Athletics and Twins Highlight Expert MLB Baseball Picks for August 11th 2010

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Pick: Tampa Bay Rays +106 (Vernon Croy)
1* Take Tampa Bay ML, This pick falls into one of my top MLB systems so we will take the Rays again today against a struggling Detroit Tigers team. The Rays are now 9-2 in their last 11 games after winning their previous game and Matt Garza (11-6, ERA 3.90) has been lights out over his last 3 starts with an ERA of just 1.50 while lasting an average of 8 innings per start. The Rays are now 21-7 in their last 28 games played against an AL Central opponent and they are also 20-8 in their last 28 games played against a right hand starter. Justin Verlander (12-7, ERA 3.81) has struggled over his last 3 starts with an 0-2 record and an ERA of 4.09 and he will not get much run support again today as the Tigers are hitting just .213 as a team over their last 7 games while averaging just 2.9 runs per game. Take Tampa Bay as your MLB Free Pick for Wednesday afternoon.

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Pick: Red Sox vs. Blue Jays Under 8 (Tom Freese)
Boston starter Clay Buchholz has allowed 3 or less runs in 12 of his last 13 starts. The Red Sox are 6-2-2 UNDER their last 10 road games vs. righty starters. Boston is 3-1-2 UNDER their last 6 games and they are 4-1 UNDER with Buchholz his last 5 road starts vs. the Blue Jays. Toronto starter Shaun Marcum has a 18-2 strikeout to walk ratio in his last 3 starts. The Blue Jays are 5-1 UNDER on Wednesday and they are 4-1 UNDER when their opponent allows 5 or more runs in their last game. PLAY ‘UNDER’ (Marcum vs. Buchholz)

Pick: Colorado Rockies +108 (Rob Vinciletti)
On Wednesday the free play is on the Colorado Rockies. Game 959 at 7:10 eastern. The Mets fit a nice negative system that plays on home favorites off low scoring home dog wins. New York has been horrendous when playing off 1 exact win since Late June losing their last 14 times in this role. The Rockies are still averaging 5 runs per game over the past week, compared to the Mets who are scoring just 2.4 runs on .229 hitting. Look for Colorado to even the series tonight. On the Wednesday slate we have 2 Bigs. One is a MLB Totals system that has cashed 100% of the time, the other game is a Diamond Cutter big city Blowout system that wins by over 3 runs per game. Tuesday card swept for the second straight night. To jump on these 2 big night games. For the free play take Colorado tonight. RV

Pick: Oakland Athletics -125 (Jim Feist)
A managerial change is not going to help this dreadful Seattle offense. And it won’t help to face Dallas Braden of Oakland, who walks few batters and has a 3.75 ERA. He has already shut down the Mariners once this season, with a 1.29 ERA fanning 10 with 1 walk in 7 innings, just 4 hits allowed. Seattle starter Luke French has a 4.73 ERA on the season and a 5.84 ERA all time against Oakland. Play the Oakland A’s.

Pick: Minnesota Twins +1.5 -135 (Jimmy Boyd)
Minnesota has had Chicago’s number. With yesterday’s win, the Twins improved to 18-5 in their last 23 games against the White Sox. They also improved to 7-1 in their last 8 in Chicago. Chicago is clearly being overvalued with Danks on the hill. The White Sox have lost each of his last 2 starts, and he has never had much luck against the Twins. He is carrying an ERA of 5.28 in 16 career starts against Minnesota, and the White Sox are just 1-6 in his last 7 starts vs. the Twins. Plus, the Twins are 5-0 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter. Perkins is set to make his first start of the season, but he has plenty of big league experience (18-11 record from 2008-2009). I fully expect him to take advantage of this opportunity. The Twins have won 2 of his last 3 starts against the Sox. Take the Twins showing solid value on the run line.