Baseball Handicapping Articles

MLB Betting: 2010 NL West Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/8/2010

You know, after a while you would think that someone in the National League West would try to mix it up and go “off script” in order to win the division. But not this year. Not any year. The same teams are following the same game plan and the result is the same unpredictable National League West.

MLB Betting: 2010 A.L. East Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/5/2010

Baltimore, Tampa and Toronto are a combined 173-262 against the Yankees and Red Sox over the last four years. Only one time of a possible 12 – Toronto in 2006 – did any of those teams manage a winning record on the year against The Bosses.

MLB Betting: 2010 A.L. Central Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/5/2010

Three different organizations – Minnesota, Chicago and Cleveland - have won the American League Central in the last three years. And looking around the rosters of the Central squads this year I can say that I see a lot of question marks and not a lot of separation between the clubs. Here is Doc's Sports 2010 American League Central preview:

MLB Betting: 2010 A.L. West Preview
by Robert Ferringo - 3/3/2010

Last season Seattle, Texas, Oakland and the Los Angeles Angels each turned a profit. That was just the third time in at least the last 10 years (as far back as I have records on this topic) that at least four teams turned a profit from the same division.

Hot MLB Prop: First Manager To Be Fired in 2010
by Matt Severance - 3/2/2010

BetUS already has its 2010 list of likely unemployed candidates posted, but let’s look back at 2009 for a second. The Nationals’ Manny Acta (at 2/1) was the big favorite to be the first to get a pink slip last year, followed by the Rangers’ Ron Washington and Astros’ Cecil Cooper. Well, Acta and Cooper both eventually got the boot, but it was Arizona’s Bob Melvin (at 20/1) who was the first to go, in early May.

AL Divisional Series Predictions: Yankees Vs. Twins
by Robert Ferringo - 10/7/2009

Congratulations Minnesota! You just won a modern October classic against Detroit on Tuesday to earn the American League Central crown and a ticket to the "real" playoffs. Your prize is…wait for it...a trip to the Bronx to face the best team in baseball.

NL Divisional Series Predictions: Cardinals Vs. Dodgers
by Robert Ferringo - 10/7/2009

It all just seems too easy, right? Of the three playoff series that begin today the two teams that seem to be penciled in to the League Championship Series are the New York Yankees (over the Twins) and the St. Louis Cardinals over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

NL Divisional Series Predictions: Phillies Vs. Rockies
by Robert Ferringo - 10/7/2009

One of the best bets in all of baseball over the last decade-plus has been that the NL Wild Card team is going to spring an upset in the Divisional Series. Over the last 12 years the NL Wild Cards have gone an impressive 8-4 in the NLDS and that includes a stellar 5-2 mark in the opening round over the last seven years. And one of those losses for the WCs took place last year when the Phillies bushwhacked the upstart Milwaukee Brewers.

AL Divisional Series Predictions: Angels Vs. Red Sox
by Robert Ferringo - 10/6/2009

For the majority of this decade the American League has been a big game of scissors, paper, rock. The New York Yankees (rock) can't beat the Los Angeles Angels (paper). The Angels (paper) can't beat the Boston Red Sox (scissors). And the Red Sox (scissors) can't beat the Yankees (rock).

MLB Handicapping: Minnesota Looks for Magic on Second Straight Night
by Robert Ferringo - 10/6/2009

An emotional Monday Night Football win by Minnesota over Green Bay last night the Metrodome will likely be the staging point for another rowdy, bare-chested, beer-infused mob this evening for perhaps an even more emotional Major League Baseball playoff game.

MLB One-Game Playoff Preview: Tigers at Twins
by T.O. Whenham - 10/5/2009

It took forever, but the last month of the baseball season has finally provided some drama. The dullest pennant drive in memory has wrapped up with a tie in the AL Central between the Twins and the Tigers. That means that we get to watch the cruelest event in sports on Tuesday afternoon - the one game baseball playoff. Baseball is all about long series that eventually prove the best team, so these one game series are very difficult to assess and handicap.

MLB Handicapping: Down the Stretch They Come
by Ron Endres - 9/9/2009

Those words remind me of an announcer at my favorite place to be, the racetrack. I am not at the track, but instead I am watching the exciting MLB pennant chases as they near the finish line. The last regular season games will be played on Sunday, Oct. 4. That means that all the teams have less than 25 games left to play.

Dave Busk Previews the Weekend's Top MLB Series
by Dave Busk - 8/28/2009

These two teams just met last weekend with the Rockies taking three of four and now they lead the Giants by three games in the Wild Card chase. We get a great pitching matchup in Game 1 of the series with Ubaldo Jimenez and Tim Lincecum squaring off before getting another rematch from last week in Game 2 with Jason Marquis facing Barry Zito, who walked six Rockies in his last start before his bullpen walked a additional seven.

MLB Handicapping: Vulnerabilities of the Contenders
by T.O. Whenham - 8/26/2009

We're about to head into the home stretch of the baseball season. This is when things really get exciting - for some teams, anyway. Many teams are just waiting for the season to come to a merciful end, but by my count there are 15 teams - eight in the AL and seven in the NL - that can legitimately hold out hopes of making the playoffs.

Dave Busk Previews the Weekend's Top MLB Series
by Dave Busk - 8/21/2009

We’re hitting the stretch run of the 2009 MLB season. I will write a preview every Friday for the rest of the season to touch on the important series during the weekend that involve teams either in the hunt for the division or the Wild Card. I have been red hot on the bases, winning seven of 10 days and have posted five straight free MLB picks on my page.

MLB Handicapping: How To Handle the Dodgers
by T.O. Whenham - 8/19/2009

A month ago the Dodgers were in the driver's seat. They had the best record in the majors, and a very secure nine-game lead in their division. Though things aren't totally disastrous now, the story is very different. L.A. has won just 10 of their last 25 games, their divisional lead has been cut in half, and both the Yankees and the Angels have a better record now.

MLB Handicapping: Betting on Bad Teams
by Dave Busk - 8/18/2009

We’re in mid-August and with attention turning to the small group of teams in the chase for their division or a Wild Card ticket to the postseason the money lines are always increasing for these teams. There is still a flip side for teams that have no pressure left – it’s already certain that when the last day of the regular season arrives on the schedule that their season will be over. Lets take a look at some of those teams and the different directions they are going.

Dave Busk Previews the Weekend's Top MLB Series
by Dave Busk - 8/14/2009

Some big series get underway this weekend in MLB so I will take a couple of minutes to talk about these series that will finish off on Sunday. Plenty of money-making opportunity this weekend along with some good television.

MLB Handicapping: Look Back At Trade Deadline Deals
by Robert Ferringo - 8/10/2009

This happens all the time in fantasy baseball: two teams make a blockbuster trade, everyone in the league starts burning up the message boards about how one side got molested and what an unfair deal it is, the teams that made the deal start hurling insults back and after about a three-day shelf life the trade gets forgotten.

MLB Betting: Will Jays Let Alex Rios Go?
by Matt Severance - 8/10/2009

The Toronto Blue Jays have a fascinating decision to make before approximately 1:30 ET time on Tuesday afternoon. You see, the Jays recently put outfielder Alex Rios on waivers last week, and he was claimed, reportedly, by the Chicago White Sox.