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MLB

Tuesday, April 20

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Trend Report
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LA Dodgers @ Seattle
LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 6 games on the road
LA Dodgers is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Chi White Sox @ Cleveland
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Chi White Sox's last 8 games when playing on the road against Cleveland
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Chi White Sox's last 15 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland
Cleveland is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Chi White Sox
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home

Minnesota @ Oakland
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Atlanta @ NY Yankees
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Atlanta's last 6 games
Atlanta is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games on the road
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Atlanta
NY Yankees is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Arizona @ Cincinnati
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games on the road
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 5 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Detroit
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit's last 12 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh

Baltimore @ Miami
Baltimore
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games on the road
Miami
Miami is 10-1 SU in its last 11 games when playing at home against Baltimore
Miami is 8-1 SU in its last 9 games when playing Baltimore

St. Louis @ Washington
St. Louis
St. Louis is 8-3 ATS in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Washington
St. Louis is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
Washington
Washington is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games when playing St. Louis
Washington is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing St. Louis

San Francisco @ Philadelphia
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Francisco's last 8 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 12 of San Francisco's last 14 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Philadelphia is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against San Francisco

Toronto @ Boston
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Toronto's last 5 games on the road
Boston
Boston is 12-2 ATS in its last 14 games
Boston is 11-3 SU in its last 14 games

NY Mets @ Chi Cubs
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 8 of NY Mets's last 9 games on the road
NY Mets is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 14-3 SU in its last 17 games when playing NY Mets
Chi Cubs is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets

Tampa Bay @ Kansas City
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 13-3 SU in its last 16 games when playing Kansas City
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games at home

Houston @ Colorado
Houston
Houston is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Colorado
Houston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Colorado's last 18 games when playing at home against Houston

Texas @ LA Angels
Texas
Texas is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Texas is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road
LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 20 of LA Angels's last 25 games when playing at home against Texas
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games at home

Minnesota @ Oakland
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 6 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Minnesota's last 5 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home

Milwaukee @ San Diego
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 13 of Milwaukee's last 15 games on the road
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of San Diego's last 10 games at home


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Diamond Trends for Tuesday April 20
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Toronto at Boston (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Red Sox are 12-0 SU since Aug 01, 2017 as a favorite off a game as a dog in which Rafael Devers had multiple hits.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: L.A. Dodgers at Seattle (4:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Mariners are 0-14 SU since Aug 27, 2008 as a home 140+ dog off a home game and vs a team that has lost at least their last two games.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: St. Louis at Washington (7:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Cardinals are 0-10-2 OU (-3.08 ppg) since Jul 20, 2019 as a dog off a road game in which they hit multiple home runs.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Houston at Colorado (8:40 p.m. ET)

-- The Rockies are 9-0 SU since Jun 27, 2016 when Jon Gray starts at home after he worked less than five innings in a loss last start.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

 

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Wednesday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the PGA’s Zurich Open (team event) this weekend:
7-1— Rahm/Palmer, Schauffele/Cantlay
9-1— Smith/Leishman
14-1— Finau/Champ, Morikawa/Wolff, Watson/Scheffler
20-1— Horschel/Burns, Kirk/Todd
27-1— Willett/Hatton
29-1— Bradley/Steele, Grace/Varner III
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 567,557
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Two totally different basketball players. Jordan was a guy that he was going to make big shots. He’s going to take the ball every time and shoot it every time he has to. I think LeBron is an all-around basketball player.

If you ask me who’s a better all-around basketball player… LeBron James by far. He does everything. He passes the ball better than Jordan, He can dribble it a little bit better than Jordan… shooting-wise, I don’t think so, rebounding I think he did but Jordan did rebound; but they’re two different basketball players.”
Gary Payton

Wednesday’s quiz
Peyton Manning was the first pick of the 1998 NFL Draft; what other QB was the #2 pick?

Tuesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has had a long, very successful coaching career; his first head coaching job was at Boston University, from 1978-83

Monday’s quiz
Since 2008, Jay Bruce is the lefty batter who has hit the most home runs (319)

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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings……..

13) Now that transferring is all the rage in college basketball, I’m curious; how does it work?
— Does the player reach out to the school, or the school to the player?
— Is it legal for a coach to call a player at another school and try to poach him?
— Are third parties involved?
— Do players call other guys they know and try to get them to bolt to their school?

Last time I heard, there were over 1,300 names in the transfer portal for next year. Chaotic times in college basketball; would be a good Hard Knocks-type show to see how it all works.

12) Some of the more impactful basketball transfers this spring:
— Kid from Davidson jumped to Kentucky; he is a shooter
— Utah to Texas (Chris Beard is good at poaching)
— Georgetown to Maryland (lot of people bolting from the Hoyas)
— North Carolina to Auburn
— Rutgers to UCLA

11) Penguins 7, Devils 6:
— Pittsburgh led this game 6-0 after two periods.
— If you took the Devils +1.5 goals, hope you didn’t rip the ticket up.
— Penguins are first NHL team EVER to win a game, when they were outscored by 5+ goals in the third period. NHL teams are now 1-279 when outscored by 5+ goals in third period.

