Posted on
4/25/2008 5:50:37 PM
Baseball Betting - New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
By D.S Williamson
The New York Yankees travel to Cleveland to take on the Indians in what will be a nationally televised Saturday game. The Yankees haven’t been stellar sportsbook betting gods this year. They really aren’t that special and unless they’re playing the Red Sox they seem, well, boring. Take for instance this game where they will start pitcher Ian Kennedy. There’s nothing really wrong with Kennedy…okay, maybe there is. As far as BetUS online wagering is concerned, Kennedy is one of those guys that no real online gambler can take seriously. He’s got an ERA of 9.64 in four games pitched this season. He’s allowed fifteen runs in only fourteen innings.
The Indians counter with a lackluster starter of their own - - Jeremy Sowers. It’s Sowers first game of the season. So, I’ll give him a break, but last year…man, this guy was bad. The Indians had the lowest runs scored against them out of every team in the majors last year. Don’t tell that to Sowers. He was a sportsbook betting nightmare going 1 and 6 in 13 games with a 6.42 ERA. The guy just didn’t have it last year. Maybe, he’ll do something special this year.
Here are my personal betting odds for this game.
New York Yankees
Ian Kennedy – R + 1 ½ - 145 - 105 O 9
Cleveland Indians
Jeremy Sowers – L - 1 1/2 + 130 - 115 U 9
Okay, so now that I’ve got a few numbers to work with, what looks like the best sportsbook wager should the BetUS online betting odds fall close to what I have listed above?
Remember, my numbers don’t have to be perfect. I use them as a guide. It helps me put the game in perspective and allows me to find the fairest online wager being offered on the game.
To me there’s no possibility of betting the run line on either Kennedy or Sowers. Who knows what might happen. I believe that both teams should score a lot of runs on Saturday. That means that the BetUS over/under provides a definite online wager possibility.
But what I really like is the Yankees to win this game outright. Because Kennedy is so bad, my prediction of the Yankees MLB betting odds of – 105 to win this game outright might not be that close. Yes, Kennedy is awful but Sowers isn’t much better.
The Yankees may be much bigger underdogs in this thing. That means they are the smartest online bet.
That’s what I’m going to concentrate on. If the sportsbook wagering odds on the New York Yankees to win their Saturday game versus the Cleveland Indians falls at – 105 or onto the plus side, then I’ll put some money on the Yankees.
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