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If you already know how to read baseball
lines check out the updated
baseball odds
for today's games! Or Bodog's MLB odds are posted below.
This illustration below shows a typical
baseball line.
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Date
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Team
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Pitcher
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Money Line
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Total
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6 -15
4:05PM
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931 - New York Yankees
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M. Mussina
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+135
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Over 7.5 -115
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932 - NY Mets
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Pedro Martinez
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-145
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Under 7.5 +105
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What this baseball betting odds
table shows is now explained.
Date: The Game starts at 4:05 Pacific
team. Most online sportsbooks use Eastern time, but this example is
taken from Pinnacle Sportsbook and they use the Pacific time zone.
Team: The team on top is always the
visitor and the bottom team is always the home team. In this case the
New York Yankees are the away team and the Boston Red Sox are playing at
home.
Pitcher: This column lists who the
starting pitchers are for each team. Mike Mussina is starting for the
Yanks and Pedro Martinez is Boston's starter. The starting pitcher plays
a big role in setting the daily baseball game odds, but
the public tends to over estimate just how valuable the starter is
actually worth. Remember baseball is not a 1 man sports but a team
sport.
Moneyline: The team that has the higher
negative number is designated the favorite. Typically the team with the
minus in front of their number is always the favorite but under rare
circumstances both teams can have a minus in front of their number. An
example would be 2 evenly matched teams where the baseball betting odds
would be -105 for both team. In this example the Red Sox are a -145
favorite and the Yankees are a +135 underdog. For more information about
how much you need to lay to place a bet with moneylines check out our
baseball betting odds
column.
Total: The oddsmaker set the total number
of runs scored at 7.5. Because there are so few runs scored in baseball
odds makers prefer to move the moneyline before they move the total. In
this example the over 7.5 is the favorite and is listed at -115 where as
the under 7.5 is the underdog and is listed at +105. If the public kept
placing bets on the over they moneyline would keep increasing until
ultimately they would move the total to 8.
Hopefully you now understand MLB baseball
odds which is more than most beginning bettors can say. If your ready
check out today's MLB game odds below. Thanks for stopping by and have a
great upcoming season!
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