10) New York Knicks have won seven games in a row, covered ten in a row; Tom Thibodeau may be Coach of the Year in the NBA this year, as the Knicks figure to make the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

9) Last year, Atlanta Braves were 24-6 when they scored first; this year, they’re 3-5.

8) Guy named Brad Spielberger posted info on whether NFL GM’s tend to trade up or down in NFL Drafts. Some interesting stuff……..
— Bill Belichick, Patriots 13 Up, 23 Down
— Les Snead, Rams 9 Up, 15 Down
— Rick Spielman, Vikings 9 Up, 24 Down

— Mickey Loomis, Saints 10 Up, 0 Down
— Thomas Dimitroff, Falcons 12 Up, 3 Down
— Dave Gettleman, Giants 5 Up, 0 Down

7) NFL schedule is usually out by now; think it isn’t being released for a couple more weeks, at least. Three things have to happen before I schedule my next vacation:
— get my two vaccine shots
— get my enhanced drivers’ license, so I can fly after October 1
— see the NFL schedule, so I can pick the right weekend to go.

Halloween is a Sunday this year; that weekend is the early favorite for a visit.

6) NBA teams that go over the total the most:
64.3%— Pelicans
59.6%— Pacers, Nets, Bucks
58.9%— Nuggets
55.4%— Kings

5) Last four times Giants’ backup catcher Curt Casali started, San Francisco pitchers tossed a shutout. Maybe he should play more.

4) This is Austin Barnes’ 7th year on the Los Angeles Dodgers; he has a secure job as the backup catcher- he also plays some other positions. Barnes has never batted more than 262 times in a season, but LA made the playoffs in all six of his major league seasons, so could be they see him as a good luck charm.

3) Weird fact of the day: Remember the old TV series Columbo, with Peter Falk? He wore a scruffy overcoat all the time, and didn’t seem all that smart, until the last 20 minutes of the show, when he solved the crime every week.

Anyway, in Budapest, Romania, there is a statue of Falk’s Columbo character on a street corner. No idea why, but saw a picture of it yesterday.

2) Washington DC has more people living there than live in either Vermont or Wyoming.

1) Got a message the other day that I’ve been on Twitter for 12 years; time flies when you’re having fun. I spend a ridiculous amount of time scrolling thru Twitter, but I’ve learned a lot there and much like this site, it is free. You can’t beat free.

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Wednesday, April 21

 

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951SAN FRANCISCO -952 PHILADELPHIA
SAN FRANCISCO is 213-111 SU (70.4 Units) in road games vs. an NL starting pitcher whose ERA is 3.20 or better since 1996.

953ST LOUIS -954 WASHINGTON
ST LOUIS are 148-96 SU (46.3 Units) vs. an NL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.050 or better since 1996.

955MILWAUKEE -956 SAN DIEGO
MILWAUKEE is 5-17 SU (-14.8 Units) vs. NL teams scoring 4 or less runs/game on the season over the last 2 seasons.

957ARIZONA -958 CINCINNATI
ARIZONA is 290-284 SU (-22.4 Units) in road games when the total is 8 to 8.5 since 1996.

959NY METS -960 CHICAGO CUBS
LUIS ROJAS is 1-10 SU (-10 Units) vs. teams outscored by opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season (Coach of NY METS)

959NY METS -960 CHICAGO CUBS
NY METS are 1-10 SU (-10.3 Units) vs. teams outscored by opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season over the last 2 seasons.

961MINNESOTA -962 OAKLAND
MINNESOTA is 2-16 SU (-16.3 Units) in road games vs. an AL team with an on base percentage .330 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

963TEXAS -964 LA ANGELS
TEXAS are 3-11 SU (-12.8 Units) in road games vs. teams averaging 2.75 or less extra base hits per game over the last 2 seasons.

965CHI WHITE SOX -966 CLEVELAND
CHI WHITE SOX is 21-8 SU (13.1 Units) vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 5.5 or less hits/start over the last 2 seasons.

967TORONTO -968 BOSTON
BOSTON is 13-1 SU (12.9 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .265 or worse in the current season.

 

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MLB
Dunkel

Wednesday, April 21

 

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, April 21

NL games
San Francisco (11-6) @ Philadelphia (8-9)
— DeSclafani is 1-0, 1.06 in his first three starts.
— Giants are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 3-2, 5.34 in six games (5 starts) vs Philly.

— Giants are 8-3 in their last 11 games.
— Giants are 6-5 on the road.
— 12 of last 15 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-7-3

— Eflin is 1-0, 3.15 in three starts.
— Phillies are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He is 1-1, 4.38 in six games (4 starts) vs San Francisco.

— Phillies lost eight of their last 11 games.
— Phillies are 7-4 at home, 1-5 on road.
— Nine of last 14 games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 6-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-8-2

Arizona (6-10) @ Cincinnati (9-6)
Last night’s game was suspended in 8th inning, will be finished before this game starts.

— Kelly is 1-2, 9.00 in three starts.
— Arizona is 1-2 in his starts
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He tossed seven shutout innings, in his one start vs Cincinnati.

— Arizona lost four of last six games.
— Arizona is 4-7 on the road.
— under 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-8-1

— Mahle is 1-1, 3.21 in three starts.
— Reds are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— you’re reading armadillosports.com
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 0-1, 5.40 in two starts vs Arizona.

