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Pick Addict, Adam Zinn Touts, Handicappers

Power of 620 sports services behind every selection, the MasterLockLine has been getting questions about two serial spammers Adam Zinn and Pick Addict. Neither is ranked in the Top 50 in either sport.

In fact, Cy McCormick of MasterLockLine tells us that Pick Addict claims records along the lines of “60-28 the last 88, when over the last 50, 75, 100 picks, we have them at under .500.”

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Betting MLB Injuries: Bugs Start to Bite: Stanton, Teixiera, and Youklis All Out

The late April injury bugs have started to bite across the league.  The latest victim is the Marlins’ Giancarlo Stanton.  On Tuesday, an MRI revealed that Stanton had suffered a Grade 2 strain to this right hamstring.  The prognosis indicated he may be out longer than the 15 day DL.  Stanton’s injury came in the 10th inning of Monday night’s contest with the New York Mets.  Stanton when sprinting to first base in the close game when he awkwardly crossed the first base bag and immediately pulled up.  A Grade 2 strain is mid-range in this type of injury with a Grade 3 – muscle tear being the worst.  Stanton has been a catalyst for the struggling Miami team and his absence from the field makes Marlin’s fans all the more anxious.

The Yankee’s Mark Teixiera is likely to be out through early June with a wrist injury he suffered in preparation for the World Baseball Classic.  He had hoped to return as early as May 1st but the recovery has not progressed as expected.

Kevin Youkilis has also been placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a lumbar spine sprain. An MRI examination taken on Youkilis’ back was negative for further damage, but he was given an epidural injection on Tuesday to alleviate the discomfort. Cashman said that Youkilis was told not to report to Yankee Stadium for the club’s game against the Astros.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filed under: GAME PLAY Tagged: Giancarlo Stanton, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Teixeira, New York Mets, Stanton, Tuesday, World Baseball Classic, Yankee Stadium

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Baseball Odds: Daily Notes for Tuesday, April 16th

Pedro Alvarez is poised for a BIG day against his historical punching bag, Jake Westbrook

Just like last year, I’ll be combing over box scores and scouring local beat writers’ reports each morning to help ensure  you have all the information you need in order to make the right decisions for your fantasy baseball lineup. So make sure you check back at this very spot for Hot/Cold Streaks, Injury News, Closer Updates, Daily Stats, and more so that you can stay one step ahead of the rest of your league!

 

5 Good Nights, 5 Bad Nights

It’s a fact of life that every baseball player goes through hot and cold streaks. It’s important not to let those streaks influence a player’s fantasy baseball value too much, but it is important to be aware of how a player is doing within a short period of time (a seven-day sorter is always a good tool to use). A player’s short-term numbers can be the difference between winning and losing in daily games, and it can also make a huge difference in year-long leagues. For instance, if you can keep finding the second basemen on hot streaks and dropping them for another streaking second basemen once they get cold, you can piece together a very useful middle infielder-by-committee for your roto team. So before we get to today’s games, let’s take a spin through last night’s box scores to identify who had a good night and who had a bad night on Monday, April 15th.
 
5 Good Nights

  • Joe Mauer: 4-5, 2 R, HR, 3 RBI
  • Ryan Zimmerman: 2-5, 2 R, HR, 4 RBI
  • Jed Lowrie: 2-4, R, 4 RBI
  • Ryan Dempster: 7.0 IP, 2 H, ER, 2 BB, 10 Ks
  • Bronson Arroyo: 8.0 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 K’s, W

 

Honorable Mention: Brandon Moss, Allen Craig, Tyler Moore, Nate Freiman, Jon Jay, Cliff Lee, Jordan Zimmerman, Kevin Correia, Jeremy Hellickson, Tommy Milone, Mark Buehrle, Paul Clemens
 
5 Bad Nights

  • Erik Bedard: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 6 ER, 4 BB, K
  • James McDonald: 1.2 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 2 BB
  • Gavin Floyd: 4.1 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 6 Ks
  • Josh Hamilton: 0-4, 2 Ks
  • Jimmy Rollins: 0-4, K

 

Dishonorable Mention: Joe Blanton, John Maine, Lance Lynn
 
Daily Grab Bag

Check back here for daily updates on injuries, closer battles, player news, and anything else that might affect your fantasy baseball team.
 

