Cnotes 2023 Major League Baseball Transactions, News, Notes, Picks Etc. !!

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Wednesday, June 7

National League
Arizona (36-25) @ Washington (25-35)
— Davies is 0-1, 5.21 in four starts.
— Arizona is 3-1 in his starts.
— over 2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 2-4
— record in first 5 innings: 1-2-1
— He is 4-0, 2.97 in six starts vs Washington.

— Arizona won 11 of its last 16 games.
— Arizona is 16-11 on the road.
— under 7-3 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 22-61
— record in first 5 innings: 28-22-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-x-4.2

— Corbin is 3-0, 5.32 in his last four starts.
— Nationals are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-2
— He is 0-2, 13.86 in three starts vs Arizona.

— Nationals lost six of last eight games.
— Washington is 12-20 at home.
— over 7-3 last ten home games
— scored run in first inning: 18-60
— record in first 5 innings: 24-30-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-x-5

Los Angeles (35-26) @ Cincinnati (28-33)
— Syndergaard is 0-1, 7.20 in his last four starts.
— Dodgers are 4-7 in his starts.
— over 4-0 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 3-7-1
— He is 7-0, 2.22 in eight starts vs Cincinnati.

— Dodgers are 4-7 in their last eleven games.
— Dodgers are 15-16 on road.
— over 13-4-1 last eighteen games
— scored run in first inning: 25-61
— record in first 5 innings: 29-25-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-x-3.2

— Williamson is 0-0, 5.14 in four starts.
— Reds are 3-1 in his starts.
— under 2-2
— allowed run in first inning: 1-4
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Los Angeles.

— Reds lost four of their last six games.
— Cincinnati is 16-17 at home.
— over 10-5 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 22-61
— record in first 5 innings: 22-27-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-3-5.1

NY Mets (30-31) @ Atlanta (36-24)
— Scherzer is 3-0, 1.44 in his last four starts.
— Mets are 7-2 in his starts.
— over 4-2 in road starts
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 7-2
— He is 3-1, 3.08 in his last six starts vs Atlanta.

— Mets lost their last four games.
— Mets are 15-19 on road.
— under 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 9-61
— record in first 5 innings: 26-32-3
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 6.1-x-3

— Morton is 0-3, 5.71 in his last three starts.
— Braves are 5-6 in his starts.
— over 6-5
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6
— He is 4-6, 3.82 in 18 starts against the Mets.

— Atlanta is 4-1 in its last five games.
— Braves are 16-14 at home.
— under 5-3-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 25-60
— record in first 5 innings: 35-19-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.2-x-3

San Francisco (30-30) @ Colorado (26-36)
— Webb is 3-1, 1.73 in his last six starts.
— Braves are 4-8 in his starts.
— under 7-0 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 4-3-5
— He is 6-2, 3.73 in ten starts vs Colorado.

— Giants lost four of last six games.
— San Francisco is 13-15 on road.
— over 4-2 last six road games
— scored run in first inning: 19-60
— record in first 5 innings: 28-20-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 1.1-x-4.1

— Seabold is 0-2, 8.00 in his last four starts.
— Colorado is 3-3 in his starts.
— over 4-2
— allowed run in first inning: 3-6
— record in first 5 innings: 1-4-1
— He hasn’t pitched against San Francisco

— Rockies lost six of their last eight games.
— Colorado is 15-15 at home.
— under 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 17-62
— record in first 5 innings: 19-32-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 6.1-1-6

American League
Minnesota (31-30) @ Tampa Bay (44-19)
— Lopez is 1-1, 6.95 in his last four starts.
— Twins are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 6-2 last eight
— allowed run in first inning: 5-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-2
— He is 1-3, 3.72 in five starts vs Tampa Bay.

— Twins are 4-3 in their last seven games.
— Minnesota is 13-16 on road.
— under 4-0 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 16-61
— record in first 5 innings: 26-24-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.1-x-2

— bullpen game

— Tampa Bay won five of its last six games.
— Rays are 27-6 at home.
— under 6-1 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 24-63
— record in first 5 innings: 41-16-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-4-2.1

Boston (31-30)@ Cleveland (26-33)
— bullpen game

— Red Sox lost 10 of their last 15 games.
— Boston is 14-14 on road.
— under 11-5-1 last 17 games
— scored run in first inning: 17-61
— record in first 5 innings: 22-32-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-3-2

— Bibee is 0-0, 2.55 in his last four starts.
— Guardians are 3-4 in his starts.
— under 4-3
— allowed run in first inning: 0-7
— record in first 5 innings: 3-3-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.

— Guardians are 6-5 in their last 11 games.
— Cleveland is 12-16 at home.
— under 11-4 last 15 games
— scored run in first inning: 19-60
— record in first 5 innings: 23-24-13
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-4-3.1

White Sox (27-35) @ New York (36-26)
— Lynn is 3-1, 6.26 in his last four starts.
— White Sox are 4-8 in his starts.
— over 9-3
— allowed run in first inning: 6-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7
— He is 2-2, 4.20 in five starts vs New York.