— Cincinnati lost five of its last eight games.
— Reds are 7-2 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 7-1-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6-1

Milwaukee (10-7) @ San Diego (10-9)
— Houser is 1-2, 3.77 in his first three starts.
— Milwaukee is 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 0-1, 2.16 in two games (1 start) vs San Diego.

— Brewers won nine of their last 13 games.
— Milwaukee is 6-2 on road.
— under 6-2 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 6-17
— record in first 5 innings: 9-5-3

— Lamet is making his first ’21 start.
— He is 13-14, 3.76 in 47 MLB starts (3-1, 2.09 in 12 starts LY)
— He is 1-0, 3.00 in two starts vs Milwaukee.

— Padres lost six of their last eight games.
— San Diego is 5-7 at home.
— 13 of last 18 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 5-19
— record in first 5 innings: 6-11-2

St Louis (8-9) @ Washington (6-9)
— Martinez is 0-3, 7.80 in three starts.
— Cardinals lost his first three starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He is 0-2, 5.40 in 10 games (2 starts) vs Washington.

— Cardinals lost seven of their last ten games.
— St Louis is 6-5 on the road.
— Over 6-4-1 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 5-9-3

— Scherzer is 0-1, 0.69 in his last two starts.
— Nationals are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-2
— He is 2-6, 3.31 in 11 starts vs St Louis.

— Washington is 6-9 in its first 15 games.
— Nationals are 4-5 at home.
— under 9-4 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 2-7-6

Mets (7-5) @ Cubs (7-9)
— Peterson is 1-1, 6.30 in his two starts.
— Mets split his two starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Chicago.

— Mets won five of their last seven games.
— Mets are 3-4 on the road.
— Under 8-0-1 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5

— Davies is 1-2, 10.32 in three starts.
— Cubs lost two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 3-2, 5.06 in seven starts vs New York.

— Cubs lost six of their last nine games.
— Chicago is 5-5 at home.
— 11 of last 15 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-1

AL games
Minnesota (6-10) @ Oakland (11-7)
— Maeda is 1-1, 4.30 in three starts.
— Twins are 1-2 in his first three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Oakland.

— Twins lost eight of their last nine games.
— Minnesota is 4-5 on the road.
— over 5-4 on road
— scores run in first inning: 6-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-3
— Twins didn’t score a run in either game yesterday.

— Montas is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts.
— A’s won two of his three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He gave up five runs in eight IP, in five relief stints vs Minnesota.

— A’s won 10 of last 11 games, after an 0-6 start.
— All seven of their losses are by 4+ runs.
— Oakland won its last seven home games.
— Six of last ten games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 8-8-2

White Sox (9-9) @ Cleveland (8-8)
— White Sox haven’t named a starting pitcher.

— Chicago is 4-4 in its last eight games.
— White Sox are 6-6 on the road.
— under 7-4 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 7-19
— record in first 5 innings: 12-2-4

— Civale is 3-0, 2.18 in three starts.
— Indians are 3-0 when he starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He is 4-2, 3.51 in six starts vs Chicago.

— Cleveland lost four of their last six games.
— Indians are 4-2 at home.
— under 11-5
— scores run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-10-1

Toronto (7-10) @ Boston (12-6)
— Thornton is making his first ’21 start.
— He was 6-9, 4.84 in 32 games (29 starts) in 2019.
— He is 1-2, 8.22 in four games (3 starts) vs Boston.

— Toronto lost four of its last five games.
— Toronto is 4-7 on the road.
— under 12-5
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 5-10-2

— Richards is 0-0, 3.60 in his last two starts.
— Red Sox are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 2-4, 5.20 in eight games (6 starts) vs Toronto.

— Boston won 12 of its last 15 games.
— Red Sox are 6-2 in last eight home games.
— 10 of last 16 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-18
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-4

Tampa Bay (10-8) @ Kansas City (9-7)
— Wacha is 1-1, 4.80 in his first three games.
— They may/may not use an opener here.
— Rays are 1-1 in his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 3-2, 3.53 in seven starts vs Kansas City.

— Tampa Bay won its last five games.
— Rays are 7-4 in their first 11 road games.
— 12 of last 17 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-5

— Junis is 1-0, 1.80 in his first two starts (10 IP).
— Royals split his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He is 4-1, 2.28 in five games (4 starts) vs Tampa Bay.

— Royals are 9-7 in their first 16 games.
— Royals are 7-5 at home.
— 10 of last 13 games under
— scores run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-3

Texas (8-10) @ Angels (9-6)
— Foltynewicz is 0-2, 5.63 in his first three starts.
— Texas is 0-3 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He gave up a run in 1.1 IP, in two relief stints against the Angels.

— Texas won five of its last eight games.
— Texas won four of its last five road games.
— under 10-5 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-18
— record in first 5 innings: 10-6-2

— Quintana allowed 11 runs in five IP in his first two starts.
— Angels are 1-1 in his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 2-1, 3.35 in seven games (6 starts) vs Texas.

— Angels won nine of their first 15 games.
— Halos are 6-3 at home.
— under 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 3-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-2

Interleague games
Baltimore (8-9) @ Miami (7-9)
— Zimmerman is 1-1, 4.24 in three starts.
— Orioles are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Miami.

