Major League Baseball Outright Bets

[danj2202]

Mid Season now we have an idea of what is what and there is a little bit of value to be had I think 1 pts Los Angeles Angels to win World Series 17.00 BetVictor 1 pts Los Angeles Angels to win American League 9.00 William Hill Looking at the bare numbers the Oakland Athletics appear to be the best team in MLB as they have comfortably the best run differential in baseball being propelled by having scored the most runs. A look deeper at a few of the metric stats suggest that the Athletics have been fortunate at times and therefore are a little lucky to have scored as many runs as they have, their pitching appears to also be regressing to the mean a little bit - the other team right up there in the metrics I was looking at were Seattle also in the AL West. The Angels who currently sit between the two teams and sit just 3.5 games behind the Athletics despite their injury problems in the first half and a few under performing stars sit middle of the pack suggesting that their current position is far more "real" than that of the Athletics in the division. Arguably the strongest team in the West will onlt need to be better than the Tigers who have to get Verlander right before you can really consider them for postseason glory. Considering that The Angels have arguably the best player in baseball Mike Trout, a solid lineup around him and pitchers who when on their game are as competitive a front 3/4 as there is around, and that they have the money and likely desire to make a trade to add to their roster at the deadline at the end of the month these prices look larger than necessary and from my viewpoint make them the value in the American League.

[danj2202]

Re: Major League Baseball Outright Bets 1 pts Washington Nationals to win World Series 13.00 Paddy Power 2 pts Washington Nationals to win National League 6.50 Paddy Power My passion for this pick is documented well on the other thread, I think the Nationals are the best team in the National League and I dont think its all that close. Being able to use Strasburg, Zimmermann, Fister and Gonzalez as a four in the playoffs will be formidable, they have had a lot of key pieces such as Gonzalez and Bryce Harper miss extended time in the first half of the season and they remain a single game back of the Braves as I type, they have allowed the least runs in the NL and have the best run differential, all in spite of their first half issues, they are now healthy and ready I believe to mount a second half run that should lead them to be the top seed in the NL playoffs, they are 4 games back of Milwaukee at the moment and have miles better pitching and more depth to their hitting lineup. They are in position to make any additions that they feel they need to a roster that is arguably the most complete in baseball so maybe will just add luxury items such as relief pitching depth. If this team remains healthy its hard for me to see them not making a deep run in October.