last 5 team starts versus Texas with 3 of those starts coming in 2010. The Texas starter Colby Lewis is 0-3 in his team starts versus Oakland in 2010. The A’s are a solid 21-11 in Game 3 of a series this season including 11-4 following a win. Play on the Oakland A’s as my free selection of the day.

Pick: Tampa Bay Rays -119 (Robbie Gainous)
The Tampa Bay Rays look to rebound from a 17 to 11 defeat on Saturday in Toronto. The Rays are 67-42 on the season including 33-19 on the highway and 7-3 on the road in this price range. Tampa Bay has done a good job against division foes posting a record of 27-15 against them this season. The Blue Jays are 7-12 when installed as a home underdog in this price range. We also get a little help from behind the plate as home-plate umpire Jeff Kellogg has seen the road team go a perfect 5-0 his last five behind the mask. Lay the short price as the Rays bounce back from a tough loss on Saturday and get a much needed win on Sunday north of the border.