— Orioles lost nine of their last 14 games.
— Baltimore is 7-3 on the road, 1-6 at home.
— under 7-3 in their road games.
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-4

— Rogers is 1-1, 3.00 in three starts.
— Marlins are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Marlins won six of their last nine games.
— Miami is 3-7 at home.
— 0ver 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 5-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-5

Atlanta (7-10) @ Bronx (6-10)
— Anderson is 0-0, 4.70 in three starts.
— Braves are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He allowed one hit, one run in six IP, in his one start vs Bronx.

— Braves won three of their last five games.
— Atlanta is 4-6 on the road.
— Over is 10-4 in their last 14 games.
— scored run in first inning: 7-17
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7-5

— Kluber is 0-1, 8.71 in three starts.
— Bronx is 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 2-2, 3.60 in two starts vs Atlanta.

— New York lost eight of its last 11 games.
— New York is 4-6 in its first ten home games.
— under 7-3 at home
— scored run in first inning: 1-16
— record in first 5 innings: 6-8-2

Pittsburgh (6-9) @ Detroit (6-9)
— TAnderson is 1-2, 4.02 in three starts.
— Pirates are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit.

— Keller is 1-2, 8.74 in three starts.
— Pirates are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He gave up four runs (2 earned) in five IP, in his one start vs Detroit.

— Pirates won five of their last eight games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-6 on the road.
— over 6-4-1 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 2-15
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-2

— Fulmer allowed two runs in five IP (78 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Detroit won his only start, 6-4.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He is 0-1, 0.64 in two starts vs Pittsburgh

— Turnbull is making his first ‘21 start.
— He is 7-23, 4.55 in 44 career starts.
— He is 1-0, 0.69 in two starts vs Pittsburgh

— Detroit lost seven of its last ten games.
— Detroit is 3-6 on the road.
— under 10-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 8-7

Houston (7-9) @ Colorado (5-11)
— Urquidy is 0-1, 4.50 in three starts.
— Astros are 1-2 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He gave up two runs in 3.2 IP, in his one start vs Colorado.

— Astros lost eight of their last nine games.
— Astros are 6-4 on the road.
— under 3-1-1 last five road games
— scored run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6-3

— Gomber is 1-1, 4.80 in three starts.
— Colorado is 0-3 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Houston.

— Colorado lost seven of its last nine games.
— Rockies are 5-5 at home.
— Under 9-3-1 last 13 games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6-2

 

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MLB

Wednesday, April 21

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Trend Report
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San Francisco @ Philadelphia
San Francisco
San Francisco is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
San Francisco is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing Philadelphia
Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Philadelphia's last 8 games at home
Philadelphia is 11-4 ATS in its last 15 games when playing at home against San Francisco

Baltimore @ Miami
Baltimore
Baltimore is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Baltimore's last 6 games
Miami
Miami is 10-2 SU in its last 12 games when playing at home against Baltimore
Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore

Pittsburgh @ Detroit
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit's last 12 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh

Houston @ Colorado
Houston
Houston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games when playing Colorado
Houston is 9-2 SU in its last 11 games when playing on the road against Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Colorado is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games

Minnesota @ Oakland
Minnesota
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Minnesota's last 8 games when playing Oakland
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Minnesota's last 7 games when playing on the road against Oakland
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Oakland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Minnesota

St. Louis @ Washington
St. Louis
St. Louis is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
St. Louis is 9-3 ATS in its last 12 games when playing on the road against Washington
Washington
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games at home
Washington is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against St. Louis

Texas @ LA Angels
Texas
Texas is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Texas's last 5 games
LA Angels
The total has gone UNDER in 20 of LA Angels's last 25 games when playing at home against Texas
LA Angels is 15-5 SU in its last 20 games when playing at home against Texas

Milwaukee @ San Diego
Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Milwaukee's last 5 games when playing San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 14 of Milwaukee's last 16 games on the road
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing Milwaukee
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of San Diego's last 11 games at home

Chi White Sox @ Cleveland
Chi White Sox
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Chi White Sox's last 16 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Cleveland is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

Atlanta @ NY Yankees
Atlanta
The total has gone OVER in 8 of Atlanta's last 11 games
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Atlanta's last 13 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees
NY Yankees
NY Yankees is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta
NY Yankees is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Atlanta

Arizona @ Cincinnati
Arizona
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Arizona's last 6 games on the road
Arizona is 8-2 ATS in its last 10 games when playing Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 5 games at home

Pittsburgh @ Detroit
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 10 of Detroit's last 12 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
Detroit is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing Pittsburgh

Toronto @ Boston
Toronto
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Toronto's last 6 games
Boston
Boston is 13-2 ATS in its last 15 games
Boston is 12-3 SU in its last 15 games

NY Mets @ Chi Cubs
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 8 of NY Mets's last 10 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets
Chi Cubs is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets

Tampa Bay @ Kansas City
Tampa Bay
Tampa Bay is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Tampa Bay is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Kansas City
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Kansas City's last 5 games at home



