Money Ball 6-17-2014

Mariners, FG, -124 (Stults / Elias)

Cubs, FG, -111 (Samardzija / Turner)

Rangers, FG, -111 (Darvish / Milone)

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6-16, 1-0-1, +2.73.79

Royals, FG, +131 (Vargas / Verlander) W

Rockies-Dodgers, Over 7, FG, -125 (Matzek / Ryu) Push

6-17 Bankroll $10,740.03 (RoR +1.9%) YTD 82-79-19 (50.9%)

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Mariners, FG, -124 (Stults / Elias)

Cubs, FG, -111 (Samardzija / Turner)

Rangers, FG, -111 (Darvish / Milone)

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Mariners: Simply put, Stults is one of the three worst pitchers in MLB. The guy does not belong in the major leagues and I can only figure the Padres have no money and no starter of decent quality in the minors or this guy would be drawing his salary for riding the pine. He is 1-13 in h2h competition and 0-14 for quality starts, which means the only way he got a h2h win is the other guy had an even more pathetic day than he did. I don’t really care what anyone thinks of Elias and the Mariners but they are a very serious club that would never send out a guy that gives them a roughly 4% chance of winning.

Cubs: Samardzija must be counting the days to free agency and keeping his bags packed and fingers crossed for a deadline trade that will get him away from a club that won’t be rebuilt in his lifetime. Turner on the other hand is like Stults, a guy that is lucky to have a major league job. At 0-9 h2h and 1-8 for quality starts he gives you very little chance of winning and that gets worse when you consider the Marlins offense has disappeared and they are only scoring 2.7 earned runs per 9 versus the last 15 righties they have faced. Coupled with a 3-12 quality performance record versus those guys they are not likely to do much against Jeff (tired of spelling that last name).

Rangers: Drew Pomeranz is having a great season for the A’s but the Rangers tagged him for his worst performance of the year last night and he is a better lefty than Tommy Milone. The Rangers have been rough on lefties anyway at 8-7 in quality performances their last 15 with 6.1 earned runs per 9 being posted to their account. Darvish may not look like his old self in the W-L column but those troubles have been mostly a lack of run support as he is 11-2 in quality starts. Theoretically, on any given day the A’s can hit anybody, but pitting their offense versus Darvish against the Rangers offense versus Milone is no contest.