I was out of town for the start of the regular season, but am ready to help people win. Here are my picks for 4/9/09:
Was/Fla under 9 even (1 unit)
Neither lineup is great and two potentially dominant pitchers on the mound. If Cabrera hits a wild spell, the Marlins could get 8 or 9 themselves.
Season Record: 0-0
Colorado +120 (2 units) Fading Doug Davis
Col/Az under 10 -115 (2 units) High number of an NL game.
Mets -105 (1 unit) Volquez is a stud, but I'll take the almost even money on the much better team. The Reds are a year away in my opinion.
Mets/Reds under 8 even (1 unit) Two very good pitchers. Mets have a great pen so I don't expect Cincy to score more than 2 runs.
Cubs -135 (2 units) Fading Brian Moehler. Not a big fan of Lilly, but he's not Brian Moehler
Cubs/stros over 9 -115 (2 units) See Brian Moehler
Brewers -110 (2 units) Brewers best pitcher against an aging Big Unit. Brewers had a lot of success vs LHP last year. The Unit will get his k's, but will also give up runs.
Tampa Bay +135 (1 unit) Pitchers duel and a toss up game. TB is good value in this game with their ace on the mound.
TB/Bos under 8.5 -115 (1 unit) see above
KC -105 (1 unit) I believe Greinke is solid and more consistent than Floyd. Floyd had a great year last year and the Sox have a better lineup, but I'm counting on Greinke shutting them down.
Angels even (2 units) Fading Dana Eveland. I can't see the Angels losing 2 in a row to the A's. Should be a high scoring game and I'll take the Angels offense in a shootout against most any line-up