Jake's Picks MLB - April 9th

[Jake Thompson]

3-4 +.49 Units yesterday

13-17 -1.77 Units
Rare 2 Unit Plays:2-0 +4.8 Units

NL Early Games Capped Lines:

STL -120, O9.5 -113
CHC Pk, O7.5 -115

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Philadelphia +139
Pitchers: Floyd/Suppan

Milwaukee +126
Pitchers: Sheets/Zambrono

More coming later. My girlfriend is getting pissy.

[Jake Thompson]

AL Capped Lines while girlfriend is getting ready:

Seattle -140, O9.5 -113
Oakland -150, U8 -115
Minnesota -145, U9.5 -113
Anaheim -170, 10 Pk

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Oakland/TB UNDER 9 +102
Pitchers: Zito/Nomo

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More NL Capped Lines:

San Fran -140, O9 -112
Washington -115, O8.5 -110

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Going to lay off playing Washington until I see if Moehler can turn his time off and good spring training into actual success. Still a little too risky to play on/against him at this point.

May have to cap the other lines later. We'll see how long the girlfriend stays in getting ready mode.

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More NL Lines:

The rest will have to wait until I get back.

Atlanta -145, U8.5 -115
Houston -125, O9.5 -115

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NYM/Atlanta UNDER 9 +101
Pitchers: Heilman/Ramirez

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Last capped lines:

Arizona -140, O9.5 -113
Pittsburgh -115, U7.5 -115

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Pittsburgh +119
Pitchers: Perez/Williams

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Full Card:

Philadelphia +139 W
Milwaukee +126 L
Oakland/TB UNDER 9 +102
NYM/Atlanta UNDER 9 +101
Pittsburgh +119

Reasoning coming soon on the ones that haven't started.

[Jake Thompson]

Oakland/TB:

TB is not hitting at all and Zito is a good enough pitcher to hold them down through 6+, and Oakland's bullpen is awesome. Oakland is not hitting very well either, but Nomo's status is kind of a mystery. Either way, getting positive money on the under at 9 when TB will be hard-pressed to score is moer than enough incentive to take a shot.

NYM/Atlanta:

Atlanta has not started to hit yet and I've always been a big Heilman fan. He's a risk, but much like the TB/Oak game, I expect Ramirez to hold down the Mets. They really have an overrated offense this season, and Ramirez is an excellent pitcher who is set for a good year. I like his stuff alot and think he'll hold the Mets to about 2-3 runs through 7+ innings.

Pittsburgh +119:

Perez is studly even though he wasn't very good against Milwaukee to start the year. He is among the league's best and pitched great against SD last season. It's hard to score runs in SD so I'll go with the better pitcher, even if the Pirates can't hit at all either. They have been pathetic, and Williams is good enough to make this a ballgame. However, Williams is simply not as good as Perez, and if San Diego could not hit Redman or Fogg in the last two games, they are not going to be able to touch Perez's stuff.