— Chicago is 5-1 in its last six games.
— White Sox are 11-20 on road
— under last four games
— scored run in first inning: 15-62
— record in first 5 innings: 24-30-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-x-3

— Vasquez allowed 2 runs in 4.2 IP (84 PT) in his first start.
— New York is 0-1 in his starts
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— This is his first start vs Chicago.

— New York won six of last nine games.
— Bronx is 19-14 at home
— under 4-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 17-62
— record in first 5 innings: 29-19-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2.1-3

Houston (36-25) @ Toronto (34-28)
— Blanco allowed 2 runs in 5.1 IP in his first MLB start.
— Astros are 1-0 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Toronto.

— Astros won 20 of their last 27 games.
— Houston is 18-11 on road.
— over 7-4 last eleven games
— scored run in first inning: 23-61
— record in first 5 innings: 32-19-10
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-2.1-2

— Bassitt is 1-2, 4.68 in his last four starts.
— Blue Jays are 3-2 in his home starts.
— under 8-4
— allowed run in first inning: 5-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-1
— He is 4-3, 3.90 in 11 starts vs Houston.

— Toronto is 7-2 in its last nine games.
— Blue Jays are 16-11 at home.
— under 6-2-1 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 15-62
— record in first 5 innings: 25-26-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-8.2-2

Interleague games
Detroit (26-33) @ Philadelphia (29-32)
— Olson allowed 2 runs in 5 IP (89 PT) in his first MLB start.
— Tigers are 0-1 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Phillies.

— Detroit is 1-7 in its last eight games.
— Tigers are 12-20 on the road.
— under 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 16-59
— record in first 5 innings: 17-30-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-3.1-5

— Wheeler is 1-2, 5.70 in his last four starts.
— Phillies are 2-4 in his last six starts.
— under 4-1-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-1
— He gave up 3 runs in 7.1 IP, in his one start vs Detroit

— Phillies won their last three games.
— Phillies are 16-10 at home.
— over 3-2 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 17-61
— record in first 5 innings: 22-33-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-2-2

Kansas City (18-43) @ Miami (34-28)
— Lyles is 0-4, 7.52 in his last five starts.
— Royals are 0-12 in his starts.
— over 3-2 on road
— allowed run in first inning: 10-12
— record in first 5 innings: 2-8-2
— He is 2-1, 5.22 in five starts vs Miami.

— Royals are 6-16 in their last 22 games.
— Royals are 9-20 on the road.
— under 16-7 last 23 games
— scored run in first inning: 23-61
— record in first 5 innings: 18-34-9
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.1-6-3.2

— Cabrera is 1-1, 3.06 in his last three starts.
— Marlins are 4-1 in his home starts
— under 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-2
— This is his first start vs Kansas City.

— Miami is 10-3 in its last thirteen games.
— Marlins are 20-13 at home.
— over 10-5-1 last 16 home games.
— scored run in first inning: 10-62
— record in first 5 innings: 27-23-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-3.1-2

Oakland (13-50) @ Pittsburgh (32-28)
— Harris allowed 2 runs in 10 IP in his last two games (77-86 PT)
— He’ll likely be the bulk pitcher, probably won’t start.
— He hasn’t pitched against Pittsburgh.

— A’s are 8-32 in last 40 games.
— Oakland is 6-26 on the road.
— over 3-0 last three games
— scored run in first inning: 18-63
— you’re reading armadillosports.com
— record in first 5 innings: 12-40-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-4.1-3

— Contreras is 0-3, 6.41 in his last five starts.
— Pirates are 5-5 in his starts
— over 3-1 last four starts
— allowed run in first inning: 6-10
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Oakland.

— Pirates won six of their last seven games.
— Pittsburgh is 16-14 at home.
— under 3-1-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 17-60
— record in first 5 innings: 27-22-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.1-2-3.2

Baltimore (37-23) @ Milwaukee (33-28)
— Kremer is 4-1, 2.55 in his last six starts.
— Orioles are 8-4 in his starts
— under 3-1-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 5-12
— record in first 5 innings: 7-3-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Milwaukee.

— Orioles are 11-7 in their last 18 games.
— Baltimore is 20-11 on the road.
— over 3-2-1 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 12-60
— record in first 5 innings: 27-22-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3.2-x-4.2

— Burnes is 0-2, 4.50 in his last four starts.
— Brewers are 6-6 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 5-12
— record in first 5 innings: 3-5-4
— He threw 7 shutout IP in his one start vs Baltimore.

— Brewers are 5-2 in their last seven games.
— Milwaukee is 17-12 at home.
— under 10-3-1 last fourteen games
— scored run in first inning: 18-61
— record in first 5 innings: 26-26-9
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.2-x-5

St Louis (25-37) @ Texas (40-20)
— Flaherty is 1-0, 1.85 in his last four starts.
— Cardinals are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 8-1 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 7-4-1
— He gave up 2 runs in 6 IP in his one start vs Texas.

— Cardinals are 4-11 in their last 15 games.
— St Louis is 6-14 in one-run games.
— Cardinals are 13-21 on road.
— under 9-2 last eleven games
— scored run in first inning: 25-62
— record in first 5 innings: 21-29-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2.2-4

— Gray is 5-0, 0.79 in his last five starts.
— Texas is 7-4 in his starts.
— over 3-2 home starts
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-1
— He is 1-1, 7.47 in three starts vs St Louis.

