Tuesday's Play !! Let's Get Things Started !

Keith · #1 05-03-2011, 06:23 AM

haven't been posting very much lately, as I was away for vacation and then busy as hell at work over the past week. My season thus far has been mediocre (7-8, -$170), but I am determined to get things going now. Historically the months of May and June are my best months, so let's get to it. I'm not usually a fan of laying the road chalk, but tonight I think it is the best play on the board. For Tuesday, I like the Rockies -140 to the D'backs. Here's why:

I could just type in the words Joe Saunders and simply end with that. LOL. My boy Crappy Joe has been living up to his nickname this season. I can't imagine he is long for the Arizona rotation, so we have to get in these plays while we still can. For the year he is 0-3 with a 5.93 ERA, a 1.79 WHIP and a .333 BAA. He has allowed 49 men to reach base this year in only 27.1 innings. His ERA over his last 3 starts is 6.00. He has been pathetically bad (even for Crappy Joe) at home this year, where he is 0-2 with a 2.35 WHIP, an ERA of 8.80 and a .431 BAA.

Meanwhile, Jorge De La Rosa has been a stud for the Rocks this year. He is 4-0 with a 2.61 ERA, a .177 BAA and a WHIP of only 0.97. Against the D'backs this year he is 1-0 with a .158 BAA. Last year he was 1-1 against them with a 3.46 ERA and a .224 BAA. For his entire career he is 6-3 against them, with a 2.19 ERA and a 1.151 WHIP. On the road this year Jorge is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA and a .186 BAA. Like I said, I do not like laying the road chalk, and -140 is about as high as I will go on a posted play at CM, but I really think the Rockies kick Crappy Joe's ass tonight.

Tuesday's play is the Rockies -140.