3:00 PM SOC [26222] TOTAL u2.5 -114 (UKRAINE vrs GERMANY) Eurocup soccer
1:35 PM MLB [901] CHI CUBS -1.5 -165 ( J LESTER -L / J GANT -R )
2:10 PM MLB [904] TOTAL u8-110 (NY METS vrs MIL BREWERS) ( S MATZ -L / Z DAVIES -R )
4:05 PM MLB [906] WAS NATIONALS -1.5 -120 ( A MORGAN -L / J ROSS -R )
1:05 PM MLB [916] TOR BLUE JAYS -170 ( U JIMENEZ -R / A SANCHEZ -R )
2:10 PM MLB [923] TOTAL o9.5 -105 (BOS RED SOX vrs MIN TWINS) ( R PORCELLO -R / P DEAN -L )
1 unit bet pays 31 ....betdsi line
MLB parlays: 9-67, +5.14 units units (risk 1 unit each pick)... winner #1 posted here......winner #2 posted here....winner #3 and nice winner #4... and small reduced winner #5, winner #6 paid 5.07 units...winner #7...and here is winner #8...and then winner #9 yesterday afternoon
Goood luck everyone!! :firing: :toast: :0074x34:
The Pirates bullpen, ravaged with injuries, had to use today's starter out of the pen Fri night (in place of his usual bullpen session) and Nicasio gave up 6 runs in the 12th inning!
Dodgers@Giants-game start is 5:30 local time; pitchers should benefit from those shadows.
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a can of Red Stripe the Carib dude brought from home, no less...
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I really didn't think I'd be seeing Aaron Sanchez still on top of his game come June, but here it is [last start] after he walloped the Tigers for a line of 8.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 12 Ks....I foresee him still having his bumps along the way, but 75% of his starts have featured 2 walks or fewer, and his strikeout upside is improving while his FIP/xFIP numbers check out around 3.00. Gotta hand it to the kid.
Sanchez became the first Blue Jays pitcher since David Price to reach double digits in strikeouts during his last outing. He struck out 12 vs. Detroit, which was a career high. Credit the curveball, which has become his new out pitch.
Ubaldo Jimenez - [last start] 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 9 Hits, 3 BBs, 4 Ks. Somehow Ubaldo managed to escape 12 baserunners in five frames with just one earned run. He used all of his saved up his good luck for this one outing when the O's scored nine runs. Yaaaaaay.
In back-to-back starts, Lamb has reached his career high in innings pitched. In 7 1/3 innings vs. the Cardinals on Tuesday, he changed speeds with great effect, from the high 60s to 90 mph. At one point, he retired 10 in a row.
John Lamb, LHP - For the second start in a row, Lamb allowed just one earned run while completing at least seven innings. The 25-year-old rookie has looked like a completely different pitcher in June than he did in May, when he yielded a 6.85 ERA and failed to pitch past the fourth inning in three of his five starts. He credits his turnaround to studying video of opposing hitters, which he did for the first time before his last start.
John Gant impressed Braves officials this spring and briefly was considered for the opening-day rotation. He?s 3-0 with a 3.56 ERA in eight games (seven starts) at Triple-A Gwinnett, with 48 strikeouts and 13 walks in 43 innings.
The Cubs had five left-handed hitters and two switch-hitters in their lineup Saturday to face Braves right-hander Matt Wisler, and they?ll probably have at least that many lefty bats in the lineup against Gant, who has allowed .435 average (10-for-23) by lefties with four extra-base hits and a 1.219 OPS.
Right-handed hitters are 5-for-23 (.217) against him with a .789 OPS. Overall, Gant has allowed a .326 average (15-for-46 (.326) against major league hitters with three doubles, two triples, two homers, five walks, 14 strikeouts, a .389 OBP, and .609 slugging percentage.
