What Are The MLB standings

Here is where you will find the Major League Baseball standings and they are a wealth of information to the baseball bettor. You can instantly figure out which teams are enjoying homestands and which teams are enduring road trips. The data provided will tell the teams that are homers, meaning they are dominantly successful in their own ballpark, and which teams are capable of taking their show on the road and maintaining their winning ways.

Study the standings with a fine-toothed comb and you will unearth data that will reveal to you where the smart-money wagers are located. At MLB.com, some of the added statistical columns at your disposal include runs for and against, so you can see which teams are productive and which keep the opponents from piling up the runs. Check a team's record against lefty and righty starting pitchers, and then correlate the info with that day's pitching matchups.

An interesting nugget to devour is the X-W/L column. This calculates what a team's won-loss record should be based on their runs for and aganist. This data enables you to determine the teams that are underachieving and the teams that are playing above their heads. Each team's record against teams with records above .500 are also calculated. 

 

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Online Tips For MLB Bettors

Here are some things to look out for when betting on the MLB:

Seek out teams playing day games after night games, or perhaps playing a doubleheader to make up for a rained out game. Often during these scenarios, a team may recall a pitcher from the minor leagues to start one game of the twinbill so as not to disrupt to the routine of the club's regular five starters. This can be a chance to capitalize in terms of a wager.

Another factor to keep in mind is where the game is being played. Unlike the other North American big-league sports with their cookie-cutter stadiums and arenas, MLB ballparks are rife with quirks and idiosyncracies that can help one team and hinder another.

Boston's Fenway Park, with its famous Green Monster in left field, is a prime example of this. Detroit's Comerica Park, with its cavernous center field, is a pitcher's best friend, but the mile high altitude of Colorado's Coors Field enables balls to sail out of the park with regularity.

Lefty-righty match-ups are another scenario where you can locate a winning opportunity. Is a team's ace southpaw about to go head to head with an opponent featuring a lefty-loaded batting order? The analytics of that situation suggest that the odds will be in his favour.

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    MLB Bet Types

    There are a number of ways to bet on Major League Baseball. The moneyline is the easiest one, a straight bet on the outcome. Moneylines are established based on what a $100 bet would pay. Say, for example, the Chicago Cubs are playing the New York Mets.

    If the Cubs were listed at +115, that would mean they were favoured and you'd be required to wager $115 to win $100. On the other hand, let's say the Mets are listed at -105. That means they are the underdog and you'd win $105 for every $100 you wagered.

    You can also play a parlay, a wager on a number of games. Naturally, since you'd need to win more than one game, the odds of success will be longer, but when it cashes it will pay off handsomely. Total wagering is also popular. Each MLB game is assigned a number, which is the projection of total runs to be scored in that game. You bet on whether the teams will go over or under that total.

    The run line is another type of baseball bet. In almost all cases, the run line on an MLB game will be 1.5, although on rare occasions it will jump to 2.5. Here's how run line wagering works:

    Say the Cincinnati Reds are listed at +1.5, playing the St. Louis Cardinals at -1.5. If you bet Cinci, you are getting 1.5 runs, so even if the Reds lose by a run, youl still cash a winning ticket. But if you bet the Cardinals, they must win by more than 1.5 runs in order for you to also be a winner.