Joe Public
Gabibbo's Finest
Those who know me know that my baseball knowledge is literally one team deep. I watch and follow the White Sox. Ask me about another team and you'll be disappointed. Ask me anything about the NL other than "Do they use a DH" or "Are the Mets still paying Bobby Bonilla" and I promise you'll be disappointed in my answer.
That all said, I meant to post something about this at the beginning of the week (you know, when it would have been more useful), but if it makes anybody feel any better I didn't bet Monday's game either so there.
The play is the over tonight in Toronto.
I wouldn't have suggested yesterday's game simply because Chris Sale was pitching and there was a very real possibility that he would do exactly what he did. And the Jays were throwing a knuckleballer so that's just a weird matchup.
But Monday and tonight, I believe have some value. Tonight loses some value after two straight overs, but I still think it's worth a look.
The reason not to play this mostly involves the Sox offense struggling to start the season, but as we've seen the last two nights, it's shown up in Toronto. I don't think this is a fluke. I think this is the product of Navarro coming over to the Sox in the offseason and knowing his former team very well. As we've seen, he's done well himself there. But so have all the other Sox, really. Even Abreu is doing OK and he's been very cold to start the season.
Point being, I think the Sox are getting you four runs.
They'll drop back to where they were once they fly to Baltimore tomorrow.
On the other side, the Jays have a great offense (I do know that) and going back to Monday, they easily could have put up another three runs in that game. Donaldson started off the game by hitting a 327.9 ft double off a 328 ft wall, there was another ball that almost made it out as well, so it's not as if their bats are dead. And now, given that the Jays have lost the last two, I think you'll see some relief that they got past Sale, some anger that they gave up 10 last night, and some extra focus on winning this game to avoid the sweep.
I took a small piece of this at the flat 8 last night, and while 8.5 isn't great, I think these two teams can get you to nine tonight.
Like I said, I almost never bet baseball, so this is a small play, but I wanted to throw it out there in case anybody is looking at this game tonight.
Good luck, everybody.
=)
That all said, I meant to post something about this at the beginning of the week (you know, when it would have been more useful), but if it makes anybody feel any better I didn't bet Monday's game either so there.
The play is the over tonight in Toronto.
I wouldn't have suggested yesterday's game simply because Chris Sale was pitching and there was a very real possibility that he would do exactly what he did. And the Jays were throwing a knuckleballer so that's just a weird matchup.
But Monday and tonight, I believe have some value. Tonight loses some value after two straight overs, but I still think it's worth a look.
The reason not to play this mostly involves the Sox offense struggling to start the season, but as we've seen the last two nights, it's shown up in Toronto. I don't think this is a fluke. I think this is the product of Navarro coming over to the Sox in the offseason and knowing his former team very well. As we've seen, he's done well himself there. But so have all the other Sox, really. Even Abreu is doing OK and he's been very cold to start the season.
Point being, I think the Sox are getting you four runs.
They'll drop back to where they were once they fly to Baltimore tomorrow.
On the other side, the Jays have a great offense (I do know that) and going back to Monday, they easily could have put up another three runs in that game. Donaldson started off the game by hitting a 327.9 ft double off a 328 ft wall, there was another ball that almost made it out as well, so it's not as if their bats are dead. And now, given that the Jays have lost the last two, I think you'll see some relief that they got past Sale, some anger that they gave up 10 last night, and some extra focus on winning this game to avoid the sweep.
I took a small piece of this at the flat 8 last night, and while 8.5 isn't great, I think these two teams can get you to nine tonight.
Like I said, I almost never bet baseball, so this is a small play, but I wanted to throw it out there in case anybody is looking at this game tonight.
Good luck, everybody.
=)
