{"id":4824,"date":"2009-07-03T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-saturday-mlb-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-07-03T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T20:47:00","slug":"baseball-betting-saturday-mlb-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-saturday-mlb-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Betting – Saturday MLB Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The UFC<\/span> 100 fight card<\/a> seems a mile away, but not to worry; we can pass the time this Fourth of July weekend by betting on baseball. Let’s make some Saturday picks.<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Toronto<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Blue Jays @ New York Yankees<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Saturday, July 4, <\/span><\/font>1:05 p.m. ET<\/st1:time><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Roy Halladay (10-2, 2.56) vs<\/span> Chien<\/span>-Ming Wang (1-6, 10.06)<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Has sinkerballer<\/span> Chien<\/span>-Ming Wang turned a corner? He was a nightmare in April and May but Joe Girardi<\/span> stuck with him. Now, he’s “rewarded” Girardi<\/span> but returning at least to league-average numbers. Over his last three starts, he has an almost serviceable 4.76 ERA and 1.45 WHIP. Can he handle the Jays on Saturday?<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Well, even if his sinker works, Wang will have to be brilliant to beat Roy Halladay. Doc will likely be on a strict pitch count as he recovers from a groin injury, but he’s a bona fide Yankee killer. In 31 career starts against <\/span><\/font>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Halladay is 16-5 with a 2.79 ERA, five complete games and two shutouts. That’s a full season worth of dominance against a powerful team. You have to pick the Jays in your MLB predictions<\/a> for Saturday.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

MLB betting pick: Blue Jays<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Tampa<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/span><\/b>Bay<\/span><\/b><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> Rays @ Texas Rangers<\/span><\/b><\/o:p><\/p>\n

Saturday, July 4, <\/span><\/font>8:05 p.m. ET<\/st1:time>
David Price (2-2, 3.93) vs<\/span> Vicente Padilla (6-4, 4.75)<\/o:p><\/p>\n

It’s a tough time to be a Rangers fan, as <\/span><\/font>Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has dropped precipitously in the standings since a hot May. The news probably won’t get better Saturday; the Rangers not only face the highest-scoring team in the majors, but also a pitcher seemingly designed to specifically dominate them. David Price struggles with his control sometimes and posts the occasional ugly start, but those outings come against patient offenses who exploit his wildness. The Rangers are just about the least disciplined lineup in the league, though. They’ll hack away at Price’s devastating arsenal of pitches. Sportsbook software<\/a> projects a blowout win for Tampa<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2014sorry, Vicente Padilla\u2014and double-digit strikeouts for Price.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

MLB betting<\/a> pick: Rays<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The UFC 100 fight card seems a mile away, but not to worry; we can pass the time this Fourth of July weekend by betting on baseball. Let’s make some Saturday picks. Toronto Blue Jays @ New York Yankees Saturday, July 4, 1:05 p.m. ET Roy Halladay (10-2, 2.56) vs Chien-Ming Wang (1-6, 10.06) Has … Continue reading Baseball Betting – Saturday MLB Picks<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}