— Texas is 26-9 in its last 35 games.
— Rangers are 21-8 at home.
— under 8-5 last 13 games
— scored run in first inning: 19-60
— record in first 5 innings: 41-14-5
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2-3.1

Cubs (26-34) @ LA Angels (32-30)
— Taillon is 1-1, 9.23 in his last three starts.
— Cubs are 1-8 in his starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 2-6-1
— He is 2-1, 6.30 in four starts vs Anaheim.

— Cubs split their last eight games.
— Chicago is 3-9 in last 12 road games.
— under 7-1 last eight games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-60
— record in first 5 innings: 25-25-10
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2-3.1

— Barria is 1-0, 0.90 in two starts.
— Angels are 2-0 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against the Cubs.

— Angels lost seven of last eleven games.
— Angels are 15-13 at home.
— over 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 18-62
— record in first 5 innings: 28-26-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-x-4

Seattle (30-30) @ San Diego (28-33)
— Kirby is 0-2, 4.58 in his last three starts.
— Seattle is 5-6 in his starts.
— under 6-2 last eight.
— allowed run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4-2
— He hasn’t pitched against San Diego.

— Seattle is 2-5 in its last seven games.
— Mariners are 13-15 on road.
— over 5-3 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 18-60
— record in first 5 innings: 26-24-10
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 5.1-x-2

— Wacha is 3-1, 1.23 in his last six starts.
— Padres are 7-4 in his starts.
— under 6-0 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 2-11
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-3
— He is 4-9, 6.33 in 20 starts vs Seattle.

— Padres are 8-11 in their last 19 games.
— San Diego is 14-18 at home.
— under 29-9-2 last 40 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-61
— record in first 5 innings: 25-29-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 7.1-3-4

Umpires
Ariz-Wsh— Under is 8-4 in last 12 Jimenez games.
LA-Cin— Underdogs won four of last five Ballou games.
NY-Atl— Underdogs are 9-1 in Libka games.
SF-Colo— Home team won last five Ripperger games.

Minn-TB— Over is 6-3-1 in Bucknor games.
CWS-NYY— Under is 8-3 in last eleven Merzel games.
Hst-Tor— Underdogs won four of last five Beck games.
Bos-Clev— Over is 7-4 in Moore games.

Sea-SD— Road team won five of last six Randazzo games
Det-Phil— Over is 4-1-1 in last six Gonzalez games.
KC-Mia— Favorites are 9-2 in Drake games.
A’s-Pitt— Over is 7-3 in last ten Moscoso games.
Balt-Milw— Road team is 9-3 in Wendelstedt games.
StL-Tex— Road team won five of last seven O’Nora games.
Chi-LAA— Underdogs won last five Mahrley games.

 

[CNOTES]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
OAK at PIT	12:35 PM	OAK +159 O 9.5	+500 +500
SEA at SD	04:10 PM	SEA +102 O 8.0	+500 +500
DET at PHI	06:05 PM	DET +213 U 7.5	+500 +500
KC at MIA	06:10 PM	MIA -172 O 8.5	+500 +500
MIN at TB	06:40 PM	TB -125 U 8.0	+500 +500
ARI at WAS	07:05 PM	WAS +112 O 9.5	+500 +500
CHW at NYY	07:05 PM	CHW +105 U 8.5	+500 +500
HOU at TOR	07:07 PM	TOR -144 O 9.0	+500 +500
BOS at CLE	07:10 PM	CLE -131 O 7.5	+500 +500
LAD at CIN	07:10 PM	LAD -155 O 11.0	+500 +500
NYM at ATL	07:20 PM	ATL -124 U 9.5	+500 +500
BAL at MIL	07:40 PM	BAL +125 O 7.5	+500 +500
STL at TEX	08:05 PM	TEX -138 O 9.0	+500 +500
SF at COL	08:40 PM	SF -209 U 11.0	+500 +500
CHC at LAA	09:38 PM	LAA -132 O 9.0	+500 +500

 

[CNOTES]

Pending Picks​

Date	League	Game	Score	Status	Pick
Jun 7, 2023	MLB	Baltimore Milwaukee	- -	07:40 PM	Over 7.5

 

[CNOTES]

Completed Picks​

Date	League	Game	Score	Pick	Outcome
Jun 7, 2023	MLB	Baltimore Milwaukee	2 10	Over 7.5	Win
Jun 6, 2023	MLB	Houston Toronto	1 5	Over 8.0	Loss
Jun 5, 2023	MLB	Oakland Pittsburgh	4 5	Under 9.0	Push
Jun 4, 2023	NBA	Miami Denver	111 108	DEN -8.5	Loss
Jun 3, 2023	WNBA	Minnesota Washington	80 78	Over 161.0	Loss
Jun 2, 2023	MLB	LA Angels Houston	2 6	LAA +120	Loss

 

[CNOTES]

JUNE'S BEST BETS !

