The free pick Wednesday is on the Cleveland Indians (+105) White Sox.
Reasoning: I am not at all going to call this price a value because going to Chicago with this Cleveland team, no matter what the records say, is not going to be easy. Sure the Indians are playing out of their minds and definitely appear to be the far better team right now but they are still a bit of a little brother in this relationship as the White Sox have been the far superior team for a few years now. With that said though Ozzie Guillen’s boys have been sketchy for the bulk of the season and I just do not trust Jake Peavy at all anymore making me all right with Cleveland.
Justin Masterson was pitching lights out until that last start at home against Tampa. That egg erased seven straight quality starts and I’ll give the tall right-hander a mulligan for that performance and chalk it up to something that will just happen every now and then to every pitcher in the league. The guy has been striking out a ton of batters and just flat out dominating. Peavy used to fit that description but after all of the injuries and time off who the heck really knows what this guy even has anymore. I would say five or six decent innings would be about the ceiling today for the former Padre.
Grady Sizemore is on the shelf again but Santana, Hafner, Choo, Cabrera and the visitors are playing at a ridiculously high level and in a complimentary type play I’ll jump on their bus today against the “good guys”.
Top expert pick on this game: Cleveland
For more information: It’s now seven of eight winning days and 47 of the past 73 with the profit at 8.3 million stars. Just sit back a second and think about those numbers, rather freakin’ gaudy, huh? But once again I am far from content as today is the day that I must get. That is the past and meaningless as far as I am concerned.
Two more fire hot locks with another 400,000* involving Miami and Chicago on the hardwoods. I’m already 1-0 in this series and about to be 2-0. Bonus 300,000* from the City of Brotherly Love in the game on the diamond between the Rockies and Phillies. 2-0? Heck yes! Click now to purchase