Sunday 6/14

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I woke up too early this morning.

Plays
335p San Diego +179 2x
405p Oakland +133 2x
805p Cleveland -104 2x

Streak for the Cash
10a Iraq/S. Africa u2.5 goals
305p Colorado vs. Seattle
8p Orlando vs. Los Angeles
Current Streak: 0

I guess Hammel in the afternoon? I don't know. The Streakmaster did a good job today.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

This may be a stupid thought or something extremely obvious but I figured I'd throw it out there...

When looking at the consensus #s, do you compare them at all to the expected win probability based on the line?

For example, 68% of the public were on the Braves today against the O's even though the opening line of -120 represents a 54% chance of the Braves winning.

On the other hand, you like the Padres today with 70% on the LAA. The -180 opening line represents a 65% chance of the Angels winning.

My thought is that the higher the line is, the more the consensus numbers will inevitably be skewed. So, I find teams like the Twins, Orioles and Royals to be far more enticing than the Padres.

am19psu said...

We've been over this a few times. When I first start betting on baseball this season, I had thought the same thing.

I think the confusion comes in assuming that equal amounts are being bet on both sides of a moneyline. See here for the math.

I don't think what I wrote there is explicitly correct, either, but I think it is closer to the real answer than assuming all bets are equal.