06/07/2023..................................6 - 7...................................46.15%....................................- 4.55
06/06/2023................................7 - 10 - 0............................41.17%....................................- 31.35
06/05/2023..................................1 - 7 - 1............................,12.50%....................................- 31.50
06/04/2023..................................4 - 16................................20.00%.....................................- 67.80
06/03/2023..................................6 - 5 - 1.............................54.54%.....................................+ 7.00
06/02/2023..................................9 - 7 - 1.............................56.25%.....................................+ 9.70
06/01/2023..................................2 - 5...................................28.57%......................................- 16.50

TOTALS......................................35 - 57 - 3............................38.04%.....................................- 135.00

 

[CNOTES]

Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
06/07/2023	14-12-0	53.85%	+480	Detail
06/06/2023	13-16-1	45.00%	-3430	Detail
06/05/2023	5-8-1	39.29%	-1675	Detail
06/04/2023	10-20-0	33.33%	-6380	Detail
06/03/2023	19-10-1	65.00%	+4310	Detail
06/02/2023	10-14-2	42.31%	-3275	Detail
06/01/2023	7-7-0	50.00%	-250	Detail

 

[CNOTES]

Thursday’s 6-pack
Odds to win the College World Series:
3-1— Wake Forest
5-1— LSU
6-1— Florida
7-1— Virginia
10-1— South Carolina
12-1— Stanford, Tennessee
15-1— TCU
20-1— Kentucky, Texas
25-1— Duke, Oregon
30-1— Alabama, Indiana State, Oregon
40-1— Oral Roberts

Quote of the Day
“There still has to be consequences to actions. The people that left the PGA Tour irreparably harmed this tour, started litigation against it. Like, we can’t just welcome them back in. That’s not going to happen.”
Rory McIlroy

Thursday’s quiz
Hard question today: since 1930, there has been only one inside-the-park home run in a World Series game. It happened in 2015; who hit it?

Wednesday’s quiz
Phil Garner was the Houston Astros’ manager, the first time they played in a World Series, back in 2005.

Tuesday’s quiz
On the old animated TV show The Jetsons, the dog’s name was Astro.

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

— Nuggets 109, Heat 94
Nikola Jokic is first player ever with 30+ points, 20+ rebounds, 10+ assists in an NBA Finals game.
Other than Jimmy Butler (11-24), Miami’s starters were 12-43 from the floor.
Denver leads series, 2-1. Game 4 is Friday.

— AL Central standings— it is June 8th:
Twins 31-31
Guardians 28-33
Tigers 26-33
White Sox 27-35
Royals 18-44

It is conceivable that the winner of this division will have a losing record.

— Last couple days, it has been weird here in upstate New York; you’ve probably seen pictures of the smoke from hundreds of wildfires in Canada- that smoke drifted south and as a result, New York is facing the worst air quality it has seen in decades with conditions that he characterized as “unprecedented” and “the worst in memory.”

Things are expected to get better early next week, when it is supposed to rain in Canada.

— Chris Andrews runs the sportsbook at South Point Casino in Las Vegas; it is a very good sportsbook. Mr Andrews ran sportsbooks in Reno for 30+ years before coming to the South Point. He posted this on Twitter a few days ago:

“When I first got to the South Point in 2016 I had to fight with my crew every night to get hockey on a few TVs.”

These days, NHL playoffs share the big screens with NBA playoff games, in large part because the Golden Knights have done so well.

— There are 14 major league baseball teams with a payroll of $200M+; there are three teams with a payroll less than $100M.

— Most touchdown plays of more than 20 yards last year:
17— Eagles, Raiders
16— Seahawks, 49ers
15— Bills
12— Bengals, Patriots.

— Fewest touchdown plays of more than 20 yards last year:
2— Steelers
3— Colts
4— Falcons
5— Rams, Buccaneers

— Inside the NFL is going to air on the CW this fall, first time it has been on network TV. All the stuff NFL Films does is really good, so this is a good addition for the CW.

— A’s 9, Pirates 5— Oakland split its last eight games, scoring 20 runs the last two games. A’s are 4-6 on Tuesdays, 10-44 the rest of the week.

— Reds 8, Dodgers 6
Benson’s first MLB home run was a walk-off shot.
De La Cruz also hit his first big league homer.
Last three weeks, Dodgers are 1-6 in games where winning run scored from 7th inning on.

— Arizona 6, Washington 2— Diamondbacks have a two-game lead in the NL West.

— Braves 7, Mets 5— Mets and their $375M payroll have lost five in row, are now 30-32

— Giants 5, Colorado 4— Rockies have lost 10 games in a row vs San Francisco.

— Rays 2, Twins 1— Arozarena hit a walk-off homer for Tampa Bay.

— Padres 10, Mariners 3
Wacha threw six shutout innings.
Soto went 5-for-5, knocked in three runs.

— Baseball injuries:
Bronx put OF Aaron Judge (toe) on the IL

— Movie of the Day— The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)— The lives of two struggling musicians, who are brothers, change drastically when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

Michelle Pfeiffer is the singer; Jeff/Beau Bridges are the two brothers.

Movie was nominated for four Academy Awards, but made only $6.9M over budget at the box office.

