Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites for Saturday 4/17/21
951ARIZONA -952 WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON is 97-68 SU (20.9 Units) vs. poor baserunning teams - averaging 0.5 or less SB's/game in the last 3 seasons.
953ATLANTA -954 CHICAGO CUBS
CHICAGO CUBS are 21-33 SU (-16.6 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game over the last 2 seasons.
953ATLANTA -954 CHICAGO CUBS
DAVID ROSS is 21-33 SU (-15.3 Units) vs. an overused bullpen that pitches more than 3.2 innings per game (Coach of CHICAGO CUBS)
955ST LOUIS -956 PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA is 5-19 SU (-17.3 Units) vs. poor fielding teams - averaging 0.75+ errors/game in the last 3 seasons.
957SAN FRANCISCO -958 MIAMI
SAN FRANCISCO is 21-11 SU (12.8 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record over the last 2 seasons.
957SAN FRANCISCO -958 MIAMI
GABE KAPLER is 21-11 SU (8.9 Units) when playing against a team with a losing record (Coach of SAN FRANCISCO)
959PITTSBURGH -960 MILWAUKEE
PITTSBURGH is 19-5 SU (13.2 Units) with a team slugging percentage .390 or worse on the season (NL) over the last 2 seasons.
959PITTSBURGH -960 MILWAUKEE
DEREK SHELTON is 19-5 SU (13.5 Units) with a team slugging percentage .390 or worse on the season (NL) (Coach of PITTSBURGH)
961NY METS -962 COLORADO
COLORADO is 23-41 SU (-22.1 Units) after having lost 6 or 7 of their last 8 games in the last 3 seasons.
963LA DODGERS -964 SAN DIEGO
LA DODGERS are 20-11 SU (11.6 Units) vs. a team with a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better over the last 2 seasons.
MLB
Armadillo's Write-Up
Saturday, April 17
NL games
Atlanta (6-8) @ Cubs (5-7)
— Ynoa is 0-0, 0.82 in his first two starts (11 IP)
— Braves split his first two starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against the Cubs.
— Braves lost four of their last six games.
— Atlanta is 3-4 on the road.
— Over is 8-3 in their last 11 games.
— scored run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-4
— Williams is 1-1, 6.75 in his first two starts.
— Cubs split his two starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 0-0, 2.77 in 3 games (2 starts) vs Atlanta.
— Cubs lost seven of their last nine games.
— Chicago is 3-4 at home.
— 10 of last 12 games stayed under the total.
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-1
Arizona (5-9) @ Washington (4-7)
— Weaver is 1-0, 2.13 in two starts.
— Arizona won both his starts
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He allowed four runs in 3.2 IP in his one start vs Washington.
— Arizona lost nine of first 14 games.
— Arizona is 3-6 on the road.
— over 5-2 last seven games
— scored run in first inning: 3-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-1
— Fedde is 0-1, 9.95 in two starts (6.1 IP).
— Nationals split his two starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He allowed five runs in six IP in his one start vs Arizona.
— Washington lost seven of its first 11 games.
— Nationals are 2-3 at home.
— under 6-3 last nine games
— scored run in first inning: 4-11
— record in first 5 innings: 1-5-5
St Louis (6-7) @ Philadelphia (7-6)
— Kim is making his first ’21 start; he has been hurt.
— He was 3-0, 1.62 in 8 games (7 starts) as a 31-year old rookie LY.
— Cardinals lost five of their last six games.
— St Louis is 4-3 on the road.
— Over 4-2-1 on road.
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 3-8-2
— Moore is 0-0, 7.56 in two starts this year.
— Phillies won both his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 1-0, 2.77 in 3 games (2 starts) vs St Louis.
— Phillies lost five of their last seven games.
— Phillies are 6-1 at home, 1-5 on road.
— Seven of last ten games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 4-12
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2
San Francisco (8-5) @ Miami (6-7)
— Sanchez is 0-1, 2.70 in two starts.
— Giants lost both his starts, scoring one run.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He gave up five runs in 4.1 IP in his one start vs Miami.
