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I wil be going with.......Kansas City Royals &#x2B;185

Digitalkarma · Answer

I wil be going with.......Kansas City Royals &#x2B;185

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AddRoyals 1st 5 innings &#x2B;175

Digitalkarma · Answer

Another friday afternoon with....Go Cubs GO -125

dcgmt · Answer

GL DK   Go Cubs!!!!

justlol · Answer

any reasoning for royals tonight?

NYSports95 · Answer

Good Luck

tinfoils · Answer

Good luck Dk!

Gstyle07 · Answer

No offense and it&#x2019;s quite obvious Seattle is the better team here but besides that any good reasoning why your going with them with Kennedy 1-7 era 5.09 total gas can I could be wrong but there&#x2019;s no way I&#x2019;m betting against Seattle here

Digitalkarma · Answer

Certainly. No offense taken :)I will have my thoughts up in just a bit.

Digitalkarma · Answer

KC/SEA thoughtsNobody, and i mean nobody in their right mind would want a piece of Ian Kennedy, or the Royals(the 2nd worst team in baseball) and i don&#x27;t blame them. The thought of the name Ian Kennedy illicits fear and disgust. 5.09 ERA this season and perhaps climbing. He&#x27;s probably on pace to give up nearly 180 runs and 30&#x2B; HRs and to top it off his record: 1-7... Yikes! if that isnt the definition of losing then i don&#x27;t know what is. The Royals are just 3-13 overall when he starts but how much of that is really Kennedy&#x27;s fault? and the fault of the Royals offense and bullpen. He&#x27;s not a great pitcher, but he is far from the worst. Kennedy is just average but i get the sense he is trying, trying hard to get a win. He hasn&#x27;t had an earned win since April 7 and his team has lost 9 straight games with him on the mound. In my opinion, he&#x27;s had some hard luck because i think Duffy and Junis, despite having more wins than him are more of a gascan than Ian is this season.Normally I would not play the Royals in almost any situation and as much as I cringe thinking about backing Kennedy, I see a good opportunity to take them at this value. The Mariners just came off a 10 day east coast road trip topped off by a 4 game sweep of the lowly Orioles. In that series, the Mariners kind of struggled to put that team away especially in the last game. Maybe they were just already weary and just wanted to go back home. They went 5-5 on that road trip.. hardly impressive though. I hate to go against streaks, maybe the Mariners might be on one of those streaks, who knows but their season average is right around 4. This might be one of those letdown games to me after a long road trip and first game back home against another lowly team. I just don&#x27;t see the Mariners sweeping the Royals and might let one get awayHere&#x27;s another reason why i am going against the Mariners: Marco Gonzales. He is absolutely not worth the -200 the oddsmakers are giving him. He is an up and down pitcher and has been lucky to get some of these wins. Right now he is on the downswing, his last 3 starts leave alot to be desired with a 7.27 ERA and he has lost his last two games. OK i will give him a fairshake in that he did play against two heavy hitters Red Sox and Yankees and the Angels can be a good offensive team too only when they want to be. The Royals offense are not in that class but also know this... In an earlier meeting this season between these two, Marco Gonzales got knocked around by the Royals with 8 hits, 4 runs and also a 7.27 ERA in an 0-10 loss. The Mariners do get a more favorable match with Kennedy than going against an unknown pitcher at the time with Junis but in Kennedy&#x27;s last 3 starts he has 3.00 ERA with 11 hits and 7 runs and 3 HRs compared to 22 hits, 14 runs and 4 HRs for Gonzales. Like i said earlier Gonzales played tough competition but i can also make a case for Kennedy playing against 3 of the hotter teams in June(Astros, Reds, and Rangers) and actually did pretty decent in his last outing against the Astros but just couldn&#x27;t come up with a win.In my opinion, the Mariners should be -150/-160 today and not -205. they are overvalued. i think we will get a good performance by Kennedy tonight who is desperate for a win. As long as Kennedy can keep it in the park and if the Mariners struggled to score with RISP again then the Royals have a chance. What I saw in the Mariner&#x27;s performance last game is a telling sign that their luck is about to run out and the 4 game winning streak will be over sooner rather than later. If it is not this game then it could be the next one. sorry, that went longer than expected lol.