  • As the closer carousel continues to spin in St. Louis, Edward Mujica looks poised to get the next save opportunity and is definitely worth grabbing if you’re chasing saves.
  • Chase Headley (thumb) has progressed well enough in his rehab to the point where he may be activated by the Padres as soon as today.
  • Brett Lawrie (ribs) has been activated by the Blue Jays and will be in Toronto’s lineup when they take on the White Sox tonight.

 

3 Up, 3 Down, and Throwing Darts

Starting and sitting the right pitchers on a day-to-day basis is often the linchpin of winning any fantasy baseball league – roto, head-to-head, daily, and otherwise. In order to give you some help picking your pitchers for today, I’ve gone through all of the stats that I could (pitchers’ career numbers vs. certain hitters and lineups, home/road splits, lefty/righty splits, etc) and have made nine recommendations. I’m not going to proclaim that I’ll get these 100% correct all season, but anyone that does should be sitting on an island that they own in the Pacific – not writing fantasy baseball articles. The goal here is to play the odds the entire season and slowly build your “win” percentage closer to 100% than to 50%.
 
Here are today’s recommendations with, 3 Up (three pitchers you shouldn’t think of sitting), 3 Down (three pitchers with some warning flags for today), and Throwing Darts (three pitchers that I’ll be taking a flier on):
 
3 Up

Kris Medlen vs. Kansas City Royals

Doug Fister at Seattle Mariners

Derek Holland at Chicago Cubs
 
3 Down

Ubaldo Jimenez vs. Boston Red Sox

Brandon McCarthy at New York Yankees

Dillon Gee at Colorado Rockies
 
Throwing Darts

A.J. Griffin vs. Houston Astros

Jake Westbrook at Pittsburgh Pirates

Chris Capuano vs. San Diego Padres
 
Swings and Misses

A hitter’s career numbers against a pitcher don’t always tell the whole story, but it can be informative if used correctly. I’m of the opinion that some information is better than none, and while there are other pieces to the puzzle of setting your daily lineup (splits, weather, etc.), I think a hitter’s career numbers against a pitcher can be very indicative of future success or failure. Some guys just own certain pitchers, and vice versa. As such, I’ve gone through today’s matchups and picked the best (and worst) matchups I could find. Anything less than 10-12 career at-bats is a relatively small sample-size (so take those with a grain of salt), but sometimes that’s all that is available.
 
Swings

  • Pedro Alvarez is 11-for-19 (.579) with two home runs and eight RBI in his career against today’s starter, Jake Westbrook.
  • David Wright is 6-for-14 (.462) with three home runs in his career against today’s starter, Jeff Francis.
  • Ryan Braun is 5-for-14 (.357) with three home runs and six RBI in his career against today’s starter, Barry Zito.
 

Misses
  • Kevin Youkilis is 1-for-14 (.071) against today’s starter, Brandon McCarthy.
  • Josh Willingham is 2-for-19 (.105) in his career against today’s starter, Jason Vargas.
  • Adam Dunn is 4-for-24 (.167) in his career against today’s starter, Josh Johnson.

 

If you have any questions, comments, complaints, or have a suggestion on a feature you’d like to see covered in these daily reports, please contact me @FantasyTrade411 or email me at FantasyTrade411@gmail.com and I’ll be happy to respond.

 

 

 

 

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Bob Voulgaris, NBA Bettor

No question a very interesting read on ESPN about Bob Voulgaris. Though it is highly debatable that he is truly the top NBA gambler but he certainly has developed a following, much like Alan Boston in the NBA, Billy Walters in college football or Stevie Fezzik in the NFL, though the luster of the latter has waned. Boston is also a pro poker player.

Voulgaris does use many of the time-proven angles used by top betting experts in all sports. The article by Scott Eden will prove to be a good read.

Packers-49ers, Texans-Patriots NFL Playoff Odds 2013

Round 2 of the 2013 NFL playoff odds are up for the Packers-49ers, Texans-Patriots. The how to win at sports betting videos YouTube betting channel will have previews. Expert NFL playoff picks are posted at OffshoreInsiders.com

NFL FOOTBALL – SAT 1/12
GAME HANDICAP TOTAL POINTS
Sat 1/12 111 Green Bay Packers +3.5 -122 Over 45 -105
05:00 PM 112 San Francisco 49ers -3.5 +113 Under 45 -105
NFL FOOTBALL – SUN 1/13
GAME HANDICAP TOTAL POINTS
Sun 1/13 115 Houston Texans +9.5 -108 Over 48 -110
01:30 PM 116 New England Patriots -9.5 +100 Under 48 +100

NFL Picks Week 13 From Top Ranked Sports Services

Notre Dame vs. Alabama odds are up, but of more immediate importance is NFL picks for week 13, December 2 are up on OffshoreInsiders.com as are college basketball winners.

