With the 2011 MLB season well underway now I want to take a look back at the start of the season. Each of the teams have played about 30 games up to this point and we now have a good idea about what teams are going to make us some money this year and more importantly what teams look like they’re going to lose us money on FullTiltPoker.it this year. It’s never smart to ride one team the entire season because every team will go through slumps at some point in time throughout the season, but at the moment there are definitely some teams that are making bettors money.
In the American League there always seem to be a few teams in the division that make people a lot of money. In the early part of the season there have been some unexpected teams that have been making us some money, but there are also a couple teams that we always see at the top of the leaderboard doing well as usual. The National League is usually fairly predictable, but at the same time there have been a couple teams that have shocked all of baseball thus far.
· The biggest surprise in the American League in my opinion is the Tampa Bay Rays. They have managed to post the most runs per game so far this season and they also have one of the top pitching staffs thus far. When you combine these two stats it generally always equals success. The Rays might be due for a slump soon, but until that happens I would continue looking to them to make you money.
· The Yankees who have a slightly better winning record then the Poker Star Rays at the moment are next on our money list. The only problem with the Yankees is that they are always favourites and you’ll often need to pay an unreal amount of juice to bet on them and many cappers don’t like doing this. With a line-up like the Yankees it’s expected that they’d do good this season and they haven’t disappointed.
· The Nationals are one of the teams that have shocked the MLB thus far. They are over .500 right now and they are often massive underdogs in their games, which simply means more profit for those willing to lay some money on them. It’s hard betting on the Nationals due to their lacklustre performances over the years, but it seems they’ve figured something out in Washington this year and I’d keep a close eye on them.
· The Padres are an incredible 19-12 right now and they lead the PKR NL West right now, which nobody would have predicted in the off-season. The major question during the off-season in SD was when Gonzalez would be traded, but now that they’re winning they might be thinking about keeping his services for as long as they can. SF is close to the Padres and I don’t think that SD will win the division, but while they’re in contentions there is no way they’ll trade their star 1B.