'Road Dogs'
A study of baseball road underdogs to this point in the season (June 26) shows it's been a 'Dog-Gone' struggle with road underdogs winning just 43.7% of the games costing backers -$451 at the betting window. To get a better take, we asked our trusted MLB stat crunching machine to break it down by line ranges to see which groups were the best performers. Road Dogs in the lower range (<= $1.50) had 'Lot's of Byte' winning 45.8% of the time (278-329) stuffing +$726 into betting accounts. Road Dogs with some bite were found in the $1.51 to $1.70 range as they won at a 39.5% clip (30-46) cashing +$181 worth of tickets. But, Big Dogs higher than $1.70 were 'All-Bark-No-Bite' posting a 10-34 mark depleting accounts by -$1358. Something to keep in mind as the season progresses.
In baseball just because a team is heavily favored does not mean the club will win every time. The baseball season is a long, grueling one and there are days when teams don't give their best efforts. Ace pitchers have an off day, relievers implode, hitters slump and/or costly errors are made.
Diving into our baseball database Heavy Favorites, that is chalk of -$1.70 or higher have won at a 67.8% clip (76-36) this season for a net return of +$745 for backers.
Now, one would assume the 36 mentioned 'Beaten Heavy Favorites' would pick themselves up the following game providing solid betting choices. Well, in sports betting like life itself, Rule Number One - 'Never Assume Anything'. The Beaten Heavy Favorites were far from a sure thing the next outing posting a 19-17 record depleting betting accounts by -$533. Something to keep in mind throughout the season. As always best of luck but above all enjoy the games.
A study of baseball road underdogs to this point in the season (June 26) shows it's been a 'Dog-Gone' struggle with road underdogs winning just 43.7% of the games costing backers -$451 at the betting window. To get a better take, we asked our trusted MLB stat crunching machine to break it down by line ranges to see which groups were the best performers. Road Dogs in the lower range (<= $1.50) had 'Lot's of Byte' winning 45.8% of the time (278-329) stuffing +$726 into betting accounts. Road Dogs with some bite were found in the $1.51 to $1.70 range as they won at a 39.5% clip (30-46) cashing +$181 worth of tickets. But, Big Dogs higher than $1.70 were 'All-Bark-No-Bite' posting a 10-34 mark depleting accounts by -$1358. Something to keep in mind as the season progresses.
In baseball just because a team is heavily favored does not mean the club will win every time. The baseball season is a long, grueling one and there are days when teams don't give their best efforts. Ace pitchers have an off day, relievers implode, hitters slump and/or costly errors are made.
Diving into our baseball database Heavy Favorites, that is chalk of -$1.70 or higher have won at a 67.8% clip (76-36) this season for a net return of +$745 for backers.
Now, one would assume the 36 mentioned 'Beaten Heavy Favorites' would pick themselves up the following game providing solid betting choices. Well, in sports betting like life itself, Rule Number One - 'Never Assume Anything'. The Beaten Heavy Favorites were far from a sure thing the next outing posting a 19-17 record depleting betting accounts by -$533. Something to keep in mind throughout the season. As always best of luck but above all enjoy the games.