Professional bettors got the best update in many years from GodsTips, anchor of OffshoreInsiders.com, which is scorching with picks.

Already in with the Atlanta Falcons Thursday as part of our 11-3 all sports run, your NFL Specialists have four winning picks led by yet another Wise Guy winner. Yes we are working on basketball too as we hit with Wyoming and the Heat as our only two basketball Wise Guy plays. We have added a college basketball winner.

Stevie Vincent has hit nine straight Perfect Plays. A Perfect Play means an angle that is 100 percent and involves a minimum of 12 games. We always unlock the angle inside the play. An all-time high of nine pro football plays. It is no gimmick. The angles are flat out specifically unlocked inside. Seven, yes seven are Perfects.

Three basketball winners including a pro basketball Perfect Play.

All twelve winners have at least one angle that is 10-0. The top football and basketball angles are a combined 48-0. Yes two angles combined to be 48-0 ATS. A universal betting alert is issued as all pro bettors must get these winners, with each angle unlocked.

The OffshoreInsiders.com sports betting news website ScoresOddsPicks.com has the Notre Dame-Alabama point spread.

The real Matt Rivers has a big card. UConn failed me in a big time way yesterday as turnovers can be a killer and that is exactly what happened, it stunk no doubt. But Georgia though came through to minimize most of the damage and keep me well ahead of that Crookie and still 7 of 11 winning days. A ton of quality NFL plays today for sure as I release an almost unprecedented three from this juicy slate. No monster bombs but a pair of 300,000* in the Panthers-Chiefs and Cardinals-Jets along with a 200,000* Browns-Raiders. 3 plays, 3 winners, here we go baby!

Because the MasterLockLine monitors each and every one of the nation’s top sports service, handicappers, tip sheets and syndicates, you will get every Game of the Year play worth betting. Every last one in the industry is yours. That’s why you get more legitimate service Games of the Year on the MasterLockLine than anyone else.

No. 1 service for 2012-13 NFL season already in with the Game and Total of the Year winners. Now Parlay of the Year is two NFL sides

The all-time top ranked sports service in terms of units won is out of Lake Tahoe, NV. His Double-Double Best Bets are extremely rare, averaging 50-to-65 or so per year. UL Lafayette over Florida Atlantic was the Double-Double Best Bet of Year, a play he has hit eight straight in all sports (D-D Best Bets of the Year) after yesterday and the big winner. Double-Double Best Bet. Another Double-Double and it is on Panthers/Chiefs. Yes this pick was made with knowledge of the Jevon Belcher tragedy.

Now to the wunderkinds of the Canadian Crew. Nevada: +9.5 All Sports Best Bet of the Week wins. The wunderkinds are 21-9 with named plays in the NFL, the latest being Carolina destroying Philadelphia. Today it is the Interconference Best Bet of Year on Tampa/Denver. The Canadian Crew continues to prove nobody exploits situations, mismatches, intangibles, motivational factors and more with the success rate as the Crew. Get the picks now on OffshoreInsiders.com Network.

10 Most Important Twitter Feeds For Sports Bettors

These are the 10 most important Twitter accounts for gamblers to follow:

10. @FezzikSports at one time would have been No. 1 far and away. Only back-to-back Hilton Champion, but has struggled since.

9. @WagerMinds very funny commentary relevant to sports betting

8. @chadmillman ESPN the Magazine editor and still gambling writer for ESPN.com. Though he is perhaps too fascinated with people who have their exclusive mathematical models, still a great high profile read

7. @ESPNStatsInfo yes the four-letter evil empire puts out some great stats that the serious sports handicapper can use

6.  @DonBestSports great resource for injuries from the top live odds service in the world

5. @beyondthebets much like Wager Minds, entertaining commentary and links to useful articles

4. @Covers best free databases, useful information, pretty active account

3. @ToddFuhrman good insight from an oddsmaker’s point of view

2. @TheSBRforum the top sportsbook watchdog on the Internet. Great all-around info

1.   @offshoreinsider videos, podcasts, free picks, from the most reputable sports handicapping site in the world