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MLB Betting News: Boston's Lester tries to regain form vs. Seattle

05.14.2012     07:18 AM     Printer Friendly
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Seattle (Vargas) at Boston (Lester) -175 O/U 9

Boston's Jon Lester has been in grind-it-out mode of late. High pitch counts and lack of command have cut short a few outings. After averaging about a strikeout per inning the previous two seasons, Lester has fanned only 28 in 42 innings.


"Just too many pitches. That was kind of a theme throughout the game," Lester said. "I took too many pitches to get guys out. And it's bad because I feel like I had great stuff."

"I've just got to keep grinding away. It sucks to say. I hate saying it. I want to win as much as everybody in this clubhouse. I've got to keep showing up and keep trying to execute pitches. That's all I can control," he said. "We've got to keep showing up and keep grinding, putting together those good at-bats and those good plans. It'll turn around for Read more



Tags: MLB Boston Red Sox Seattle Mariners




Free MLB Betting Pick: Cleveland Indians at Boston Red Sox

05.12.2012     07:14 AM     Rob Veno     Printer Friendly
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Cleveland (Tomlin) at Boston (Doubront) -130 O/U 9.5
Recommendation: Boston


The currently flammable Red Sox are drawing a lot of negative attention but this particular spot seems to set up well. Cleveland has had problems all season long with left handed pitching as evidenced by the fact that SS Asdrubel Cabrera is their only hitter with a batting average above .300 against southpaws this season. As a team, the Tribe is hitting a paltry .222 in 433 at bats vs. left handers. Boston’s starter Felix Doubront has not been in good form his last couple of games but he did have a pair of quality starts prior to that going 12 innings with a 1.25 WHIP and 3.00 ERA. The main obstacle for Doubront has been pitches per inning where he’s averaging a taxing 18.9 per due mainly to the fact that he is a strikeout style pitcher (32 Ks in 32.1 IP). He’s also been solid at keeping the ball in the yard allowing just 3 home runs. Indians starter Josh Tomlin has had a nice start to the season where WHIP is concerned at 1.19, but his list of opposing lineups is rather weak. Three times thus far he’s faced the light hitting Chicago White Sox, Read more


Tags: MLB Cleveland Indians Boston Red Sox Rob Veno




MLB Betting News: Boston's Buchholz desperate for a good outing

05.11.2012     07:16 AM     Printer Friendly
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Cleveland (Jimenez) at Boston (Buchholz) -115 O/U 10

Boston's Clay Buchholz may be on borrowed time as he takes the mound tonight against Cleveland. Buchholz sports the worst ERA (9.09), WHIP (2.02) and FIP (7.63) among qualified pitchers. One of his biggest problems has been avoiding the big inning.


“It’s been a rough six starts to start the season off. There’s been times where in an outing you’re thinking about, ‘OK, this is going to be the outing that changes everything.’ And then something, a big inning happens and it brings you back to square one. So that’s what I’ve been doing, figure out a way to minimize the damage in those big innings. I was just Read more



Tags: MLB Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians




MLB Betting News: Boston's Beckett back after skipped start

05.10.2012     06:42 AM     Printer Friendly
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Boston's Josh Beckett was reportedly spotted golfing the day before his start was skipped due to a sore lat muscle. Probably not that big of a deal but between Beckett’s lack of velocity, high pitch counts, skipped start, sore arm, and so-so results (4.45 ERA), there remains no shortage of issues for the veteran right hander.


"Golf is as much a part of the pitching culture as a curveball, I know that for sure," Valentine said.

"I don't know if he was out at a charity match, just putting, or if he was whaling away and felt that might have loosened things up. I have no idea what the situation actually is, so it's hard for me to comment on it.

"If that was the case [that he played golf and drove the ball], I would say that was less than the best thing to do on that day off."






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MLB Handicapper News and Notes: Baltimore Orioles on the rise

05.07.2012     11:49 AM     Teddy Covers     Printer Friendly
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The first month of the baseball season has come and gone, and there is no shortage of interesting stories to discuss. This week, I’ll break down the two biggest surprise teams in early season play (one positive and one negative), but this article has got to start with some discussion of the single biggest prevailing trend in all of baseball – the lack of run production in both leagues.

Hitting has declined markedly in recent years. In 2008 the AL hit a composite .268, while the NL, without the DH, hit at a .260 clip. Here in 2012, as of Monday, May 7th, the AL composite average has dropped to .248, the NL down to .249. During that same span, ERAs have dropped nearly a quarter of a run in the AL and a remarkable 3/4 of a run in the NL. 17 major league teams are currently hitting under .250 and twelve major league teams have posted ERAs under 3.50. The last time we saw MLB teams combine to hit less than .250 for a full season was back in 1972 – before the DH was introduced into the American League; a year where only one AL team (Kansas City) hit better than .250 for the full season.