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Diamond Trends for Wednesday April 21
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: Tampa Bay at Kansas City (8:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Rays are 11-0 SU since Aug 12, 2020 after a win as a road favorite in which they never trailed.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Baltimore at Miami (1:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Orioles are 0-10 SU since Sep 09, 2020 as a dog after they had multiple multi-run innings.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Texas at L.A. Angels (4:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Rangers are 10-0 OU (3.45 ppg) since Sep 22, 2019 in the last game of a series on the road after they hit at least one home run.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: St. Louis at Washington (4:05 p.m. ET)

-- The Cardinals are 0-8 SU since Jul 13, 2018 when Carlos Martinez starts when they lost in his last start against the current opponent.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

 

[Udog]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Active leaders in career games pitched:
790— Joe Smith
777— Tyler Clippard
738— Sergio Romo
733— Joakim Soria
695— Oliver Perez
639— Kenley Jansen
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 567,557
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Put a tent on that circus.”
Mets’ TV guy Gary Cohen, after the Cubs scored seven runs in the 4th inning Wednesday, helped by a couple errors by the Mets.

Thursday’s quiz
When the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, who did they beat?

Wednesday’s quiz
Peyton Manning was the first pick of the 1998 NFL Draft; Ryan Leaf was the #2 pick.

Tuesday’s quiz
Rick Pitino has had a long, very successful coaching career; his first head coaching job was at Boston University, from 1978-83

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Thursday’s Den: Doing some thinking out loud…….

13) Braves 4, Bronx 1— Atlanta starter Ian Anderson blanked New York for 6.2 innings last night; he went to Shenendehowa HS in Clifton Park, NY, about 15 miles north of Armadillo World HQ. Pretty strong performance 160 miles south of home.

Knicks 137, Hawks 127 OT— 10-15 miles away at Madison Square Garden, Kevin Huerter scored 17 points for Atlanta; he also went to Shenendehowa, before going to Maryland.

Pretty cool coincidence for two high school friends/teammates.

12) Knicks, by the way, have now won eight games in a row, covered 11 in a row; they’re the #4 seed in the Eastern Conference. Going to be an interesting vote between Tom Thibodeau and the Suns’ Monty Williams, for NBA Coach of the Year.

11) Arizona 8, Cincinnati 5:
— Strong candidate for Bad Beat of the Week, if you had Reds/under. Cincinnati led this game 3-0 in ninth inning, but Josh VanMeter hit a 3-run tater to tie the game, then the Snakes scored five runs in the 10th inning.
— Reds gets Castellano back from suspension Thursday, a big deal for their lineup.

10) Marlins 3, Orioles 0:
— Trevor Rogers is 2-1, 1.64 in four starts; he’s looking pretty good.

9) A’s 13, Twins 12 (10):
— Weird game; after not scoring a run in a doubleheader Tuesday, Minnesota scored 12 runs here and still loses— their defense fell apart in the last inning.
— Hector Cruz homered twice for the Twins.

— Minnesota had 18 hits, but they pinch-ran for Josh Donaldson in the 10th inning and it badly compromised their infield defense, which cost them the game.

8) Cubs 16, Mets 4:
— Things got so bad that 3B Luis Guillorme pitched the bottom of the 8th inning.
— When Javier Baez batted in against Guillorme, he hit lefty for only the third time in his career, so as not to screw up his righty swing against a position player.
— When the home team announcer says “Put a tent on this circus” after a bad half-inning, you know the team’s defense needs some work.

7) From 2000-09, 95 position players pitched in big league games. Since 2010, 310 position players have toed the rubber. White Sox used two position players to pitch in Monday’s loss.

6) Pacers 122, Thunder 116— Oklahoma City lost its last 12 games; their last win was way back on March 31. Thunder has a boatload of draft picks coming up over the next few years; they’re going to need them.

5) Braves 4, Bronx 1— New York has scored 3 or fewer runs in 11 of 17 games; they’re 6-11. Not sure how the batting coach keeps his job— you can’t fire the players.

4) Bad news for the Padres; P Dinelson Lamet left Wednesday’s start after 29 pitches with tightness in his forearm, a bad omen as he tries to recover from last year’s injury issues.

San Diego gets talked up a lot as a viable rival for the world champion Dodgers but they’re 10-10 and looking very average.

3) Evil bastard alert: Hong Kong police arrested a 19-year old guy who bilked a 90-year old woman out of $32M. The woman lives in Hong Kong’s most expensive neighborhood; the evil bastard has obviously never heard of the term “karma” before.

2) Genius alert: Houston Rockets’ guard Kevin Porter Jr will miss time because of a violation of the NBA’s health/safety protocols after he visited a Miami strip club with teammate Sterling Brown- Brown was assaulted in a fracas at the club.

1) NFL schedule gets released May 12 at 8pm; its not so much who you play as when you play them. That would be a great reality show, how they make the schedule, how they pick which games are in primetime.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Weather Report

Thursday, April 22

 

[Udog]

901ARIZONA -902 CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI is 268-244 SU (36.9 Units) in home games vs. a starting pitcher whose gives up 5.5 or less hits/start since 1996.

903NY METS -904 CHICAGO CUBS
NY METS are 1-11 SU (-11.3 Units) vs. teams outscored by opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season over the last 2 seasons.

