{"id":5000,"date":"2009-07-25T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mlb-picks-saturday-baseball-handicapping-rundown\/"},"modified":"2009-07-25T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T15:03:00","slug":"mlb-picks-saturday-baseball-handicapping-rundown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mlb-picks-saturday-baseball-handicapping-rundown\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Picks: Saturday Baseball Handicapping Rundown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The White Sox and Tigers continue their set in <\/span><\/font><\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Detroit<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span>, the Cubs take on the Reds, and the <span class=SpellE>WNBA<\/span> stages its All-Star contest.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/scoresoddspicks.com\/MLB.html\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>baseball handicapping<\/span><\/font><\/a> living legend Stevie Vincent continues to be even hotter than the Erin Andrews peephole tape video download.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold; mso-bidi-font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The Great One<\/span><\/font><\/i><\/b> <\/span>is now 11-1 with his last 12 picks and is unloading on the Saturday card with two Level 5 plays among three best bets. His forensic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2007\/08\/betonsports360com_1.html\"><span class=GramE><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>sports handicapping<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/a><span class=GramE> has<\/span> turned the betting world upside down the last three plus years and the attempts by the bookmakers to adjust has literally been futile. Go 3-0 today. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Packages\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>Click now to purchase<\/span><\/font><\/a><span class=apple-style-span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>C<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/span><strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">olliding in the Junior Circuit&nbsp; . . .<\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>The Orioles will continue their road series against the Red Sox on Saturday night, with Baltimore&#8217;s Jeremy Guthrie (7-8, 5.12 ERA) taking on Boston&#8217;s Jon Lester (8-7, 3.87 ERA). <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Guthrie is coming off a strong outing against the White Sox in which he surrendered just two earned runs on three hits over eight innings of work. Lefthander Lester took a hard-luck loss in his last trip to the mound, allowing just three earned runs on five hits over his seven innings pitched.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>Also on the American League schedule for Saturday: Oakland at the Yankees, Tampa Bay at Toronto, Cleveland at Seattle, Minnesota at the Angels, Texas at Kansas City, and the White Sox at Detroit. Gavin Floyd (8-6, 4.40 ERA) gets the start for <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Chicago<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span>; the <span class=SpellE>righthander<\/span> has given up 13 earned runs over his last three starts (20 innings), but still went 2-1 in those outings. The Tigers will counter with Edwin Jackson (7-5, 2.52 ERA); <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Detroit<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span> is 5-5 in the <span class=SpellE>righthander&#8217;s<\/span> last 10 outings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Clashing in the Senior Circuit . . <span class=GramE>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>Saturday&#8217;s NL slate kicks off with the Cubs hosting the Reds, as Johnny <span class=SpellE>Cueto<\/span> (8-6, 3.67 ERA) takes on Kevin Hart (1-1, 2.30 ERA). <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Cueto<\/span> had to settle for a no-decision vs. the Brewers last time out, surrendering three earned runs on 10 hits over six innings of work; <span class=SpellE>Cueto<\/span> last won on July 1. <span class=SpellE>Righthander<\/span> Hart will be filling in for the injured Ted Lilly on Saturday. Hart beat the Nationals in his last outing, holding them to only two earned runs over five innings of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>Also on the National League schedule for Saturday: St. Louis at Philadelphia, San Diego at Washington, the Mets at Houston, San Francisco at Colorado, Pittsburgh at Arizona, Florida at the Dodgers, and Atlanta at Milwaukee. Braves <span class=SpellE>righthander<\/span> Tommy Hanson (5-0, 3.00 ERA) will try to keep his perfect record intact in that contest; Hanson beat the Giants last time out. The Brewers will counter with <span class=SpellE>righthander<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Yovani<\/span> Gallardo (8-7, 3.28 ERA), who last won June 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <strong><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Rounding out the Roundup . . <span class=GramE>.<\/span><\/font><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>The Canadian Football League closes out its fourth week on Saturday afternoon with a game between the Eskimos and Roughriders in <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Saskatchewan<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span class=apple-style-span>. <\/span><st1:City><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Edmonton<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><span class=apple-style-span> has yet to pay off for bettors so far this year, going 0-3 against-the-spread (and 1-2 straight-up). <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Saskatchewan<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span class=apple-style-span> is 2-1 both SU and ATS through their first three games of the season. The <span class=GramE>oddsmakers<\/span> have the Roughriders pegged as 4.5-point home favorites for Saturday&#8217;s matchup, with the day&#8217;s total set at 55 points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <span class=apple-style-span>Finally, the best of the <span class=SpellE>WNBA<\/span> will take the court on Saturday afternoon in the league&#8217;s annual All-Star Game, which will be held at <\/span><st1:State><st1:place><span   class=apple-style-span>Connecticut<\/span><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><span class=apple-style-span>&#8216;s Mohegan Sun Arena. The Eastern All-Stars were listed as early 5-point favorites over the West.<\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=apple-style-span><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Sprint Cup Championship <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linetrackers.com\/\"><font color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>sportsbook<\/span><\/font><\/a><\/u> odds say that Tony Stewart is the favorite to win Spring Cup 2009, but ESPN says Jimmy Johnson should be. <\/span><\/font><\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/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>Today in the Daily Sports Roundup: The White Sox and Tigers continue their set in Detroit, the Cubs take on the Reds, and the WNBA stages its All-Star contest. Meanwhile, baseball handicapping living legend Stevie Vincent continues to be even hotter than the Erin Andrews peephole tape video download. The Great One is now 11-1 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/mlb-picks-saturday-baseball-handicapping-rundown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Picks: Saturday Baseball Handicapping Rundown<\/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-5000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000","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=5000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5000\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}