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The *REAL* Matt Rivers. OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has Sunday free pick and it is actually a pair of plays and they’re both on the Boston Red Sox at Comerica Park versus Detroit.
Reasoning: Here’s how I look at this and it is a bit unconventional but I’m going to say it anyway. The Tigers aren’t very good at all and when compared to the red hot Red Sox there truly is no comparison. After the rainout yesterday these clubs are expected to play a pair today and that can only mean one of two things, a split or a Red Sox sweep. To think that Jim Leyland’s team can take both games against the surging Sox seems way too far-fetched leading me to believe that backing Boston in both games has a far higher ceiling than a lower floor.
Justin Verlander is awesome and a guy who can be as good as they come. But Josh Beckett is on that level as well and the Boston right-hander has been as good as ever thus far this season. Then in the other game we are getting a guy in Clay Buchholz who has really been coming into his own this season proving how he really does have some great stuff and that the no-hitter a few years back wasn’t a fluke.
As for the bats the Sox if they don’t have the best lineup in the game they certainly have the hottest. Adding guys like Crawford and Gonzalez to an already hard hitting group with Pedroia, Ortiz, Ellsbury and a few others was the cherry on top and after the rough first few weeks we have really seen Terry Francona’s squad start to bash away and bury teams by a billion.
If this doubleheader turns out to be a split and we potentially lose a small amount of juice then so be it as it’s far from the end of the world. But the upside of the probable sweep with the surging Sox well supersedes the split and therefore I’m all about Beckett, Buchholz and the far greater and more potent hitters from Beantown.
Top expert pick on this game: Boston Red Sox in both Game 1 and Game 2.
Reasoning: Here’s how I look at this and it is a bit unconventional but I’m going to say it anyway. The Tigers aren’t very good at all and when compared to the red hot Red Sox there truly is no comparison. After the rainout yesterday these clubs are expected to play a pair today and that can only mean one of two things, a split or a Red Sox sweep. To think that Jim Leyland’s team can take both games against the surging Sox seems way too far-fetched leading me to believe that backing Boston in both games has a far higher ceiling than a lower floor.
Justin Verlander is awesome and a guy who can be as good as they come. But Josh Beckett is on that level as well and the Boston right-hander has been as good as ever thus far this season. Then in the other game we are getting a guy in Clay Buchholz who has really been coming into his own this season proving how he really does have some great stuff and that the no-hitter a few years back wasn’t a fluke.
As for the bats the Sox if they don’t have the best lineup in the game they certainly have the hottest. Adding guys like Crawford and Gonzalez to an already hard hitting group with Pedroia, Ortiz, Ellsbury and a few others was the cherry on top and after the rough first few weeks we have really seen Terry Francona’s squad start to bash away and bury teams by a billion.
If this doubleheader turns out to be a split and we potentially lose a small amount of juice then so be it as it’s far from the end of the world. But the upside of the probable sweep with the surging Sox well supersedes the split and therefore I’m all about Beckett, Buchholz and the far greater and more potent hitters from Beantown.
Top expert pick on this game: Boston Red Sox in both Game 1 and Game 2.
Benjamin lee Eckstein
"Mr Chalk" 2011 MLB Regular Season
Ben lee won on Saturday with the Rangers - $190/Royals.
For Sunday "Mr Chalk" likes two the Bluejays -$160/White Sox and lets not forget the "Chalkest" game on the board, the Rangers -$220/Royals.
"Mr Chalk" is 30-28 -$1627 for the 2011 MLB regular season.
"Mr Chalk" 2011 MLB Regular Season
Ben lee won on Saturday with the Rangers - $190/Royals.
For Sunday "Mr Chalk" likes two the Bluejays -$160/White Sox and lets not forget the "Chalkest" game on the board, the Rangers -$220/Royals.
"Mr Chalk" is 30-28 -$1627 for the 2011 MLB regular season.
Joseph D'Amico
New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners
Play: New York Yankees
New York lost hold of 1st place in the AL East. The Yankee’s suffered a heartbreaking 12- inning defeat LN to the Mariner’s, 5-4. The Bronx Bombers are tops in the league in RPG at 5.14 and HR’s with 78. Rodriguez, Cano, Granderson, and Jeter each have 50 or more hits. Cano, Granderson, and Teixeira are all in DD’s in round-tripper’s. The team sends CC Sabathia to the mound. The LH is 5-3 with a 3.17 ERA. Throughout his career, New York’s current ERA leader has had success vs. Seattle, tallying a 10-4, 2.60 ERA mark against the Mariner’s. The M’s current hot streak of 9-1 their L10 is deceiving. Granted, they took two 1-run games over the Yank’s, but their previous 8 games were against the Twin’s, Padre’s, and Angel’s. That’s two last-place teams and a .500 squad. Seattle ranks 25th in RPG at 3.63 and 28th in BA at .233. They give Jason Vargas the nod. The LH is 2-2 with a 4.29 ERA at home this season. Vargas faced NY, 3 times in his career, going 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA against them. The Yankee’s are 5-0 in Sabathia’s L5 starts vs. the M’s and 4-0 their L4 vs. LH starters. The Mariner’s are 2-7 in Vargas’ L9 starts and 7-23 their L30 overall. Take New York.
New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners
Play: New York Yankees
New York lost hold of 1st place in the AL East. The Yankee’s suffered a heartbreaking 12- inning defeat LN to the Mariner’s, 5-4. The Bronx Bombers are tops in the league in RPG at 5.14 and HR’s with 78. Rodriguez, Cano, Granderson, and Jeter each have 50 or more hits. Cano, Granderson, and Teixeira are all in DD’s in round-tripper’s. The team sends CC Sabathia to the mound. The LH is 5-3 with a 3.17 ERA. Throughout his career, New York’s current ERA leader has had success vs. Seattle, tallying a 10-4, 2.60 ERA mark against the Mariner’s. The M’s current hot streak of 9-1 their L10 is deceiving. Granted, they took two 1-run games over the Yank’s, but their previous 8 games were against the Twin’s, Padre’s, and Angel’s. That’s two last-place teams and a .500 squad. Seattle ranks 25th in RPG at 3.63 and 28th in BA at .233. They give Jason Vargas the nod. The LH is 2-2 with a 4.29 ERA at home this season. Vargas faced NY, 3 times in his career, going 0-1 with a 6.23 ERA against them. The Yankee’s are 5-0 in Sabathia’s L5 starts vs. the M’s and 4-0 their L4 vs. LH starters. The Mariner’s are 2-7 in Vargas’ L9 starts and 7-23 their L30 overall. Take New York.
