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Oakland Athletics vs. Los Angeles Angels Betting Odds For April 19, 2012

The Los Angeles Angels made waves in the off-season signing high-profile free agents Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson.

Only one of them has played like an All-Star so far.

Wilson will go for his third win in as many starts on Thursday, in hopes of pulling the Angels out of a slump. The lefty makes his home debut against the Oakland Athletics. Wilson has accounted for half of the team’s wins so far, including a dazzling performance against the New York Yankees over the weekend. He only allowed one run for the second-straight start, going six innings in a 7-1 win. Continue reading

Minnesota Twins vs. New York Yankees Betting Odds For April 19, 2012

Who saw this coming?

Justin Morneau seems to be getting his swing back just in time for the Minnesota Twins to blindside the New York Yankees. The Twins, owners of baseball’s worst record heading into the series, have now won two of three and are in position to win a series in a tough venue. And they’ve done it on the bat of Morneau.

The lefty hit two homers Wednesday night in a 6-5 win, and also had a tater in Monday’s 7-3 victory. Morneau only had four home runs total last year when he missed more than half the season due to a wrist injury and concussion. Continue reading

Tampa Bay Rays Vs. Toronto Blue Jays Betting Odds For April 18, 2012

David Price will be going for his fourth-consecutive win at the Rogers Centre Wednesday night, but his dominance against the Toronto Blue Jays may be curbed by his current hiccups.

Price looked ugly in his last start against the Boston Red Sox, a 12-2 massacre that chased him after three innings. He gave up three runs on four hits in the shortest outing of his career. Continue reading

Los Angeles Dodgers Vs. Milwaukee Brewers Betting Odds For April 18, 2012

There are only a few ways I’m going no-doubt, all-in against the Los Angeles Dodgers these days. One of those ways is when Zack Greinke is on the mound at home.

The All-Star righty is turns megatron at Miller Park. He was 4-0 at home in his last four starts with the Kansas City Royals. He’s 12-0 at home since joining the Milwaukee Brewers, a streak that not only ties the longest active streak in the majors, but is also the longest in franchise history.

He gets the ball Wednesday night looking to extend that mark against the Dodgers and Bovada is favoring the Brewers by 1 1/2 runs with a relatively large -170 moneyline. Continue reading

Chicago Cubs Vs. Miami Marlins Betting Odds For April 18, 2012

The Miami Marlins are finally coming back around, putting together a string of firsts for the season. Now, its time to get down to the real business of climbing back into the NL East race with the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals.

Miami won back-to-back home games in its new park for the first time, thanks to Hanley Ramirez’s three-run bomb. Closer Heath Bell also got his first save of the year, and manager Ozzie Guillen managed his first game since his suspension for negative comments about Cuban president Fidel Castro. Continue reading

Cleveland Indians Vs. Seattle Mariners Betting Odds For April 17, 2012

Despite a .500 record, the Cleveland Indians are one of the hottest offensive teams in baseball. They are averaging over six runs per game with a home run in each of their first eight. They’ve gotten contributions from young and old as 34-year old Travis Hafner and sophomore second baseman Jason Kipnis are off to great starts.

Hafner has two home runs and 5 RBI so far this year, while Kipnis has added three bombs and seven RBI. That’s allowed Cleveland to score eight or more runs in each of its first three road games for the first time in franchise history. Continue reading

Texas Rangers Vs. Boston Red Sox Betting Odds For April 17, 2012

The Texas Rangers have suffered.

Losing two straight World Series is tough. Losing the ace of your staff to a division rival is tougher.

Yet, the Rangers apparently aren’t feeling the affects. They’ve won all three of their road games to start the year, and look for their first 4-0 start in 20 years Tuesday night.

Texas travels to Fenway to take on the struggling Boston Red Sox. Bovada is favoring the Red Sox by 1 1/2 runs with a -117 moneyline. Continue reading

Cincinnati Reds Vs. St. Louis Cardinals Betting Odds For April 17, 2012

There were questions to how the St. Louis Cardinals would look in 2012 with Albert Pujols out of the lineup and Adam Wainwright back from Tommy John surgery. But after 10 games, the answer is apparently no different than last year.

The reigning world champions are 7-3 and sitting atop the NL Central standings and showing no signs of slowing down. Continue reading

New York Mets Vs. Atlanta Braves MLB Betting Odds For April 16th, 2012

The Atlanta Braves just got its balance back, and now the New York Mets again?

After starting the year out with three-straight losses to the Mets, Atlanta finally got its balance back with a five game winning streak to get to .500 for the first time this season. That also happens to be just one game shy of its longest winning streak in all of 2011.

All that hard work, and now the Mets are flying into Turner Field in hopes to knock the Braves off track yet again. Atlanta was 4-5 at home against New York last season. Continue reading

New York Yankees Vs. Minnesota Twins MLB Betting Odds For April 16th, 2012

It’s not like its been all that good to be a Minnesota Twin this year anyways.

But the team’s bleak circumstances get even dire Monday night when they travel to face the New York Yankees to start a three-game series. It’s the beginning of a seven-game swing in which they play the Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays all in one week. The Twins already own the league’s worst record at 2-7 after losing three-straight to the Texas Rangers. Continue reading