Matt Rivers, who was the winningest handicapper ever—nobody came close—on a large network of sites has a free pick against the MLB baseball odds and it is on the Orioles.
Why not? I am one of the bigger Shawn Marcum fans around as the guy is one of the least known very very good pitchers around but this number is still a bit much if you ask me.
Kevin Millwood has been very good at times this season and I can see both pitchers controlling the pace and keeping this thing low scoring. I'm not saying this game is not going to be difficult for the visiting Orioles because it is but Toronto is still not a team that I am scared of and Marcum is still not great. The Jays have been the much better team thus far on the season and overall are the superior team. Vernon Wells has led the way for the Jays and all in all Cito Gaston's club has been a lot better than most sports bettors thought, including yours truly.
No matter how poor the Baltimore record is and how bad the O's have played at times, including late in yesterday's debacle, I will go to my grave believing that Dave Trembley's team is not that bad. Markakis, Jones, Tejada and Wieters have a ton of potential and form a club that is dangerous. They obviously haven't tapped into that potential all that much and may not today against a semi stud in Marcum. Millwood though isn't chopped liver and this game is winnable so I'm fine making a small play on the, yes right now bad, but at least talented and capable, Orioles.
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