Monday MLB Opening Odds
(The Spread) – It’s August baseball and the odds are out for Monday’s MLB games. Check out opening lines, trends and totals.
The Yankees open up a new series in Chicago this week and according to online sports book Bodog, the Bombers are –160 money line favorite tonight against the White Sox (+150). CC Sabathia will take the hill against Jake Peavy; the Yankees are 4-0 in Sabathia’s last four starts against the White Sox and 10-4 in the last 14 meetings overall.
NL West rivals will clash tonight in San Francisco when the Giants host the Diamondbacks at 10:15PM ET. Despite losing three straight in Cincinnati over the weekend, the Giants are –130 money line favorites over their division rivals, who are +120. According to latest MLB trends, the under is 6-0 in the last six meetings between these two teams in San Francisco and 11-2 in the last 13 meetings overall. The Giants are also 6-0 in Cain’s last six starts against Arizona and 6-0 in his last six home starts against the D-Backs.
Also in the NL, the Phillies travel West to take on the Colorado Rockies at 8:40PM ET. Philadelphia is –130 on the money line against Colorado, which is +120 for tonight’s game. The Phillies are 6-1 in their last seven road games against the Rockies and 19-7 in their last 26 games overall versus Colorado.
The Phillies’ NL East rivals the Atlanta Braves will travel to Washington this week to take on the Nationals. The Braves are –145 money line favorites for tonight’s game against the Nats, who are +136 on the ML. The over is 7-0-1 in the last eight meetings between these two teams.
For a complete list of opening odds and trends for tonight’s MLB games, see below.
MLB Opening Odds & Totals for August 1, 2011
901 Atlanta Braves –140 (7.5)
902 Washington Nationals +130 (7.5)
903 Chicago Cubs +125 (7.5)
904 Pittsburgh Pirates –135 (7.5)
905 Florida Marlins +100 (8)
906 New York Mets –110 (8)
907 Cincinnati Reds –125 (8.5)
908 Houston Astros +115 (8.5)
909 St. Louis Cardinals +105 (8)
910 Milwaukee Brewers –115 (8)
911 Philadelphia Phillies –130 (8)
912 Colorado Rockies +120 (8)
913 Los Angeles Dodgers –125 (5.5)
914 San Diego Padres +115 (5.5)
915 Arizona Diamondbacks +120 (6)
916 San Francisco Giants –130 (6)
917 Cleveland Indians +150 (10)
918 Boston Red Sox –160 (10)
919 New York Yankees –160 (7.5)
920 Chicago White Sox +150 (7.5)
921 Oakland A’s –115 (6.5)
922 Seattle Mariners +105 (6.5)
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