— USFL trends, thru eight weeks:

Stallions (6-2)
5-0 allowing 20 or less points; gave up 45-27 in losses.
4-4 ATS (favored in every game)
3-1 in games decided by 7 or less points.
under 3-1 last four games

Gamblers (5-3)
won four of last five games, after an 0-2 start
2-3 ATS as a favorite
last four games stayed under.
5-1 if they allow less than 29 points
Last three games were decided by 6-3-1 points.

Showboats (5-3)
won/covered last four games, after an 0-3 start.
allowed 27-42-30 points in losses; 10-10-0-20-16 in wins
under six of last seven games
5-3 ATS; have been underdog in every game.

Panthers (3-5)
lost five of last six games, after a 2-0 start
3-0 if they score 24+ points, 0-5 if they score less than 24.
3-2 ATS as an underdog.
five of last seven games stayed under total.

Generals (2-6)
lost last five games, by 3-3-6-3-9 points.
Allowed 3-13 points in wins; 0-6 giving up more than 13.
1-4 ATS as a favorite.
Six of eight games stayed under total.

Breakers (5-3)
Last five games were all decided by 7 or less points.
four of last five games stayed under total.
1-3 in last four games, after a 4-0 start.
4-2 ATS as a favorite

Stars (4-4)
won three of last four games (4-0 ATS)
4-1 in games decided by 6 or less points.
Losses are by 14-8-25-6 points.
3 of last 4 games stayed went over the total.

Maulers (2-6)
0-6 if they give up more than 13 points.
Two wins were 21-13/23-7
under 5-3
0-5 if they score less than 21 points.

— Recently, a violinist played for 45 minutes in a New York City subway; a handful of people stopped, a couple clapped, and the violinist managed to raise about $30 in tips.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. In that subway, Joshua played music with a violin worth $3.5M.

Two days before he played in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston and the seats averaged about $100 apiece; it goes to show you, sometimes, you just never know.

 

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Thursday, June 8

 

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CINCINNATI is 9-0 SU (9 Units) in home games against left-handed starters in the current season.

ARIZONA is 12-2 SU (9.8 Units) on the road when the total is 8.5 to 10 in the current season.

MINNESOTA is 81-82 SU (-9.2 Units) as an underdog of +100 or higher in the last 3 seasons.

BALTIMORE is 17-4 SU (12.6 Units) on the road when the total is 8.5 to 10 in the current season.

COLORADO is 43-20 SU (21 Units) in home games after having lost 5 or 6 of their last 7 games in the last 3 seasons.

CHI WHITE SOX is 10-1 Under (8.9 Units) after allowing 3 runs or less 2 straight games in the current season.

TORONTO is 35-53 SU (-23.3 Units) against left-handed starters in the last 3 seasons.

CLEVELAND is 16-5 Under (10.5 Units) when playing on Thursday over the last 2 seasons.

NY METS are 17-27 SU (-12.7 Units) in road games after having lost 4 or 5 of their last 6 games in the last 3 seasons.

CHICAGO CUBS are 9-1 Over (7.9 Units) in road games in an inter-league game in the current season.

 

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MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up

Thursday, June 8

National League
Arizona (37-25) @ Washington (25-36)
— Kelly is 6-0, 2.84 in his last seven starts.
— Arizona is 8-4 in his starts.
— under 8-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-1-5
— He is 3-0, 3.79 in three starts vs Washington.

— Arizona won 12 of its last 17 games.
— Arizona is 17-11 on the road.
— under 8-3 last eleven games
— scored run in first inning: 23-62
— record in first 5 innings: 29-22-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-4.2-2.1

— Gray is 2-0, 3.38 in his last five starts.
— Nationals are 6-2 in his last eight starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7
— He is 1-1, 3.48 in two starts vs Arizona.

— Nationals lost seven of last nine games.
— Washington is 12-21 at home.
— over 7-4 last eleven home games
— scored run in first inning: 18-61
— record in first 5 innings: 24-31-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-5-3

Los Angeles (35-27) @ Cincinnati (29-33)
— Kershaw is 1-1, 5.74 in his last three starts.
— Dodgers are 8-4 in his starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-1
— He is 6-2, 2.25 in 14 starts vs Cincinnati.

— Dodgers are 4-8 in their last dozen games.
— Dodgers are 15-17 on road.
— over 14-4-1 last nineteen games
— scored run in first inning: 26-62
— record in first 5 innings: 29-25-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3.2-5

— Ashcraft is 1-3, 12.79 in his last four starts.
— Reds are 6-6 in his starts.
— over 6-0 last six
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Los Angeles.

— Reds are 2-0 since they called DeLa Cruz up
— Cincinnati is 17-17 at home.
— over 11-5 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 23-62
— record in first 5 innings: 22-27-13
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-5.1-3.1

NY Mets (30-32) @ Atlanta (37-24)
— Verlander is 1-1, 3.79 in his last three starts.
— Mets are 2-4 in his starts.
— under 4-2
— allowed run in first inning: 4-6
— record in first 5 innings: 1-5
— He is 2-1, 2.57 in three starts vs Atlanta.