— Giants are 8-5 in their first 13 games.
— Giants are 3-4 on the road.
— 10 of last 11 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 2-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-3
— Alcantara is 0-1, 2.95 in three starts.
— Marlins are 1-2 in his starts.
— under 3-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 0-1, 1.32 in 3 games (2 starts) vs SF.
— Marlins won five of their last six games.
— Miami is 2-5 at home.
— under 6-3-1 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-3-5
Pittsburgh (6-8) @ Milwaukee (7-6)
— Cahill is 0-1, 8.00 in two starts (9 IP).
— Pirates lost both his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 2-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 2-0, 2.45 in 14 games (2 starts) vs Milwaukee.
— Pirates won five of their last seven games.
— Pittsburgh is 2-5 on the road.
— over 6-4 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 2-14
— record in first 5 innings: 7-5-2
— Brett Anderson is 1-1, 4.50 in two starts.
— Milwaukee split his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 3-1, 3.45 in six starts vs Pittsburgh.
— Brewers won six of their last nine games.
— Milwaukee is 3-4 at home.
— under 7-3 last ten games
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-2
Mets (5-3) @ Colorado (3-10)
— deGrom allowed one run in 14 IP in his two starts.
— Mets lost both of those games, scoring 3 runs.
— over/under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He is 4-1, 1.25 in seven starts vs Colorado.
— Lucchesi is making his first start for the Mets.
— He is 18-20, 4.20 in 60 MLB games (58 starts).
— He is 2-3, 4.34 in nine starts vs Colorado, 1-2, 5.56 in five starts here.
— Mets won four of their last five games.
— Mets are 1-2 on the road.
— Under 5-0 last five games.
— scored run in first inning: 2-8
— record in first 5 innings: 6-2
— Gonzalez allowed one run in five IP (80 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Colorado lost his first start, 4-3.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0
— He hasn’t pitched against New York.
— Marquez is 0-1, 4.02 in three starts.
— Colorado is 1-2 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 2-0, 4.50 in three starts vs New York.
— Colorado lost its last six games.
— Rockies are 3-4 at home.
— Under 8-2 last nine games.
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-6-1
Dodgers (12-2) @ San Diego (9-6)
— Kershaw is 2-0, 0.69 in his last two starts.
— Dodgers won two of his three starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 2-1
— He is 21-7, 2.83 in 40 starts vs San Diego.
— Dodgers won 12 of their last 13 games.
— Dodgers are 6-2 on the road.
— Over 5-3 on road
— scored run in first inning: 5-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-4-2
— Darvish is 1-0, 1.38 in his last two starts.
— Padres are 3-0 in his starts.
— over 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-2
— He gave up one run in seven IP in his one start vs LA.
— Padres won six of their last ten games.
— San Diego is 4-4 at home.
— Nine of last 14 games stayed under
— scored run in first inning: 4-15
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7-2
AL games
Tampa Bay (6-8) @ Bronx (5-8)
— Glasnow is 1-0, 0.47 in three starts.
— Rays are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-2
— He is 1-2, 3.70 in five starts against New York.
— Tampa Bay lost four of their last six games.
— Rays are 3-4 in their first seven road games.
— 10 of last 13 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 4-24
— record in first 5 innings: 5-5-4
— Montgomery is 1-0, 3.09 in two starts.
— Bronx won his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 1-2, 5.54 in seven starts vs Tampa Bay.
— New York lost six of its last eight games.
— New York is 3-4 in its first seven home games.
— under 5-2 at home
— scored run in first inning: 1-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-7
White Sox (6-7) @ Boston (9-4)
— Cease is 0-0, 3.86 in two starts.
— White Sox lost his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Boston.
— Chicago lost three of its last five games.
— White Sox are 3-4 on the road.
— under 5-1 last six games
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 9-1-3
— Pivetta is 2-0, 3.27 in his first two starts.
— Red Sox won his two starts, scoring 25 runs.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He gave up one unearned run in two relief stints (3 IP) vs Chicago.
