Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Wednesday night MLB picks

For this evening (both from Matchbook):

TB Rays (-104), 104 to win 100.

The Rays and Os are the surprises of the AL East so far. We think one of them is for real. The Rays have a potent lineup, quality starters, a vastly improved defense, and a bullpen that has exceeded expectations thus far. Sonnanstine has good stuff; his less-than-stellar numbers in 2008 are the result of one tough outing against the Yanks. His four other starts were all above average. Albers, the Orioles starter, has been pitching from the bullpen for most of April. We see nothing in his past, or his stuff, to suggest that he'll maintain his impressive early numbers.


Tigers (+128), 100 to win 128.

A simple value play. The matchup sans A-Rod and Posada looks about even to us, so we'll take the underdog money.

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