Gant was used as a starter in the minors, however was exclusively brought in as a reliever with his first stint in Atlanta. In his 11.2 innings of relief work for the Braves so far this season, Gant has surrendered a 6.17 ERA and 4.49 FIP, striking out an impressive 14 batters.
from April:
Gant was effective in spring training with the Braves, posting a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings with a fine 10/2 K/BB ratio and 10 hits allowed. This is very much in line with his 2015 performance, particularly after the trade when he posted a 1.99 ERA with a 43/14 K/BB in 41 innings in Double-A.
The numbers are obvious and there's been a concurrent shift in scouting reports. For most of his career Gant's fastball has been generally average, right around 89-90 or a touch higher, those reports reflected in the book comment. However, reports from late last year showed an increase in velocity, up to 90-93 consistently with peaks at 95. His curveball has also improved and he already had a good change-up. The command is there, too.
If Gant can maintain these improvements, he goes from being a possible mop-up guy or fifth starter to being a legitimate starting pitcher candidate, maybe even a middle of the rotation arm. The Braves would love it if he turns out something like another ex-Mets prospect sleeper who suddenly developed, Astros starter Collin McHugh.
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Fulmer is the fourth Major League rookie since 1984 to win four consecutive starts with as stingy pitching as the 28 1/3 innings of one-run ball he has posted, joining Chris Archer, Matt Cain and Orel Hershiser....Fulmer credits his coaching staff, catchers and Justin Verlander for the change, citing an improved mental approach and more frequent use of his change-up.
Pineda has been more effective his last two starts, including one against Detroit, after a rocky first two months of 2016. He's credited a mechanical tweak -- pitching from a lower arm angle -- and he'll look to carry that into this start.
Zach Davies - That first month back in the big leagues was rough ? Davies went 0-3 with an 8.78 ERA. He?s been solid ever since then, including a career-best, eight-inning outing against St. Louis on June 1. He struck out nine and gave up three hits in that 3-1 win.
?You know, I think just coming up, my mentality is that I kind of just (have) to show that I belong here. I don?t think that mentality has changed to that ?I?m confident now, that I wasn?t earlier,? ? Davies said. ?I think just getting on a roll ... just a snowball effect kind of thing.?
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Cleveland Indians -152
The Cleveland Indians are worth the price of admission today as big road favorites over the Los Angeles Angels. This is probably the biggest mound mismatch of the day. Plus, the Indians have won eight of their last 11 overall, while the Angels have dropped five of their last six.
Danny Salazar is one of my favorite starters to back this season. He's 6-3 with a 2.24 ERA and 1.127 WHIP in 11 starts. You know his stuff is the real deal when he's struck out 81 batters in 68 1/3 innings.
David Huff is no more than a fill-in starter for the Angels, who are desperate for starting pitching right now given all their injuries. Huff was roughed up for 5 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings for a 12.26 ERA in his lone start this season on June 7 against the Yankees. He won't have much success against the Indians today, either.
The Indians are 5-1 in their last 6 road games vs. a left-handed starter. The Indians are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. a team with a losing record. The Indians are 21-9 in Salazar's last 30 starts vs. a team with a losing record. The Angels are 7-22 in their last 29 games vs. a starter with a WHIP less than 1.15.
Mets vs. Brewers
Play: Under 8?
Zach Davies is one of the hottest pitchers in baseball. He has won three straight starts holding the A's, Cards and Reds to just four earned runs over 20.7 innings of work. Davies has 18 strikeouts and three walks over that span. This is a dreadful Mets offense he's facing. New York has scored just 19 runs over their last seven games and don't have a ton of weapons in the lineup. The Brewers pen has ugly numbers, but with the addition of Will Smith, roles are starting to be developed.
Steven Matz has a 1.67 ERA and a WHIP of 1.114 in five road starts with four of them going under the total. Matz did beat the Brewers at home a few weeks ago holding them to two runs and three hits in seven innings. The Brewers are hitting .242 against left-handed starters this season and have an inconsistent unit themselves. These two have played eight unders in their last 10 meetings in Milwaukee. I think this one goes under the total as well.