— Boston won nine of its last ten games.
— Red Sox are 3-3 at home.
— Eight of last 11 games went over
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-6-3
Baltimore (6-8) @ Texas (6-8)
— Kremer is 0-1, 10.50 in two starts (6 IP).
— Orioles split his starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Texas.
— Orioles lost eight of their last 11 games.
— Baltimore is 5-2 on the road.
— under 5-2 in their road games.
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3
— Dunning is 1-0, 1.00 in his two starts (9 IP).
— Texas split his two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Baltimore.
— Texas won three of its last four games.
— Texas is 2-5 at home.
— under 7-4 last 11 games
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-5-1
Toronto (6-7) @ Kansas City (7-4)
— Matz is 2-0, 1.46 in his first two starts.
— Jays won his two starts by combined 21-3.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Kansas City.
— Ray allowed two runs in five IP (84 PT) in his first ‘21 start.
— Jays lost his first start, 3-1
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He gave up one run in 1.1 IP in his one start vs Kansas City.
— Toronto won three of its last five games.
— Toronto is 3-4 on the road.
— under 8-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 4-9
— Minor is 1-0, 4.50 in his first two starts.
— Royals won his first two starts.
— under 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1-1
— He is 4-0, 2.00 in seven games (5 starts) vs Toronto.
— Ervin Santana is making his first start since 2019.
— From 2018-20, he made only eight starts; he is 149-127, 4.09 in 384 MLB starts.
— He is 6-7, 3.89 in 20 starts vs Toronto.
— Royals are 7-4 in their first 11 games.
— Royals are 5-2 at home.
— six of last eight games under
— scores run in first inning: 3-11
— record in first 5 innings: 6-4-1
Minnesota (6-8) @ Angels (8-5)
— Ex-Angel Shoemaker is 1-0, 4.09 in two starts.
— Twins split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He’s never pitched against his old team.
— Twins lost six of their last seven games.
— Minnesota is 4-3 on the road.
— over 4-3 on road
— scores run in first inning: 6-14
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-3
— Quintana allowed 11 runs in five IP in his first two starts.
— Angels split his first two starts.
— over 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He is 7-8, 4.05 in 21 starts vs Minnesota.
— Angels won eight of their first 13 games.
— Halos are 5-2 at home.
— over 7-6
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 5-6-2
Detroit (5-8) @ Oakland (7-7)
— Mize is 1-0, 0.82 in his two starts.
— Detroit won both his starts.
— under 2-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-2
— record in first 5 innings: 2-0
— He hasn’t pitched against Oakland
— Detroit won three of its last five games.
— Detroit is 3-5 on the road.
— under 9-5
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 8-6
— Irvin is 0-2, 7.45 in two starts.
— A’s lost those two games.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 0-2
— He hasn’t pitched against Detroit
— A’s won seven of last eight games, after an 0-6 start.
— All seven of their losses are by 4+ runs.
— Oakland lost five of its eight home games.
— Five of last six games went over.
— scored run in first inning: 4-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2
Houston (6-7) @ Seattle (9-5)
— Greinke is 1-1, 4.08 in three starts.
— Astros are 2-1 in his starts.
— under 2-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-3
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1-1
— He is 7-2, 2.27 in 16 games (14 starts) vs Seattle.
— Astros lost their last six games.
— Astros are 5-2 on the road.
— over 9-4
— scored run in first inning: 3-13
— record in first 5 innings: 6-5-2
— Flexen is 1-0, 5.40 in two starts.
— Seattle won both his starts.
— over 1-1
— allowed run in first inning: 1-2
— record in first 5 innings: 1-1
— He gave up seven runs in four IP, in his one start vs Houston.
— Seattle won seven of its last nine games.
— Seattle is 4-3 at home.
— over 8-5-1
— scored run in first inning: 1-14
— record in first 5 innings: 4-8-2
Interleague games
Cleveland (7-6) @ Cincinnati (8-5)
— McKenzie allowed three runs in four IP (76 PT) in his first ’21 start.