903NY METS -904 CHICAGO CUBS
LUIS ROJAS is 1-11 SU (-11.1 Units) vs. teams outscored by opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season (Coach of NY METS)

905MIAMI -906 SAN FRANCISCO
MIAMI is 15-2 SU (12.4 Units) in road games vs teams who strand 6.9 or less runners on base per game over the last 2 seasons.

907SAN DIEGO -908 LA DODGERS
LA DODGERS are 28-15 SU (14.7 Units) vs. good defensive catchers - allowing 0.5 or less SB's/game over the last 2 seasons.

909NY YANKEES -910 CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND is 24-7 SU (17.6 Units) vs. AL teams scoring 3.9 or less runs/game on the season in the last 3 seasons.

911SEATTLE -912 BOSTON
BOSTON is 14-1 SU (13.9 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .265 or worse in the current season.

913LA ANGELS -914 HOUSTON
HOUSTON is 30-46 SU (-21.9 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game over the last 2 seasons.

913LA ANGELS -914 HOUSTON
DUSTY BAKER is 30-46 SU (-20.6 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game (Coach of HOUSTON)

915PITTSBURGH -916 DETROIT
DETROIT is 20-44 SU (-28.4 Units) in home games after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

 

[Udog]

MLB
Dunkel

Thursday, April 22

 

[Udog]

MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, April 22

NL games
Arizona (8-10) @ Cincinnati (9-8)
— Widener is 1-0, 2.12 in three starts.
— Arizona is 1-2 in his starts
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He allowed four runs (3 earned) in five IP, in his one start vs Cincinnati.

— Arizona won its last four games.
— Arizona is 6-7 on the road.
— over 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 4-18
— record in first 5 innings: 8-9-1

— Hoffman is 2-1, 2.93 in three starts.
— Reds are 2-1 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— you’re reading armadillosports.com
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 1-4, 9.29 in 11 games (6 starts) vs Arizona.

— Cincinnati lost seven of its last ten games.
— Reds are 7-4 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 9-1-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-17
— record in first 5 innings: 9-7-1

Mets (7-6) @ Cubs (8-9)
— Lucchesi allowed 3 runs in 3 IP (55 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Mets lost his first start, 7-2.
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He is 0-1, 7.20 in two starts vs Chicago.

— Mets won five of their last eight games.
— Mets are 3-5 on the road.
— Under 8-1-1 last ten games.
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 7-6

— Williams is 2-1, 5.02 in three starts.
— Cubs won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 3-1, 2.08 in four starts vs New York.

— Cubs won three of their last four games.
— Chicago is 6-5 at home.
— 11 of last 16 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-9-1

Miami (8-9) @ San Francisco (11-7)
— Castano allowed one run in five IP (74 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Marlins are 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He allowed one run in five IP in his one start vs San Francisco.

— Marlins won seven of their last ten games.
— Miami is 4-2 on the road.
— 0ver 5-3 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 5-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-5

— Sanchez is 0-1, 2.45 in his first three starts.
— Giants are 0-3 in his starts, scoring 7 runs.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 0-0, 6.00 in two starts vs Miami.

— Giants are 8-4 in their last 12 games.
— Giants are 5-1 at home.
— 12 of last 16 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-18
— record in first 5 innings: 7-8-3

San Diego (10-10) @ Dodgers (14-4)
— Weathers blanked LA for 3.2 IP (79 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Padres lost his first start 11-6
— over 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He blanked LA for 3.2 IP (79 PT) in his one start against the Dodgers.

— Padres lost six of their last eight games.
— San Diego is 5-7 at home.
— 13 of last 18 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 5-19
— record in first 5 innings: 6-11-2

— Buehler is 1-0, 2.00 in his three starts.
— Dodgers won his first three starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2-1
— He is 4-0, 1.62 in six starts vs San Diego.

— Dodgers won 14 of their last 17 games.
— Dodgers are 6-0 at home.
— under 10-3 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 5-18
— record in first 5 innings: 11-5-2

AL games
Bronx (6-11) @ Cleveland (8-8)
— Montgomery is 1-1, 4.08 in three starts.
— Bronx is 2-1 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He is 0-1, 5.00 in two starts vs Cleveland.

— New York lost nine of its last 12 games.
— New York is 2-4 on the road.
— under 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 1-17
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-2

— Civale is 3-0, 2.18 in three starts.
— Indians are 3-0 when he starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2
— He gave up 3 runs (2 earned) in 6 IP, in his one start vs NY.

— Cleveland lost four of their last six games.
— Indians are 4-2 at home.
— under 11-5
— scores run in first inning: 3-16
— record in first 5 innings: 5-10-1

Seattle (11-7) @ Boston (12-7)
— Dunn is 1-0, 3.72 in two starts.
— Seattle is 2-0 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Seattle won five of its last seven games.
— Seattle is 5-2 on the road.
— under 5-1-1 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 3-18
— record in first 5 innings: 6-10-2

— Pivetta is 2-0, 3.68 in three starts.
— Red Sox are 3-0 in his starts.
— over 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Seattle.