Another way to gauge the relative success that pitchers have Read more


Tags: MLB Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Teddy Covers




MLB Gambling News: Boston Red Sox are a mess, led by starting pitching

05.07.2012     07:46 AM     Printer Friendly
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Last week, the talk of the town in Boston was high pitch counts. This time it is lack of velocity – most notably from Jon Lester and Josh Beckett. The Red Sox are 5-8 in their starts.


Lester has tried to adjust, relying very heavily on the sinker (25.3 percent) and adding in more changeups as well (13.2 percent). Those adjustments haven’t works thus far, as Lester has seen a huge drop in his strikeout rate (down to about six Ks per nine) and an increase in walk rate (over four walks per nine).



As for Beckett, who had his spot in the rotation skipped, it was recently revealed that his lat muscle discomfort was an issue prior to his last start – the one he threw 126 pitches.


"It's kind of been there for about a week, kind of leading into my last start," Beckett said. "On your start day, you can always make yourself believe that things are better than they are. I Read more



Tags: MLB Boston Red Sox




MLB Betting News: Cook makes Red Sox debut vs. Orioles

05.05.2012     07:49 AM     Printer Friendly
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Baltimore (Hammel) at Boston (Cook) -115 O/U 9.5

With Josh Beckett's spot in the rotation being skipped, the Red Sox called up veteran Aaron Cook from Triple-A. Cook had a pedestrian 13 strikeouts and 11 walks in five starts for Pawtucket. He did however allow just one home run and posted a 1.89 ERA meaning his sinker was fairly effective.


“One thing I give Bob McClure a lot of credit for is teaching me how to pitch to contact and trusting that I can get guys out with groundballs,” said Cook. “Swings and misses, for me, are more of a timely thing – certain situations with guys on, less than two outs, less than one out, that’s the time I really try to go for the strikeouts. But other than that, I really try to make guys mis-hit the ball, hit pitches that I’m trying to make.

“I Read more



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MLB Gambling News: Beckett shelved for at least one start, Red Sox call up Cook

05.02.2012     02:22 PM     Printer Friendly
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Anytime you see an article about a pitcher relying on command rather than velocity (except for Jamie Moyer) you should be suspicious. Take Boston's Josh Beckett who hasn't had much in the way of a true fastball this season. On Sunday, prior to Beckett's start, an article in the Providence Journal came out title "Beckett relying on movement and command, not velocity, to get outs". In it Beckett talks about change-ups, cutters and not always needing to strike guys out.


"Sometimes I think I'd rather have that speed differential be smaller so I get a ground ball or a weak pop-up or something," he said. "It's cool to strike guys out when you need to strike guys out. Other than that, you'd rather get guys in the dugout with a five- or 10-pitch inning rather than a 13- or 16-pitch inning."



Fast forward to Sunday night. And this is where it gets comical. Despite having a history of back problems, a loss in velocity and let's be honest, no longer Read more


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MLB Handicapping Notes: Boston's Buchholz confident things will get better

04.30.2012     07:53 AM     Printer Friendly
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Oakland (Milone) at Boston (Buchholz) -160 O/U 9

Five earned runs and 10 hits allowed in 5.1 innings isn't much to get excited about but for Boston Clay Buchholz, it was a step in the right direction. Last time out against Minnesota, Buchholz felt that his command was much improved compared to his first three starts. He’s allowed 22 earned runs in 22.1 innings this season.


"It's a struggle when you're throwing pitches and guys put the ball in play -- it's either in the infield or outfield and nobody is standing there," Buchholz said. "That's the way it goes. It's got to change. It can't stay that way all year.

"Clay was very much improved," manager Bobby Valentine said. "He scattered singles around the ballpark until [Denard Span's] double. He kept the ball down much better. And he had a very good Read more



Tags: MLB Boston Red Sox Oakland A's




MLB Handicapping: Boston Red Sox feasting on average right-handed starters

04.27.2012     06:44 AM     Printer Friendly
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The Boston Red Sox are slowly hitting their way back to respectability with 43 runs, 10 homes runs, a .363 BA and 1.010 OPS over their last five games (4-1). Prior to that, they produced a more modest 4.7 runs per game, 13 home runs and a .263 BA in 13 contests (4-9). The burst of productivity however is likely tied to the level of competition. During this five-game, run-scoring bonanza they've faced nothing but mediocre, soft-tossing, right-handed starters (31 runs in 19 IP vs. Garcia, Marquis, Blackburn, Hendriks and Humber). Check out what those five games did to Boston's lefty/righty splits vs. starting pitchers.

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We'll see how they fare tonight against Chicago lefty John Danks who has a good track record against some of Boston's key bats.

Boston vs. John Danks
David Ortiz 2-for-11
Dustin Pedroia 2-for-12
Kevin Youkilis 3-for-12




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