Betting
baseball gives sports gamblers the best chance of winning versus the
bookie. While in basketball and football bettors try to beat "point spreads",
your trying to beat a moneyline when betting baseball games. This in itself
makes half the battle versus the bookie a much easier one. Now your left with
having to decide on whether to take the favorite or the underdog.....Be very
careful! While a -200 favorite may look appealing or even a lock, this method of
betting baseball will put a hurting on your bankroll. Why you ask? Well, for
starters if you like a bet on a baseball game at -200, you have to win 2 times
to break even! This means your down 2 units and will need to win your next two
games just for a push. Folks, that breaks down to a 66% win rate. I don't care
who you are, you WILL NOT WIN 66% of your games over the long term.
On the flip side
of the coin, betting baseball with underdogs is a much more logical proposition.
Let's say we're betting a game at +140 and win. We're now up 1.4 units
based on a $100 wager. You can lose your next underdog bet, and still be
up $40! I don't know about you, but I'd sure as hell rather win money
having to hit less than 50% of my games than break even hitting an unrealistic
66%! See where we're going with this? Underdogs are undoubtedly the
only way to go when betting on baseball.
Now that we have
established, let's talk about how to spot value in underdogs! Since a team
is an underdog, their not supposed to win right? WRONG! Linesmakers
produce baseball odds according to how they feel the public will perceive the
game. Their job is to try to produce even money on both sides of the line.
Professional baseball handicappers will dig to find advantages which play out to
big profits over the term of the season. These advantages may include:
solid hitter vs. pitcher stats, hot/cold hitting teams or pitchers over their
last few games, baseball injury info, solid or weak home field or away teams,
etc.... We highly recommend you start handicapping underdogs before even
considering laying wood (talking heavy favorites..also known as "eating chalk").
This will help you in your quest to win at baseball betting!
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