— Boston won 12 of its last 16 games.
— Red Sox are 6-3 in last nine home games.
— under 4-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 4-19
— record in first 5 innings: 6-9-4

Angels (9-7) @ Houston (7-10)
— Cobb is 1-0, 3.37 in his first two starts.
— Angels are 2-0 in his starts, scoring 15 runs.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He is 1-2, 7.63 in three starts vs Houston.

— Angels lost three of last four road games.
— Halos are 3-5 in last eight games overall.
— over 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 4-16
— record in first 5 innings: 7-7-2

— Javier is 1-0, 2.16 in two starts.
— Astros are 2-0 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He allowed 3 runs in 5.2 IP in his one start against the Angels.

— Astros lost nine of their last ten games.
— Astros are 1-5 at home.
— over 3-1 last four home games
— scored run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 7-7-3

Interleague games
Pittsburgh (8-10) @ Detroit (7-11)
— Brubaker is 2-0, 1.76 in three starts.
— Pirates are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit.

— Pirates won six of their last ten games.
— Pittsburgh is 3-7 on the road.
— over 7-5-1 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 3-17
— record in first 5 innings: 8-7-2

— Urena is 0-3, 6.14 in three starts.
— He allowed six runs in three IP in his one home outing.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-3
— He is 1-3, 8.18 in seven games (3 starts) vs Pittsburgh

— Detroit lost eight of its last 12 games.
— Detroit is 4-4 at home.
— under 5-3 at home
— scored run in first inning: 3-8 at home
— record in first 5 innings: 6-2 at home

 

[Udog]

MLB

Thursday, April 22

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Trend Report
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Arizona @ Cincinnati
Arizona
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cincinnati
Arizona is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
Cincinnati
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Cincinnati's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Cincinnati's last 5 games when playing Arizona

Pittsburgh @ Detroit
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing on the road against Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 11 of Pittsburgh's last 14 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Detroit
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Pittsburgh
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Detroit's last 5 games

NY Yankees @ Cleveland
NY Yankees
The total has gone OVER in 7 of NY Yankees's last 8 games when playing Cleveland
NY Yankees is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Cleveland
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Cleveland's last 8 games when playing NY Yankees
Cleveland is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing NY Yankees

Seattle @ Boston
Seattle
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Seattle's last 5 games when playing Boston
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Boston's last 5 games when playing Seattle
Boston is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Seattle

NY Mets @ Chi Cubs
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 9 of NY Mets's last 11 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Mets's last 6 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets
Chi Cubs is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Mets

LA Angels @ Houston
LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing on the road against Houston
The total has gone OVER in 9 of LA Angels's last 10 games when playing Houston
Houston
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston's last 5 games when playing at home against LA Angels
The total has gone OVER in 9 of Houston's last 10 games when playing LA Angels

Miami @ San Francisco
Miami
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games on the road
Miami is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing on the road against San Francisco
San Francisco
San Francisco is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of San Francisco's last 8 games when playing Miami

San Diego @ LA Dodgers
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Diego's last 5 games
San Diego is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home


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[Udog]

Diamond Trends for Thursday April 22
Vince Akins

ATS Play ON Trend of the Day
Matchup: N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland (6:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Indians are 11-0 SU since Aug 11, 2016 at home off a game as a dog in which they allowed 1 or fewer walks.

ATS Play AGAINST Trend of the Day
Matchup: Pittsburgh at Detroit (1:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Pirates are 0-10 SU since Sep 13, 2019 on the road when their opponent's starter has an ERA of higher than 4.00 on the season.

OU Play OVER Trend of the Day
Matchup: Seattle at Boston (7:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Red Sox are 10-0 OU (4.20 ppg) since Aug 12, 2020 at home after they allowed 5+ walks last game.

OU Play UNDER Trend of the Day
Matchup: San Diego at L.A. Dodgers (10:10 p.m. ET)

-- The Dodgers are 0-9 OU (-2.94 ppg) since May 10, 2018 when Walker Buehler starts at home when they won his last three starts.

Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)

 

[Udog]

Friday’s 6-pack
Major league leaders in run differential:
+37— Dodgers
+24— Milwaukee
+23— Boston
+17— Cincinnati
+14— White Sox
+10— Toronto, San Francisco
Americans who have died from COVID-19: 569,438
PLEASE wear a mask (over your nose/mouth) when you go out.

Quote of the Day
“Every GOAT I’ve trained is driven more by failure than success. They wouldn’t trade their failures for anything.”
Tom House

Friday’s quiz
Who led the major leagues in hits from 1990-99?
Hint: He isn’t a Hall of Famer.

Thursday’s quiz
When the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, they beat Cleveland.

Wednesday’s quiz
Peyton Manning was the first pick of the 1998 NFL Draft; Ryan Leaf was the #2 pick.

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Friday’s Den: Random stuff with the weekend here…….

13) Cleveland pitcher Aaron Civale is on my fantasy baseball team; turned the Indians’ game on last night to watch him pitch against New York, thought he got squeezed by the home plate umpire in the first inning. Strike zone seemed to widen some when Cleveland batted.

I can be paranoid now and then, so checked at the boxscore to see who the home plate umpire was; as long as I didn’t see one name, it would be no big deal. But then I saw it……..

Sure enough, Will Bleepin’ Little was umpiring home plate; Cleveland wasn’t going to win.