Digitalkarma · Answer

GL tin, nysports, dcg and everyone else

justlol · Answer

probably gonna run em too.anyone have confirmation if kyle seager is sitting tonight?

Digitalkarma · Answer

not sure if he plays but i don&#x27;t see any reason to start him. he&#x27;s just 1 of 9 at bats against Kennedy.. that toe injury may probably keep him out some games.

LuckyGuy · Answer

GL DK

kimoinsd808 · Answer

Wow, that Cubs line dropped significantly.

Digitalkarma · Answer

Twins/Cubs thoughtsboth teams have been struggling to win games as of late and had an up and down month but i see the Cubs getting out of their drought sooner. Normally i don&#x27;t like to back a team off a week long road trip coming back home. in the Cubs case they are 2-4 in their first game back home after consecutive road games but it has been a grueling month for the Cubs overall: 14 road games in the past 17 days and 17 of their 26 games this month on the road. but against the Twins this should be the cure for the Cubs homesick blues. However, the Twins do send out Jose Berrios who has had a blistering performance this month and i expect him to continue that somewhat into this game. but! he has had the benefit of mostly pitching at home where he is a stud, on the road his performance dips from a 2.62 ERA at home to a 4.06 ERA on the road and his HR&#x27;s allowed are doubled on the road 8 HRs compared to 4 HRs at home. keep in mind that he has played 3 more games at home so yes if you account for that his hits and runs would be more on the road as well and let&#x27;s face it, the Twins are not a really good road team and.....to cap it all off, the Twins are the worst team statistically against lefties in hits, runs and batting percentage. they are 3-7 in their last 10 vs lefties and 9-12 overall. Mike Montgomery should be able to fit in nicely and deliver a solid performance.

Digitalkarma · Answer

i thought about playing Cubs 1st 5 innings but i respect Berrios enough to lay off the 1st 5. Berrios is 5-2-3 in his last 10 1st 5 innings compared to 3-1-1 for Montgomery since being the starter. Cubs seem to get off to slow starts but find their groove in the later innings. i expect nothing less than a tied ball game or maybe Twins leading by a run or two in the 6th inning. in that case, playing the Cubs on the live ML is on the tables.

i think Cubs will pull out with a win as soon as the Twins bullpen comes in. It sucks that Javi Baez is out and also Contreras but the Cubs bench is still deep enough.

Digitalkarma · Answer

significantly? it hasn&#x27;t really moved much here. it was -120 on the overnight line and has been steady at -125 to -128. saw it as high as -130.

Digitalkarma · Answer

depending how this Cubs team is hitting Berrios and if game is still tied i may take a shot on the Cubs -1.5

all of Berrios' team losses have been by 2 runs or more. just something else to think about.

Digitalkarma · Answer

this Red Sox/Yankees game interests me but i&#x27;m on the fence about it. i feel i could be on the losing side of this one even if it seems like i may be on the right side but doesn&#x27;t hurt to take a look at the matchup....

kimoinsd808 · Answer

I was looking at the wrong screen when I posted that.

Vituperate · Answer

DK: Win or lose: Superb KC writeup. BOL and GLTA

Digitalkarma · Answer

missed out on that &#x2B;290 Cubs ML. was hoping it would be that way until the 5th inning. oh well. Heyward homerun!

kimoinsd808 · Answer

I hope this doesn&#x27;t turn out to be like the Rockies/Giants game yesterday.  I can&#x27;t take those kinds of beats two days in a row.

Digitalkarma · Answer

Cubs &#x2B;375 now.. lets see how the top of the 5th goes... maybe Montgomery can throw a ball 1 to make it &#x2B;400..

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