Chance Gates' Blog

1st pick is the Colorado Rockies over the Brewers.

Hammel is having an average season so far with 4.53 ERA.  However Parra is having a rough time this year with a 1-4 record.  Colorado is not the place to work out kinks in your armor.

2nd  pick is the Cubs over the Angles

Silva 8-1 on the season with an Era under 3.

3rd pick is the Nationals over the White Sox

Floyd is off to a rough start being 2-7 with an 5.64 ERA while Strasburg is 2-0 with an 2.19 ERA

4th Pick is Twins over the Phillies

Blackburn is 6-3 with an 4.96 ERA while Blanton is 1-5 with an ERA over 7.

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Bet Milwaukee (Davis) +140

Early season baseball lines are extremely volatile and subject to overreaction based on short term events.  That definitely appears to be the case here.  The Cubs are a -150 favorite, and that’s based almost exclusively on the performance of the respective starters in their first game of the season.  Doug Davis allowed 4 runs in 4 innings of work and didn’t factor in the decision as Milwaukee beat Colorado, while Ryan Dempster pitched 6 innings of 3 hit baseball allowing 1 earned run in a 3-2 loss to Atlanta where he wasn’t involved in the decision.  Please regard all picks for entertainment purposes.

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