— Mets lost their last five games.
— Mets are 15-20 on road.
— under 5-3 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 10-62
— record in first 5 innings: 27-32-3
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3-2.1

— Strider is 2-0, 3.00 in his last two starts.
— Braves are 10-2 in his starts.
— over 9-2 last 11
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 9-2-1
— He is 3-1, 5.03 in six games (4 starts) against the Mets.

— Atlanta is 5-1 in its last six games.
— Braves are 17-14 at home.
— over 5-3-1 last nine home games
— scored run in first inning: 25-61
— record in first 5 innings: 35-20-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-3-4.1

San Francisco (31-30) @ Colorado (26-37)
— Cobb is 5-1, 2.85 in his last eight starts.
— Giants are 8-4 in his starts.
— under 8-1 last nine
— allowed run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-4
— He is 3-0, 5.25 in four starts vs Colorado.

— Giants won three of last four games.
— San Francisco is 14-15 on road.
— over 4-3 last seven road games
— scored run in first inning: 19-61
— record in first 5 innings: 28-21-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-4.1-3.2

— Anderson is 0-0, 1.99 in four starts.
— Colorado is 3-1 in his starts.
— under 3-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-4
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-2
— He is 3-3, 4.74 in ten starts vs San Francisco

— Rockies lost seven of their last nine games.
— Colorado is 15-16 at home.
— under 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 17-63
— record in first 5 innings: 20-32-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 1-6-3

American League
Minnesota (31-31) @ Tampa Bay (45-19)
— Ober is 0-2, 3.38 in his last three starts.
— Twins are 5-3 in his starts.
— under 7-0-1
— allowed run in first inning: 3-8
— record in first 5 innings: 2-3-3
— He hasn’t pitched against Tampa Bay.

— Twins lost their last four games.
— Minnesota is 13-17 on road.
— under 5-0 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 16-62
— record in first 5 innings: 26-25-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-2-1

— Glasnow is 0-0, 3.72 in two starts.
— Tampa Bay is 1-1 in his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— This is his first start vs Minnesota.

— Tampa Bay won six of its last seven games.
— Rays are 28-6 at home.
— under 7-1 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 24-64
— record in first 5 innings: 42-16-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-2.1-7

Boston (31-31)@ Cleveland (27-33)
— Red Sox haven’t named a starter.

— Red Sox lost 11 of their last 16 games.
— Boston is 14-15 on road.
— under 12-5-1 last 18 games
— scored run in first inning: 18-62
— record in first 5 innings: 22-33-7
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2-5

— Civale is 1-1, 2.04 in three starts.
— Guardians are 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 3 runs in 4 IP, in his one start vs Boston.

— Guardians are 7-5 in their last 12 games.
— Cleveland is 13-16 at home.
— under 12-4 last 16 games
— scored run in first inning: 19-61
— record in first 5 innings: 24-24-13
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 4-3.1-4

White Sox (27-35) @ New York (36-26)
— Lynn is 3-1, 6.26 in his last four starts.
— White Sox are 4-8 in his starts.
— over 9-3
— allowed run in first inning: 6-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-7
— He is 2-2, 4.20 in five starts vs New York.

— Clevinger is 1-0, 2.65 in his last three starts.
— White Sox won his last three starts.
— under 5-1-1 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 4-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-1
— He is 1-1, 4.19 in three starts vs New York.

— Chicago is 5-1 in its last six games.
— White Sox are 11-20 on road
— under last four games
— scored run in first inning: 15-62
— record in first 5 innings: 24-30-8
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-x-3

— Severino is 0-1, 5.87 in three starts.
— New York is 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 2-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 2-2, 3.35 in six starts vs Chicago.

— Vasquez allowed 2 runs in 4.2 IP (84 PT) in his first start.
— New York is 0-1 in his starts
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— This is his first start vs Chicago.

— New York won six of last nine games.
— Bronx is 19-14 at home
— under 4-1 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 17-62
— record in first 5 innings: 29-19-14
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-2.1-3

Houston (36-26) @ Toronto (35-28)
— Valdez is 4-0, 1.59 in his last five starts.
— Astros are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 2-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-2-5
— He is 1-2, 5.50 in three starts vs Toronto.

— Astros are 20-8 in their last 28 games.
— Houston is 18-12 on road.
— under 3-1 last four games
— scored run in first inning: 23-62
— record in first 5 innings: 33-19-10
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2.1-2-3

— Berrios is 2-0, 0.96 in his last three starts.
— Blue Jays are 7-5 in his starts.
— under 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-1
— He is 4-4, 4.43 in eight starts vs Houston.

— Toronto is 8-2 in its last ten games.
— Blue Jays are 17-11 at home.
— under 7-2-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 15-63
— record in first 5 innings: 25-27-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 8.2-2-1

Interleague games
Baltimore (37-24) @ Milwaukee (34-28)
— Bradish is 1-1, 3.68 in his last four starts.
— Orioles are 6-4 in his starts
— under 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 0-10
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Milwaukee.