1:35 PM MLB [901] CHI CUBS -1.5 -165 ( J LESTER -L / J GANT -R )
2:10 PM MLB [904] TOTAL u8-110 (NY METS vrs MIL BREWERS) ( S MATZ -L / Z DAVIES -R )
4:05 PM MLB [906] WAS NATIONALS -1.5 -120 ( A MORGAN -L / J ROSS -R )
1:05 PM MLB [916] TOR BLUE JAYS -170 ( U JIMENEZ -R / A SANCHEZ -R )
2:10 PM MLB [923] TOTAL o9.5 -105 (BOS RED SOX vrs MIN TWINS) ( R PORCELLO -R / P DEAN -L )
1 unit bet pays 31 ....betdsi line
MLB parlays: 9-67, +5.14 units units (risk 1 unit each pick)... winner #1 posted here......winner #2 posted here....winner #3 and nice winner #4... and small reduced winner #5, winner #6 paid 5.07 units...winner #7...and here is winner #8...and then winner #9 yesterday afternoon
Goood luck everyone!! :firing: :toast: :0074x34:
The Pirates bullpen, ravaged with injuries, had to use today's starter out of the pen Fri night (in place of his usual bullpen session) and Nicasio gave up 6 runs in the 12th inning!
Dodgers@Giants-game start is 5:30 local time; pitchers should benefit from those shadows.
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a can of Red Stripe the Carib dude brought from home, no less...
ripped, cut and pasted, otherwise written by others, from across the internets:
I really didn't think I'd be seeing Aaron Sanchez still on top of his game come June, but here it is [last start] after he walloped the Tigers for a line of 8.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 Hits, 1 BBs, 12 Ks....I foresee him still having his bumps along the way, but 75% of his starts have featured 2 walks or fewer, and his strikeout upside is improving while his FIP/xFIP numbers check out around 3.00. Gotta hand it to the kid.
Sanchez became the first Blue Jays pitcher since David Price to reach double digits in strikeouts during his last outing. He struck out 12 vs. Detroit, which was a career high. Credit the curveball, which has become his new out pitch.
Ubaldo Jimenez - [last start] 5.0 IP, 1 ER, 9 Hits, 3 BBs, 4 Ks. Somehow Ubaldo managed to escape 12 baserunners in five frames with just one earned run. He used all of his saved up his good luck for this one outing when the O's scored nine runs. Yaaaaaay.
In back-to-back starts, Lamb has reached his career high in innings pitched. In 7 1/3 innings vs. the Cardinals on Tuesday, he changed speeds with great effect, from the high 60s to 90 mph. At one point, he retired 10 in a row.
John Lamb, LHP - For the second start in a row, Lamb allowed just one earned run while completing at least seven innings. The 25-year-old rookie has looked like a completely different pitcher in June than he did in May, when he yielded a 6.85 ERA and failed to pitch past the fourth inning in three of his five starts. He credits his turnaround to studying video of opposing hitters, which he did for the first time before his last start.
John Gant impressed Braves officials this spring and briefly was considered for the opening-day rotation. He?s 3-0 with a 3.56 ERA in eight games (seven starts) at Triple-A Gwinnett, with 48 strikeouts and 13 walks in 43 innings.
The Cubs had five left-handed hitters and two switch-hitters in their lineup Saturday to face Braves right-hander Matt Wisler, and they?ll probably have at least that many lefty bats in the lineup against Gant, who has allowed .435 average (10-for-23) by lefties with four extra-base hits and a 1.219 OPS.
Right-handed hitters are 5-for-23 (.217) against him with a .789 OPS. Overall, Gant has allowed a .326 average (15-for-46 (.326) against major league hitters with three doubles, two triples, two homers, five walks, 14 strikeouts, a .389 OBP, and .609 slugging percentage.
