{"id":4968,"date":"2009-07-23T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T21:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-friday-mlb-picks\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T16:12:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T21:12:00","slug":"baseball-betting-friday-mlb-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-friday-mlb-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Betting &#8211; Friday MLB Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Put down that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/college-football-betting-1243.aspx\" title=\"college football betting\">college football betting<\/a> cheat sheet! The baseball season isn&#8217;t over yet and you&#8217;ll miss the pennant races if you&#8217;re not careful. Let&#8217;s make a few picks for Friday&#8217;s games.<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Chicago<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> White Sox @ Detroit Tigers<\/span><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoList><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Friday, July 24, <\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"19\" Minute=\"5\">7:05 p.m.  ET<\/st1:time><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoList><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Bartolo Colon (3-6, 4.23) <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Eddie <span class=SpellE>Bonine<\/span> (0-0, 9.00)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br \/> Eddie who? The Tigers are taking a big chance sending the unknown <span class=SpellE>Bonine<\/span> to the hill Friday in a crucial divisional game. The question is whether or not you should take that chance too. I say no. Just as shouldn&#8217;t take a dumb chance on the Lions&#8217; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/football\" title=\"football odds\">football odds<\/a> this season, there&#8217;s no reason to trust <span class=SpellE>Bodine<\/span>. He hasn&#8217;t started a game this season and he&#8217;s allowed at least one run in all five of his relief appearances.<\/p>\n<p> It doesn&#8217;t matter that <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>Colon<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is making his first start since a DL stint. He has the better lineup backing him and <span class=SpellE>Bonine&#8217;s<\/span> track record stinks.<\/p>\n<p> Daily baseball pick: White Sox<\/p>\n<p> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Minnesota Twins @ Los Angeles Angels<\/span><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoList><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Friday, July 24, <\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"22\" Minute=\"5\">10:05  p.m. ET<\/st1:time><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoList><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'>Francisco Liriano (4-9, 5.33) <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> John Lackey (5-4, 4.39)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br \/> Many bettors are starting to believe in John Lackey again. While I do too in the long haul, I don&#8217;t like the Angels on Friday. Lackey hasn&#8217;t pitched well at home this season and Francisco Liriano has pitched very well against the Angels in a small sample of innings, holding <span class=SpellE>Chone<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Figgins<\/span>, Vladimir Guerrero, <span class=SpellE>Kendry<\/span> Morales and <span class=SpellE>Maice<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Izturis<\/span> hitless. <\/p>\n<p> The Twins will offer good underdog value and <span class=GramE>it&#8217;s<\/span> good <a href=\"http:\/\/payperhead.com\/\" title=\"betting management\">betting management<\/a> to back Liriano right now. He struggled early in the season but his ERA has fallen under 4.00 for two straight months and his strikeout rate has returned to its lofty level. <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/baseballbetting.wordpress.com\/\" title=\"Daily baseball pick\">Daily baseball pick<\/a>: Twins<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Put down that college football betting cheat sheet! The baseball season isn&#8217;t over yet and you&#8217;ll miss the pennant races if you&#8217;re not careful. Let&#8217;s make a few picks for Friday&#8217;s games. Chicago White Sox @ Detroit Tigers Friday, July 24, 7:05 p.m. ET Bartolo Colon (3-6, 4.23) vs Eddie Bonine (0-0, 9.00) Eddie who? &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/baseball-betting-friday-mlb-picks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Baseball Betting &#8211; Friday MLB Picks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-4968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4968","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=4968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4968\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}