— Orioles are 4-7 in their last 11 games.
— Baltimore is 20-12 on the road.
— over 4-2-1 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 12-61
— record in first 5 innings: 27-23-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-4.2-3

— Rea is 3-0, 3.86 in his last three starts.
— Brewers are 6-3 in his starts.
— over 3-1 last four
— allowed run in first inning: 3-9
— record in first 5 innings: 5-4
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.

— Brewers are 6-2 in their last eight games.
— Milwaukee is 18-12 at home.
— under 10-4-1 last fifteen games
— scored run in first inning: 19-62
— record in first 5 innings: 27-26-9
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-5-1

Detroit (26-33) @ Philadelphia (29-32)
— Olson allowed 2 runs in 5 IP (89 PT) in his first MLB start.
— Tigers are 0-1 in his starts.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Phillies.

— Detroit is 1-7 in its last eight games.
— Tigers are 12-20 on the road.
— under 6-2 last eight games
— scored run in first inning: 16-59
— record in first 5 innings: 17-30-12
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 3-3.1-5

— Wheeler is 1-2, 5.70 in his last four starts.
— Phillies are 2-4 in his last six starts.
— under 4-1-2 last seven
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-1
— He gave up 3 runs in 7.1 IP, in his one start vs Detroit

— Phillies won their last three games.
— Phillies are 16-10 at home.
— over 3-2 last five games
— scored run in first inning: 17-61
— record in first 5 innings: 22-33-6
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-2-2

Cubs (26-35) @ LA Angels (33-30)
— Smyly is 1-2, 4.64 in his last four starts.
— Cubs are 7-5 in his starts.
— over 4-1 last five
— allowed run in first inning: 3-12
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-1
— He is 1-4, 5.40 in six starts vs Anaheim.

— Cubs are 1-4 in their last five games.
— Chicago is 3-10 in last 13 road games.
— under 8-1 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 18-61
— record in first 5 innings: 25-25-11
— bullpen IP last 3 days: 2-3.1-2.2

— Detmers is 0-2, 5.40 in his last four starts.
— Angels are 3-7 in his starts.
— over 6-4
— allowed run in first inning: 2-10
— record in first 5 innings: 4-5-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Cubs.

— Angels won their last three games.
— Angels are 16-13 at home.
— over 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 18-63
— record in first 5 innings: 28-26-9
— bullpen IP last 3 days: x-4-4

Umpires
Ariz-Wsh— Under is 8-2 in Diaz games.
LA-Cin— Favorites won 5 of last 6 Kulpa games.
NY-Atl— Road team is 10-2 in Vondrak games.
SF-Colo— Under is 8-2-1 in Livensparger games.

Minn-TB— Underdog won last five Segal games.
CWS-NYY— Under is 8-3 in last eleven Merzel games.
Underdog won 7 of last 8 Barksdale games.
Hst-Tor— Over is 3-1 in last four Iassogna games.
Bos-Clev— Four of last five Fletcher games went over.

Det-Phil— Over is 4-1-1 in last six Gonzalez games.
Balt-Milw— Walsh is a rookie ump; no track record yet.
Chi-LAA— Over is 3-1-1 in last five Carapazza games.

 

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THURSDAY, JUNE 8​

Game	Time(ET)	Pick	Units
LAD at CIN	12:35 PM	CIN +207 U 9.5	+500 +500
ARI at WAS	01:05 PM	ARI -161 U 8.5	+500 +500
MIN at TB	01:10 PM	TB -119 O 8.0	+500 +500
BAL at MIL	02:10 PM	BAL -107 O 8.5	+500 +500
SF at COL	03:10 PM	SF -172 U 11.5	+500 +500
CHW at NYY	04:05 PM	NYY -136 U 8.0	+500 +500
HOU at TOR	07:07 PM	HOU -109 U 8.0	+500 +500
BOS at CLE	07:10 PM	CLE -139 U 8.5	+500 +500
NYM at ATL	07:20 PM	NYM +165 U 8.5	+500 +500
CHC at LAA	09:38 PM	CHC +116 U 9.0	+500 +500

 

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Pending Picks​

Date	League	Game	Score	Status	Pick
Jun 8, 2023	MLB	San Francisco Colorado	- -	03:10 PM	Under 11.5

 

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Completed Picks​

Date	League	Game	Score	Pick	Outcome
Jun 8, 2023	MLB	San Francisco Colorado	6 4	Under 11.5	Win
Jun 7, 2023	MLB	Baltimore Milwaukee	2 10	Over 7.5	Win
Jun 6, 2023	MLB	Houston Toronto	1 5	Over 8.0	Loss
Jun 5, 2023	MLB	Oakland Pittsburgh	4 5	Under 9.0	Push
Jun 4, 2023	NBA	Miami Denver	111 108	DEN -8.5	Loss
Jun 3, 2023	WNBA	Minnesota Washington	80 78	Over 161.0	Loss
Jun 2, 2023	MLB	LA Angels Houston	2 6	LAA +120	Loss

 

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Completed Picks​

Past Completed Picks

Date	W-L-T	%	Units	Record
06/07/2023	14-12-0	53.85%	+480	Detail
06/06/2023	13-16-1	45.00%	-3430	Detail
06/05/2023	5-8-1	39.29%	-1675	Detail
06/04/2023	10-20-0	33.33%	-6380	Detail
06/03/2023	19-10-1	65.00%	+4310	Detail
06/02/2023	10-14-2	42.31%	-3275	Detail
06/01/2023	7-7-0	50.00%	-250	Detail

 

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JUNE'S BEST BETS !

