{"id":6579,"date":"2009-05-01T12:27:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/friday-fantasy-baseball-and-mlb-betting-odds-rundown\/"},"modified":"2009-05-01T12:27:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T17:27:00","slug":"friday-fantasy-baseball-and-mlb-betting-odds-rundown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/friday-fantasy-baseball-and-mlb-betting-odds-rundown\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fantasy Baseball and MLB Betting Odds Rundown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here are news and notes, plus pitchers report card info for Friday <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\">baseball betting<\/a>. Units are based on one unit per bet, plus or minus the juice. Also key injuries for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=26\">fantasy baseball<\/a> and bettors alike are featured. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Red Sox-Rays<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tampa<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 3-11 this year in virtual pick &#8217;em games (line 125 or less either way) in 2009. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Indians-Tigers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cleveland<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 5-13 -10.3 units to right-handed starters this year.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mets-Phillies<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>New York<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> is 3-9 -8.8 against teams with a winning record. Mets first baseball C. Delgado is probable, Phillies closer B. <span class=SpellE>Lidge<\/span> is doubtful. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Astros-Braves<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mike Hampton is 25-46 -25.7 units since 1997 to NL teams that average 4.3 or fewer runs. The Astros are splendid 14-6 +14.9 units on the road versus a starting pitcher who gives up 5.5 or fewer hits per start.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Derek Lowe is 3-9 as home favorite of 150-200. Astros closer Valverde is on the DL<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pirates-Reds<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Pittsburgh<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has been making the Bucs going 10-1 +11.1 units the last two years after a game in which they had four or fewer hits. Reds third baseball J. Encarnacion is on the DL. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cardinals-Nationals<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:City><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>St. Louis<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is 11-3 +8.2 units in virtual pick &#8217;em games (line 125 or less either way). Cardinals&#8217; outfielder Ludwick is probable, shortstop K. Green is out.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Angels-Yankees<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Andy Pettitte is 5-12 as a favorite of 125-175 -12.7 units the last two years. The Angels are 34-19 +22.6 units the last two years as an underdog. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Marlins-Cubs<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span   style='font-size:12.0pt'>Florida<\/span><\/font><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> shortstop H. Ramirez is doubtful as is Cubs third basemen A. Ramirez. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<h1><b><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>White Sox-Rangers<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/b><\/h1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>White Sox DH Thome is probable. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><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'>For more information: <\/span><\/font><\/b>Tonight&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lines-maker.com\/\">baseball picks<\/a> are at OffshoreInsiders.com. The latest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?PageID=25\">MLB odds<\/a> are in real-time. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight: bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/b><\/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>Here are news and notes, plus pitchers report card info for Friday baseball betting. Units are based on one unit per bet, plus or minus the juice. Also key injuries for fantasy baseball and bettors alike are featured. Red Sox-Rays Tampa is 3-11 this year in virtual pick &#8217;em games (line 125 or less either &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/friday-fantasy-baseball-and-mlb-betting-odds-rundown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday Fantasy Baseball and MLB Betting Odds Rundown<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579","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=6579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}