For fantasy baseball and MLB picks alike, here are Friday’s MLB news, notes, and MLB odds.
Reds vs. Nationals
Livan Hernandez is 2-7 lifetime to Cincinnati with a 5.64 ERA.
Indians vs. White Sox
Cleveland is 4-18 -17.1 units off a win this season. However, the Pale Hose are 3-13 -12.7 units to an AL team with a .320 or worse OBP.
Red Sox vs. Orioles
Clay Buchholz has won his last three starts and sports a 1.29 ERA in that span. Baltimore is 14-5 the last two years +15.1 units if they lost 15 or more of their previous 20 contests. Boston has won eight straight Buchholz starts.
NY Yankees vs. Toronto
A.J. Burnett is 22-9 career at Yankee Stadium. Brett Cecil is 3-0 with a 1.71 ERA in his last three starts.
Marlins vs. Mets
Anibal Sanchez has won his last three starts, sporting a 0.90 ERA
Cubs vs. Astros
Felipe Paulino has a horrid 2-10 career mark at Minute Maid Park. Meanwhile, Carlos Zambrano is 13-7 in his career to Houston with a 2.54 ERA.
The Cubs are 4-17 -20.7 units to NL teams averaging 4.3 or fewer runs per game.
Rockies vs. Diamondbacks
Arizona is 1-12 this season -11.9 units after allowing two runs or less in consecutive games. They are 3-17 this season off consecutive losses.
Angels vs. Mariners
Joe Saunders is 7-1 lifetime to Seattle including 5-0 at Safeco Field with a 2.41 ERA.
Braves vs. Dodgers
In 17 career decisions, Clayton Kershaw has a 2.64 ERA at Dodgers Stadium.
Here are the overnight lines for Friday, June 4, 2010.
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06/04/10 |
301 |
Padres (SanDiego) Latos |
+170 |
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19:05 ET |
302 |
Phillies (Philadelphia) Halladay |
-200 |
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06/04/10 |
303 |
Reds (Cincinnati) Harang |
even |
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19:05 ET |
304 |
Nationals (Washington) Hernandez |
-120 |
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06/04/10 |
305 |
Giants (SanFrancisco) JSanchez |
-135 |
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19:05 ET |
306 |
Pirates(Pittsburgh) Duke |
+115 |
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06/04/10 |
317 |
Yankees (NewYork) Burnett |
-130 |
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19:05 ET |
318 |
BlueJays (Toronto) Cecil |
+110 |
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06/04/10 |
319 |
RedSox (Boston) Buchholz |
-190 |
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19:05 ET |
320 |
Orioles (Baltimore) Tillman |
+165 |
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06/04/10 |
307 |
Marlins (Florida) ASanchez |
-115 |
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19:10 ET |
308 |
Mets (NY) Dickey |
-105 |
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06/04/10 |
309 |
Cubs( Chicago) Zambrano |
-120 |
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20:05 ET |
310 |
Astros (Houston) Paulino |
even |
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06/04/10 |
321 |
Rays(TampaBay) Davis |
even |
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20:05 ET |
322 |
Rangers (Texas) Wilson |
-120 |
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06/04/10 |
323 |
Indians (Cleveland) Masterson |
+200 |
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20:10 ET |
324 |
WhiteSox (Chicago) Danks |
-240 |
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06/04/10 |
325 |
Tigers (Detroit) Scherzer |
-140 |
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20:10 ET |
326 |
Royals (KansasCity) Chen |
+120 |
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06/04/10 |
311 |
Brewers (Milwaukee) Wolf |
+175 |
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20:15 ET |
312 |
Cardinals (StLouis) Wainwright |
-210 |
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06/04/10 |
313 |
Rockies (Colorado) Cook |
even |
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21:40 ET |
314 |
Diamondbacks (Arizona) Kennedy |
-120 |
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06/04/10 |
327 |
Twins(Minnesota) Baker |
-110 |
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22:05 ET |
328 |
Athletics (Oakland) Braden |
-110 |
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06/04/10 |
315 |
Braves (Atlanta) Kawakami |
+145 |
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22:10 ET |
316 |
Dodgers (LA) Kershaw |
-165 |
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06/04/10 |
329 |
Angels (LAA) Saunders |
-120 |
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22:10 ET |
330 |
Mariners (Seattle) Snell |
even |
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Source: SportsBook
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