06/08/2023..................................5 - 7...................................41.66%...................................- 12.00
06/07/2023..................................6 - 7...................................46.15%....................................- 4.55
06/06/2023................................7 - 10 - 0............................41.17%....................................- 31.35
06/05/2023..................................1 - 7 - 1............................,12.50%....................................- 31.50
06/04/2023..................................4 - 16................................20.00%.....................................- 67.80
06/03/2023..................................6 - 5 - 1.............................54.54%.....................................+ 7.00
06/02/2023..................................9 - 7 - 1.............................56.25%.....................................+ 9.70
06/01/2023..................................2 - 5...................................28.57%......................................- 16.50

TOTALS......................................40 - 64 - 3............................38.46%.....................................- 147.00

 

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Friday’s 6-pack
Most seasons since their last playoff win:
31— Detroit Lions
22— Miami Dolphins
20— Las Vegas Raiders
17— Washington Commanders
12— Chicago Bears, New Jersey Jets
7— Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Denver Broncos

Quote of the Day
“And this is just being honest, we could go out and acquire prime Babe Ruth and it’s not going to help us. We’re not one player away or one magic spell from fixing this.”
Seattle Mariners’ executive Jerry DiPoto, the man who assembled the Seattle roster

Friday’s quiz
Who was the last major league pitcher to win 25+ games in a season?

Thursday’s quiz
Since 1930, there has been only one inside-the-park home run in a World Series game; Alcides Escobar hit it for the Royals, in 2015.

Wednesday’s quiz
Phil Garner was the Houston Astros’ manager, the first time they played in a World Series, back in 2005.

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

— Florida 3, Vegas 2 OT:
Panthers scored 4:27 into overtime for the win.
Florida tied game with 2:13 left in regulation.
Panthers are 7-0 in overtime in the playoffs.
Vegas leads series, 2-1.

— Skip Schumaker was the bench coach for the Cardinals last year:
St Louis last year: 93-69
St Louis this year: 26-37

Skip Schumaker is the manager of the Miami Marlins this year:
Miami last year: 69-93
Miami this year: 35-28

I’m thinking Skip Schumaker is very good at his job.

— Braves 13, Mets 10 (10)
3:33…….388 pitches, a very interesting game.
Ozzie Albies hit a walk-off homer in the 10th inning.
Mets led 8-5 after four innings.
Mets have lost six in a row; they led by 3+ runs in last three, the first time EVER they’ve lost three games in a row, when they led all three by 3+ runs.

— Guardians 10, Red Sox 3— Jose Ramirez homered three times, knocked in five runs.

— Cincinnati Reds have lot of prospects coming up, but they’re all position players; I’m told that pitching is an important part of baseball. Maybe the Reds should package some of their position players in order to acquire a pitcher or two who can help them.

Dodgers 6, Reds 0— Kershaw tossed seven shutout innings.

— Rays 4, Twins 2— Tampa Bay is 29-6 at home.

— White Sox 6-0, New York 5-3— Why can’t Giarcarlo Stanton play both games of a twinbill? He was 0-3 in the opener with a walk; he batted four times in three hours, and couldn’t play the second game, too? Being a DH isn’t even playing.

Stanton makes $28M a year; stop coddling him.

— Giants 6, Rockies 4
Giants scored three runs in the ninth inning.
Colorado scored four runs in first, never scored again.
Giants have beaten the Rockies 11 games in a row.

— Blue Jays 3, Astros 2— Yordan Alvarez has an oblique injury now, will be out for a while.

— Diamondbacks-Nationals game was postponed by poor air quality, the third MLB game this week postponed by the smoke drifting down from Canada. This game will be made up June 22.

NFL notes:
— Minnesota Vikings were 11-0 in the regular season last year, in games decided by 8 or fewer points; all four of their regular season losses were by 11+ points. They lost their playoff game 31-24 to the Giants.

Usually, teams that win a ton of close games regress the next season.

— Over the last four years, under is 19-9 in Week 1 games where one of the coaches is in his first year at that job.

— Over the last 20 years, the Super Bowl loser is 4-16 in Week 1 the following year.

Over last 20 years, the Super Bowl winner is 9-4-3 ATS as a Week 1 favorite the next year.

— Movie of the Day: Rocky (1976)— A small-time Philadelphia boxer gets a rare chance to fight the heavyweight champion of the world in a fight where going the distance was his main goal.

To this day, there is a Rocky statue in downtown Philadelphia; this classic movie wound up with a lot of sequels, made a lot of money. Rocky even wound up winning the world title at the end of Rocky II.

Burgess Meredith played his trainer; he was also the Penguin in 20 episodes of Batman, the most times any villain appeared in that famous TV series.

— Kevin Love has played in the NBA for 15 years now; his dad Stan Love played in the NBA for four seasons. His uncle Mike Love is a musician, one of the Beach Boys.

 

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