Gant was used as a starter in the minors, however was exclusively brought in as a reliever with his first stint in Atlanta. In his 11.2 innings of relief work for the Braves so far this season, Gant has surrendered a 6.17 ERA and 4.49 FIP, striking out an impressive 14 batters.
from April:
Gant was effective in spring training with the Braves, posting a 3.18 ERA in 11.1 innings with a fine 10/2 K/BB ratio and 10 hits allowed. This is very much in line with his 2015 performance, particularly after the trade when he posted a 1.99 ERA with a 43/14 K/BB in 41 innings in Double-A.
The numbers are obvious and there's been a concurrent shift in scouting reports. For most of his career Gant's fastball has been generally average, right around 89-90 or a touch higher, those reports reflected in the book comment. However, reports from late last year showed an increase in velocity, up to 90-93 consistently with peaks at 95. His curveball has also improved and he already had a good change-up. The command is there, too.
If Gant can maintain these improvements, he goes from being a possible mop-up guy or fifth starter to being a legitimate starting pitcher candidate, maybe even a middle of the rotation arm. The Braves would love it if he turns out something like another ex-Mets prospect sleeper who suddenly developed, Astros starter Collin McHugh.
===
Fulmer is the fourth Major League rookie since 1984 to win four consecutive starts with as stingy pitching as the 28 1/3 innings of one-run ball he has posted, joining Chris Archer, Matt Cain and Orel Hershiser....Fulmer credits his coaching staff, catchers and Justin Verlander for the change, citing an improved mental approach and more frequent use of his change-up.
Pineda has been more effective his last two starts, including one against Detroit, after a rocky first two months of 2016. He's credited a mechanical tweak -- pitching from a lower arm angle -- and he'll look to carry that into this start.
Zach Davies - That first month back in the big leagues was rough ? Davies went 0-3 with an 8.78 ERA. He?s been solid ever since then, including a career-best, eight-inning outing against St. Louis on June 1. He struck out nine and gave up three hits in that 3-1 win.
?You know, I think just coming up, my mentality is that I kind of just (have) to show that I belong here. I don?t think that mentality has changed to that ?I?m confident now, that I wasn?t earlier,? ? Davies said. ?I think just getting on a roll ... just a snowball effect kind of thing.?
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Cleveland Indians -152
The Cleveland Indians are worth the price of admission today as big road favorites over the Los Angeles Angels. This is probably the biggest mound mismatch of the day. Plus, the Indians have won eight of their last 11 overall, while the Angels have dropped five of their last six.
Danny Salazar is one of my favorite starters to back this season. He's 6-3 with a 2.24 ERA and 1.127 WHIP in 11 starts. You know his stuff is the real deal when he's struck out 81 batters in 68 1/3 innings.
David Huff is no more than a fill-in starter for the Angels, who are desperate for starting pitching right now given all their injuries. Huff was roughed up for 5 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings for a 12.26 ERA in his lone start this season on June 7 against the Yankees. He won't have much success against the Indians today, either.
The Indians are 5-1 in their last 6 road games vs. a left-handed starter. The Indians are 5-1 in their last 6 vs. a team with a losing record. The Indians are 21-9 in Salazar's last 30 starts vs. a team with a losing record. The Angels are 7-22 in their last 29 games vs. a starter with a WHIP less than 1.15.
Mets vs. Brewers
Play: Under 8?
Zach Davies is one of the hottest pitchers in baseball. He has won three straight starts holding the A's, Cards and Reds to just four earned runs over 20.7 innings of work. Davies has 18 strikeouts and three walks over that span. This is a dreadful Mets offense he's facing. New York has scored just 19 runs over their last seven games and don't have a ton of weapons in the lineup. The Brewers pen has ugly numbers, but with the addition of Will Smith, roles are starting to be developed.
Steven Matz has a 1.67 ERA and a WHIP of 1.114 in five road starts with four of them going under the total. Matz did beat the Brewers at home a few weeks ago holding them to two runs and three hits in seven innings. The Brewers are hitting .242 against left-handed starters this season and have an inconsistent unit themselves. These two have played eight unders in their last 10 meetings in Milwaukee. I think this one goes under the total as well.
