{"id":5201,"date":"2009-08-07T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks-3\/"},"modified":"2009-08-07T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T19:19:00","slug":"mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks-3\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Betting &#8211; Saturday Baseball Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>While you warm up for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/ufc-101-odds-1251.aspx\" title=\"UFC 101 odds\"><span class=SpellE>UFC<\/span> 101 odds<\/a> Saturday night, why not sit in the sun and listen to the ballgame? Better yet, why not bet on some ballgames? Let&#8217;s make some Saturday MLB picks.<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Texas<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> Rangers @ Los Angeles Angels<\/span><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Saturday, August 8, <\/span><\/font><st1:time Hour=\"16\" Minute=\"10\">4:10 p.m. ET<\/st1:time><br \/> Kevin Millwood (9-7, 3.39) <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> <span class=SpellE>Jered<\/span> Weaver (11-3, 3.79)<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><br \/> There are difficult <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/\" title=betting>betting<\/a> choices and easy ones in every sport, and Saturday afternoon&#8217;s Rangers\/Angels tilt is one of those easy ones .Before we look at any numbers, it pays to know that Kevin Millwood has missed his last few starts with a strained <span class=SpellE>glute<\/span>. Thus, there&#8217;s no guarantee that he&#8217;s 100 percent. Now, we go to the numbers, and they seriously favor the Angels. Millwood is 2-6 on the road in 2009 and has a 7.79 ERA against <\/span><\/font><st1:City><st1:place>L.A.<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> this season. Meanwhile, <span class=GramE>Angels<\/span> starter <span class=SpellE>Jered<\/span> Weaver loves pitching at Angel Stadium. He&#8217;s 7-1 with a 2.79 ERA there this season. MLB predictions don&#8217;t come easier than this one. <\/p>\n<p> Best betting management pick: Angels<\/p>\n<p> <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Chicago Cubs @ Colorado <\/span><\/b><st1:place><b><span  style='font-weight:bold'>Rockies<\/span><\/b><\/st1:place><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br \/> <\/span><\/b>Saturday, August 8, 8:10 p.m. ET<br \/> Ryan <span class=SpellE>Dempster<\/span> (5-5, 4.09) <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> Jason Marquis (12-7, 3.49<span class=GramE>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p> The Cubs and <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> continue to battle as wild-card hopefuls, and the <st1:place>Rockies<\/st1:place> have the edge Saturday night. Whether you like Jason Marquis or think he&#8217;s lucky, there&#8217;s no denying that&#8217;s he&#8217;s a rare pitcher who excels at Coors Field. In a solid sample size &#8212; 90 innings\u2014Marquis is 8-3 with a 3.39 ERA and just three homers allowed. <span class=GramE>Cubs<\/span> starter Ryan <span class=SpellE>Dempster<\/span> is a different story. Coors Field owns his soul, slapping a 15.23 ERA on him. If you believe in following the numbers, you have to bet on the home squad. Go with <st1:State><st1:place>Colorado<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. <\/p>\n<p> Best <a href=\"http:\/\/payperhead.com\/\" title=\"betting management\">betting management<\/a> pick: Rockies<\/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>While you warm up for the UFC 101 odds Saturday night, why not sit in the sun and listen to the ballgame? Better yet, why not bet on some ballgames? Let&#8217;s make some Saturday MLB picks. Texas Rangers @ Los Angeles Angels Saturday, August 8, 4:10 p.m. ET Kevin Millwood (9-7, 3.39) vs Jered Weaver &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/08\/mlb-betting-saturday-baseball-picks-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MLB Betting &#8211; Saturday Baseball 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-5201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5201","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=5201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}