Tuesday Baseball Card

Wherein we give back our recent modest gains with a four-play line-shopping bonanza:

Toronto Blue Jays +112 (WSEX), 1 unit to win 1.12 units.

McGowan vs. Parra. Both teams are slightly underrated by the public, but we think the Jays are the "more underrated" team, if that makes sense. Their third-order record would put them in the playoff chase. Plus we like McGowan, who looks to be a real talent with an ability to keep the ball in the park.


Washington Nationals +110 (Matchbook), 1 unit to win 1.10 units.

Back to third-order records. The Nats are terrible, but everyone knows that. They might not know that the Twins are also terrible, to the tune of a 29-41 third-order record. That's Nationals-level bad. Lannan looks to be a quality #3 type starter, and Livan is Livan. We'll take the .1 units on this tough-to-call game.


Kansas City Royals +129 (Matchbook), 1 unit to win 1.29 units.

In an effort to protect my reputation, I will spare you the ugly details concerning the amount of research I put in to determining who Royals' starter Kyle Davies is and what he's done with his fledgling career. Suffice to say that I ultimately found it mildly comforting. Also comforting is the fact that Pujols, Molina and pretty much the entire Cardinals pitching staff is on the DL. Note that this pick is based on Piniero as projected starter, we've seen some conflicting reports as to who is taking the mound tonight.


Oakland A's +140 (BetUS), 1 unit to win 1.40 units.

The public is starting to catch on to the fact that the D-backs aren't as good as they first appeared. But they still love them some Brandon Webb. Hate betting against him, but this is too good a number to pass up for someone as talented as Duscherererer.

A note to the 5 people who read this carefully- if you have a BetUS account, you might want to take a look at the 2009 NCAA basketball futures. They appear not to have taken into account yesterday's news. That is all I will say, since I don't want the number to move before I get home and online today.