posted June 27, 2008 at 15:19 in MLB Articles
MLB Baseball Wagering - Subway Series Odds - Yankees vs. Mets
Game 2 of a double-header between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees on Friday night signals, once again, the return of Pedro Martinez. This guy is always returning. I don’t believe that Pedro will ever regain the stuff he had when he was dominating batters, but he might not have to in order to help the struggling Mets. The Mets just want somebody who can keep them in the game until the seventh inning. Pedro might be able to do that. From a baseball betting point-of-view, however, it’s difficult to consider putting money on Pedro. His ERA this season, in 24.2 innings pitched, is 6.42. His record in the five games he has started is 2 and 1.
The Yankees counter with Sidney Ponson. Ponson was actually pitching very well for the Texas Rangers earlier this season then, inexplicably, the Rangers decided to waive him. I have no idea why Texas did that since Ponson has a 4 and 1 record on the season with an ERA of 3.88. He’s a serviceable pitcher, no doubt, and MLB betting fans could do worse then to throw some money behind him.
Here are the BetUS online sportsbook MLB betting odds for this game. Please remember that this is for Game 2 of the double-header:
New York Yankees
Sidney Ponson – R + 1 ½ - 175 + 120 O 9 ½ - 110
New York Mets
Pedro Martinez – R - 1 ½ + 155 - 140 U 9 ½ - 110
Here are a few online wagering trends that might help us find a good online bet in this game:
The New York Yankees are 5 and 1 in their last 6 games on the road.
The New York Yankees are 9 and 3 in their last 12 games overall.
The New York Mets are 2 and 6 in Pedro Martinez’s last 8 interleague game starts.
The New York Mets are 3 and 9 in their last 12 games as the favorite.
The first game of the Subway Series should be an easy one to call, right? Pedro Martinez might be a future hall-of-famer. Sidney Ponson is a journeyman pitcher.
Pedro by a landslide, right? Right?
Wrong! The truth about this game is that Pedro isn’t really Pedro anymore. I doubt he pitches more then four, maybe five innings. At that point the Yankees sit back and dominate the Mets’ middle-relief.
Ponson will do a good job keeping the Yankees in this game. I expect the Yankees to make a nice run in the later innings of this game. To me, that means that the Yankees pull off the upset.
I’ll be making an online wager on the New York Yankees to beat the New York Mets at the BetUS online betting odds of + 120.
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