Tuesday's Betting Tips
By Covers.com
Weather to watch
Oakland Athletics at Toronto Blue Jays: Wind blowing in at 11 mph on Tuesday at Rogers Centre. Retractable roof should be open due to only a 10 percent chance of rain.
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals: Temperatures are expected to soar to 101 F at Busch Stadium on Tuesday. The wind will also be blowing out to left field at 10 mph.
Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers: A 13 mph wind is expected to blow in from right field under sunny skies at Rangers Ballpark. Temperatures are also expected to reach near 100 F.
Who’s hot?
Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman went 15-for-30 last week with five homers and 8 RBIs.
Diamondbacks left fielder Jason Kubel had four home runs in six at-bats when he led off the second inning with a bases-empty home run against Houston on Sunday. Kubel also hit three homers in a 12-3 victory over the Astros on Saturday.
Who’s not?
The Houston Astros have dropped six consecutive games and are 1-9 in their last 10 contests heading into action Monday night.
The Chicago White Sox have lost five straight games heading into Monday’s contest with the Twins.
Key stat
Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen is on pace to hit .372, 38 home runs, and 114 RBIs. Only six players have hit those marks in a season: Ruth, Hornsby, Gehrig, Helton, Musial, and Klein.
Game of the day
Nationals at Mets
Injury not to be overlooked
The Chicago Tribune reports that Bulls guard Derek Rose could be sidelined until March 2013 with an ACL injury. The Las Vegas Hotel and Casino has the Bulls listed at 8/1 to win the 2012/13 NBA Championship. Only the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers have better odds.
Notable quotable
"He's not Willie Mays (Angels outfielder Mike Trout), he's a pretty good player, but I think the comparisons have to stop. Let the kid play. When he's been here five years, six years, then you can start doing that."-Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington on Trout’s recent comparisons by the media to Willie Mays.
Notes and Tips
Bettors who have picked the under are 12-1-2 in the St. Louis Cardinals’ last 15 games. The under is also hitting at a 58 percent clip over the last seven days.
The New York Rangers acquired forward Rick Nash from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, Tim Erixon and a first-round draft pick Monday. Sports Interaction currently has the Rangers listed as 10/1 favorites to win the Stanley Cup next season. Only the Kings (9/1) and Penguins (6/1) have better odds.