— Indians lost his first start, 4-3.
— under 1-0
— allowed run in first inning: 0-1
— record in first 5 innings: 0-1
— He hasn’t pitched against Cincinnati.
— Cleveland won six of their last nine games.
— Indians are 3-5 on the road.
— under 10-3
— scores run in first inning: 2-13
— record in first 5 innings: 3-9-1
— Sonny Gray is making his first ’21 start.
— He is 75-63, 3.54 in 118 starts, was 5-3, 3.70 in 11 starts LY.
— He is 5-3, 3.15 in 10 starts vs Cleveland.
— Cincinnati lost four of its last six games.
— Reds are 6-1 at home, 2-4 on road.
— Over 6-0-1 at home
— scored run in first inning: 4-13
— record in first 5 innings: 8-4-1
MLB
Saturday, April 17
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Trend Report
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Tampa Bay @ NY Yankees
Tampa Bay
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games on the road
Tampa Bay is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Yankees
NY Yankees
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 8 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 6 of NY Yankees's last 9 games when playing Tampa Bay
Arizona @ Washington
Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Arizona's last 5 games when playing on the road against Washington
Arizona is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Washington
Washington
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Washington's last 5 games when playing at home against Arizona
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Washington's last 8 games when playing Arizona
Toronto @ Kansas City
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games when playing Toronto
Kansas City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Atlanta @ Chi Cubs
Atlanta
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing on the road against Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Atlanta's last 5 games when playing Chi Cubs
Chi Cubs
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Chi Cubs's last 5 games when playing Atlanta
Chi White Sox @ Boston
Chi White Sox
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Chi White Sox's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Chi White Sox's last 5 games when playing Boston
Boston
Boston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Boston is 9-1 SU in its last 10 games
St. Louis @ Philadelphia
St. Louis
St. Louis is 5-2 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against Philadelphia
The total has gone OVER in 4 of St. Louis's last 6 games
Philadelphia
Philadelphia is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games at home
Philadelphia is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games at home
Detroit @ Oakland
Detroit
Detroit is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games on the road
Detroit is 8-17 SU in its last 25 games
Oakland
Oakland is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Oakland is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
Cleveland @ Cincinnati
Cleveland
Cleveland is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing Cincinnati
Cleveland is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Cincinnati is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
Cincinnati is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
NY Mets @ Colorado
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing NY Mets
San Francisco @ Miami
San Francisco
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 5 games when playing Miami
Miami
Miami is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami's last 5 games when playing San Francisco
Toronto @ Kansas City
Toronto
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Toronto's last 7 games when playing Kansas City
Toronto is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Kansas City
Kansas City
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Kansas City's last 7 games when playing Toronto
Kansas City is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games
Baltimore @ Texas
Baltimore
Baltimore is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Texas
Baltimore is 6-2 ATS in its last 8 games on the road
Texas
Texas is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games when playing Baltimore
Texas is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Baltimore
Pittsburgh @ Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh is 7-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Milwaukee
Pittsburgh is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Milwaukee
Milwaukee
Milwaukee is 8-2 SU in its last 10 games when playing at home against Pittsburgh
The total has gone OVER in 14 of Milwaukee's last 20 games when playing Pittsburgh
LA Dodgers @ San Diego
LA Dodgers
LA Dodgers is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing San Diego
LA Dodgers is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
San Diego
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Diego's last 7 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 6 games when playing at home against LA Dodgers
NY Mets @ Colorado
NY Mets
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Mets's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of NY Mets's last 7 games when playing Colorado
Colorado
The total has gone UNDER in 7 of Colorado's last 8 games
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Colorado's last 7 games when playing NY Mets
Minnesota @ LA Angels
Minnesota
Minnesota is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games when playing on the road against LA Angels
Minnesota is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing LA Angels
LA Angels
LA Angels is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of LA Angels's last 5 games when playing Minnesota
Houston @ Seattle
Houston
Houston is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Houston's last 7 games on the road
Seattle
Seattle is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games
Seattle is 6-1 SU in its last 7 games