OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a Sunday winner is on the Chicago White Sox (+119) with Edwin Jackson against Cleveland.
Reasoning: Yesterday I backed Jackson in a major 400,000* release which was rained out so why am I backing things down today? Well I now expect a much better Justin Masterson to toe the runner for the Indians instead of the soft tossing lefthander David Huff who was very due to get roughed up a bit if not for Mother Nature. I’m not necessarily scared of Masterson and certainly like getting what appears to be a takeback here with the more talented and less injured visitors from Chicago but against what I deem to be a real pitcher I can’t exactly be all that confident in Ozzie Guillen’s underachieving Sox.
I’m still sticking with a surging former All-Star in Jackson and do like really Konerko and Quentin along with some other at least potentially talented guys in the lineup like Pierre, Beckham and Dunn but my conviction is not nearly what it was here against a quality Masterson.
The Cleveland right-hander is very good and has been very good most of the time, if not great, but I will still somewhat fade him here thanks to the Indians not being close to full strength without both Shoo and Sizemore. Cleveland is I guess still somewhat capable with Hafner and Cabrera and a few other young kids that may be good eventually but overall the offense is lacking a lot right now. Jackson has been eating innings and striking out a lot of batters making me alright with him here against a mediocre at the very best Indian lineup.
By the way if Huff does happen to pitch for the Tribe and not Masterson then back the Sox at a pick in a much higher valued play than just a complimentary type play
Reasoning: Yesterday I backed Jackson in a major 400,000* release which was rained out so why am I backing things down today? Well I now expect a much better Justin Masterson to toe the runner for the Indians instead of the soft tossing lefthander David Huff who was very due to get roughed up a bit if not for Mother Nature. I’m not necessarily scared of Masterson and certainly like getting what appears to be a takeback here with the more talented and less injured visitors from Chicago but against what I deem to be a real pitcher I can’t exactly be all that confident in Ozzie Guillen’s underachieving Sox.
I’m still sticking with a surging former All-Star in Jackson and do like really Konerko and Quentin along with some other at least potentially talented guys in the lineup like Pierre, Beckham and Dunn but my conviction is not nearly what it was here against a quality Masterson.
The Cleveland right-hander is very good and has been very good most of the time, if not great, but I will still somewhat fade him here thanks to the Indians not being close to full strength without both Shoo and Sizemore. Cleveland is I guess still somewhat capable with Hafner and Cabrera and a few other young kids that may be good eventually but overall the offense is lacking a lot right now. Jackson has been eating innings and striking out a lot of batters making me alright with him here against a mediocre at the very best Indian lineup.
By the way if Huff does happen to pitch for the Tribe and not Masterson then back the Sox at a pick in a much higher valued play than just a complimentary type play
