| With the regular MLB season right around the | | | | mathematical percentage of betting volume that |
| corner, it's time to put together an article about | | | | the sportsbook should win - quite low compared |
| how to make profitable bets on this sport. | | | | to other sports. |
| Baseball has always been one of our most | | | | Here's a couple of things we look closely at when |
| profitable sports to wager on as it can present a | | | | betting on bases: |
| lot of opportunities for the bettor who's paying | | | | 1) Pitching, Pitching, Pitching! |
| attention. | | | | You might think this is obvious, but the first thing |
| Why can baseball be so profitable? | | | | we always look at is who's on the mound for |
| For one, there's plenty of games to choose from. | | | | each team. You'd be surprised by how many |
| Almost everyday you have ten or so game to | | | | people hardly pay any attention to this - they just |
| bet on. It's a numbers game - the more choices | | | | look at the teams and make their choice. |
| there are, the more chances you can find a good | | | | But pitching is key, and sometimes you can find |
| oportunity. | | | | some unbelievable situations where all the |
| The sheer number of games also makes it harder | | | | numbers and trends point to one pitcher. |
| for bookmakers to accurately set a line for each | | | | As an example (and this is just one of many), |
| game. There are times when the line will swing | | | | certain pitchers will dominate against left handed |
| drastically as the original line was simply off the | | | | batters while being only average agaist right |
| mark. They have less times to spend making lines | | | | handed hitters. If they are facing a squad with an |
| for each individual game which increase your | | | | above average number of left handed hitters, |
| chance of finding a betting line you can exploit. | | | | that's going to get our attention! |
| Second, the odds are typically very tight to begin | | | | 2) Everybody hates Umps, but they might make |
| with. Make sure you deal with a bookmaker that | | | | you money! |
| offers a "ten cent line" - this will improve your | | | | This is a part of the game that hardly any |
| wins and minimize your loses. | | | | bettors look at yet it can be extremely profitable! |
| Here's an example of a 10 cent line: | | | | Certain plate umpires will have a tendency to be |
| Tigers +135 | | | | involved in more games that go either over or |
| Angels -145 | | | | under the total due to how they call balls or |
| While a 20 cent line on the same game would | | | | strikes. |
| look like: | | | | Some have tighter than usual zones or vice versa |
| Tigers +130 | | | | - pay attention to the Over/Under records that |
| Angels -150 | | | | each umpire holds. |
| As you can see, the ten cent gives you a better | | | | Ok - that's it for now. We get excited to write |
| payout whether you're betting on the dog or the | | | | about baseball betting, but we don't want to |
| favorite. Make sure you're betting with someone | | | | overwhelm you quite yet:) You can expect future |
| who offers it. | | | | articles from us showing you more tips on how to |
| These tight odds make the "house hold" - the | | | | beat your bookie during the baseball season. |