Tuesday's Play--A Monster-Sized Doggie !!

Keith · #1 09-01-2009, 06:44 AM

first the re-cap. Returned from vacation and won last night with an easy winner on the over in the A's/Royals. Hopefully it's the start of one of "those" runs for me again

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For Tuesday, I'm not in love with anything, but I do like this monster-sized doggie. Tuesday's play is the Indians at +170. Here's why:

The Tribe come with Carlos Carrasco. Making his MLB debut so there is obviously no book on him yet. In Triple A this year he is 11-10 with a 4.64 ERA. So, you're saying "Keith...WTF...those numbers aren't very good at all." Well....let's dig deeper. He came over to the Indians in the Cliff Lee deal. Since coming over he has blossomed big time. At Triple A Columbus he had 6 starts. In those 6 starts he was 5-1 with a 3.19 ERA, but get this, a .196 batting average against and a 0.902 WHIP. In his 42.1 innings at Columbus, he had only 7 walks with 36 strikeouts.

Meanwhile, the Tigers start Edwin Jackson. He is 10-6 on the year with a 2.96 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP and a .236 batting average against. You guys are thinking: "Keith you must be crazy going against this guy." Well.....Jackson has not pitched nearly as well recently as he did earlier this year. In his last 3 starts he allowed 23 hits and 7 walks in 18.1 innings, for an ERA of 4.50 and a WHIP of 1.657. For the month of August he was 3-1, but with a 4.45 ERA and a .292 batting average against. In fact, since the All-Star break, his batting average against is .290 and his WHIP is 1.600.

I think the Indians have a real good shot here. Like McGruff, this monster-sized dog helps us take a bite out of the man tonight !!

Tuesday's play is the Indians at +170.