12) Since the start of the 2015 season, Bronx Bombers are 12-1 when Little calls balls/strikes in their games; in the one loss, the last out was a fly ball to the fence that would’ve won the game.

Back in 2017, I was sitting at a bar having lunch, watching the A’s play in the Bronx; they lost 3-2, the only game A’s 2B Jed Lowrie has ever been thrown out of, that’s how bad Little was.

Sure enough, Indians lost 6-3 last night, though Civale did OK. Little shouldn’t be allowed to ump behind the plate when the Bronx Bombers are playing.

11) The new thing in baseball is having players who can play several positions; it helps if guys get hurt and makes teams more flexible, but I’m thinking it also hurts a team’s defense— if a guy is playing several positions, he has to practice lot of different throws, hard to excel at any one of the positions.

Watching lot of games every night, between the shifts putting fielders in unusual places, and guys playing several positions, think infield defense has suffered some so far this season.

10) St Louis Cardinals scored 44 runs in Jack Flaherty’s first four starts, winning all four.

Cardinals scored 7 runs in Carlos Martinez’s first four starts, losing all four.

9) Giants 3, Marlins 0— This is a genuinely weird stat; Giants’ backup C Curt Casali started this game, and for his 5th straight start, the Giants threw a shutout.

8) Arizona 14, Cincinnati 11 (10):
— Game was 2-1 Arizona after the 5th inning.
— David Peralta was 5-6 with seven RBI for Arizona.
— Cincinnati hit six home runs and still lost.

7) Padres 3, Dodgers 2— San Diego 2B Jake Cronenworth made two great defensive plays to help save this game, starting an 8th inning double play after fielding a vicious smash hit by Sheldon Neuse. He doesn’t field the ball, and the Dodgers tie the game, at least.

6) Blake Snell has started four games for San Diego, but pitched a total of only 15.1 innings; that isn’t enough, especially with Dinelson Lamet now out with another arm injury. In four starts, Snell hasn’t gotten an out after the 5th inning.

Aces on a pitching staff have to give the bullpens a breather, or else the bullpens will get worn out as the summer goes on.

5) College football teams will have to try 2-point conversions after TD’s in the second overtime period of games rather than the third, according to a change approved Thursday by the NCAA.

If the game is still tied after the second OT, then they’ll do 2-point conversion shootouts, kind of the way the NHL does their shootouts.

4) If the NBA regular season ended today, the Knicks would have home court edge in the first round of the playoffs— didn’t see that coming.

3) Baseball injuries:

— Cubs put OF Joc Pederson (wrist) on IL
— Padres put P Dinelson Lamet (arm) on IL
— Giants put SS Donovan Solano (calf) on IL
— Marlins put 3B Brian Anderson (oblique) on IL.

2) I’m not fond of mock drafts; there are too many of them. I’m interesting in what a guy like Mel Kiper or Daniel Jeremiah on NFL Network, but when the same person does four of them, then throws in a bunch of trades, they’re just making stuff up for clickbait.

It becomes a waste of time.

Plus I root for the Rams, who haven’t made a first round pick since 2016, so it doesn’t matter as much to me as it does to other fans.

1) NL East standings:
7-7: Mets
9-9: Phillies
8-10: Marlins, Braves
7-9: Nationals

Going to be an interesting summer in that division.

 

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MLB
Weather Report

Friday, April 23

 

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951MILWAUKEE -952 CHICAGO CUBS
CHICAGO CUBS are 34-29 SU (2.1 Units) in home games against division opponents in the last 3 seasons.

953WASHINGTON -954 NY METS
WASHINGTON is 5-15 SU (-16.8 Units) in road games vs. a team with a bad bullpen whose ERA is 4.70 or worse over the last 2 seasons.

955ARIZONA -956 ATLANTA
ATLANTA is 35-49 SU (-18.9 Units) after 3 or more consecutive road games in the last 3 seasons.

957CINCINNATI -958 ST LOUIS
ST LOUIS are 257-231 SU (61 Units) in home games vs. teams outscoring opp by 0.5 or more runs/game on the season since 1996.

959PHILADELPHIA -960 COLORADO
COLORADO is 677-718 SU (42 Units) in home games with a team slugging percentage .400 or worse on the season (NL) since 1996.

961MIAMI -962 SAN FRANCISCO
MIAMI is 15-2 SU (12.4 Units) in road games vs teams who strand 6.9 or less runners on base per game over the last 2 seasons.

963SAN DIEGO -964 LA DODGERS
LA DODGERS are 28-15 SU (14.7 Units) vs. good defensive catchers - allowing 0.5 or less SB's/game over the last 2 seasons.

965OAKLAND -966 BALTIMORE
BALTIMORE is 2-10 SU (-9.5 Units) vs. an AL team with an on base percentage .330 or worse in the current season.

967SEATTLE -968 BOSTON
BOSTON is 14-2 SU (12.9 Units) vs. an AL team with a team batting average of .265 or worse in the current season.

969NY YANKEES -970 CLEVELAND
CLEVELAND is 24-7 SU (17.6 Units) vs. AL teams scoring 3.9 or less runs/game on the season in the last 3 seasons.

 

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MLB
Dunkel

Friday, April 23