April 5th picks

Getting 3 out of 3 picks right yesterday makes me feel good.  Wishing I had money on those games makes me feel a little down.  This brings my wins to 9 on the season and losses to 5, against the spread.   Recapping yesterdays picks, the Balitmore game was almost dead on how I covered it.  Porcello gave up his 5 earned runs and  Baltimore cruised by with a win against the Tigers.   I was wrong about the ATL game because the pitcher for Milwaukee, Narveson, threw a gem (6 innings, 3 hits, 0 earned runs).  It was the Bullpen that caved and let The Braves squeak by with a W.   In the Texas game Holland did get the W by only giving up 3 runs in 6 innings, but he can thank that Texas lineup for coming through for him.  Bedard did the same thing for Seattle and got the L.   Texas is on Fiiiiire.

So, on to todays picks.  Trying something a little different and going to pick 4 games because there are so many on the schedule ( I know I said I was going to do an odd number, but maybe one will rain out). 

Pick Tampa(+1.5) vs LAA.
The Rays have to come out of this funk at some point or another, why not against a team that has just as many losses?  I think this game could stay close and if so then I will take the points.  Hoping (which is never good) The Angels don't take over this game.  Weaver is a beast.

Pick Boston (-1.5) at Cleveland
Boston is coming off a season opening sweep and I believe that Josh Beckett has something to prove off such a dismal season last year.  Cleveland is putting a young gun on the mound and I think that today will be Bostons time to get back on track for the season.  I think that is what the city of Cleveland is meant to do.

Pick Braves (+1.5) at Brewers
I'm picking the Braves because of pitching and the points help.  Derek Lowe is on the mound and the relief pitching for ATL has been solid so far.  Gallardado is not a bad pitcher, giving up just 2 runs over 6 innings in his first outing, but I am going to ride this ATL bandwagon for a little while.

Pick Rockies(-1.5) vs Dodgers
I thought this was going to be my wild card pick, but apparently Vegas feels that the Rockies have a legit chance at this game as well as I do.   The Rockies relief pitching has been solid over the two games they have played only giving up 2 runs, while the dodgers relief has let 7 players cross the plate over 3 games.  Now, again, these are small sample sizes and it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for this game to go either way.  I was hoping to get the points though.