MLB Pickstreak

What in the heck is the second dimension?  Length and width.  Add airspace (height) and time and you're in the fourth dimension. Time is the key in the matrix.  In Eternity, there is no time.  There is only three dimensions.  It seems less complex but it is infinitely more complex.  Time is a fixture that keeps everything bound within a structure.  Without time, there is no boundary. I have a two-team parlay in the works today.  I was prepared to run out a four-team parlay and take a shot at some of that fourth dimension loot but it isn't coming together.  I liked the Phillies but it looks like a rain out.  I liked the Twins but I don't have the time.  Game One:  TEX (-150) ML @ LAA Nathan Eovaldi (5-4) starts for the Rangers.  Eovaldi has been on fire.  He shut the Yankees down in back-to-back starts and blanked the Astros over seven innings in his last start on May 17th.  He has racked 25 K's over his Last3 sta...

🎧"Saturday!  Saturday... Saturday... Saturday. Saturday.  Saturday night's all right"🎧 I think this day of the week is named after Sir Elton John from the planet Saturn.  They knighted that twinkie in England.  He put out some good tunes.  A bucket full of hit singles.  Huge head.  He looks like a living, breathing Austin Powers bobblehead.  "Saturday" was a great tune at one time.  Elton has lost some of his luster and so have his records.   The Who, another all-time great English band, put out a record a few years back titled, "This Music Must Die", and I didn't understand it much at the time but I am beginning to think they are on to something.  I mostly listen to instrumentals these days.   Baseball is on today in most cities around the country.  Let's check-in on the goings on this Saturday.  It is a beautiful day in Illinois. Rays Bring the Rain Heavy rainfall in the New York area has cancelled Game ...

It was the bottom of the first inning when I checked the scores on the Superfan Sports App.  Zach Neto took the first pitch of the game from Jacob DeGrom out of the yard.  Neto is a good hitter, that happens when you challenge a good hitter.  1-0 Angels.   DeGrom worked some good sequences to Trout and Soler.  He issued a base on balls to both.  He wasn't getting the outside strike and he wasn't getting any chase but he wasn't missing by much. He challenged left-fielder, Wade Meckler, with a first-pitch fastball, and why not?  Meckler isn't a big home run threat.  He hit his first career MLB home run off Jacob DeGrom, a three-run job, and it's 4-0 Angels after one inning of play.  Meckler gets a memory that will likely cross his mind on his dying die.  DeGrom is a legend.   It's Grayson Rodriguez on the mound for Los Angeles.  The Rangers are in this game despite the early deficit.  This guy has had a difficult t...

It's a full slate and there are some good picks to dig in on.  Plus money on the Cardinals is interesting with Chris Paddack (0-5) starting for the Reds. Blue Jays and Kevin Gausman (3-3) at home vs. the Pirates and Bubba Chandler (1-5) caught my eye.   Logan Gilbert (2-4) and Jacob DeGrom (3-3) start for the Mariners and Rangers.  Two of the games' best and most reliable starters have soft matchups against the Royals and the Angels, respectively.   A four-team parlay packaging the Cardinals, Blue Jays, Rangers and Mariners pays out at (+872) and I like that bet but I do recall, from yesterday's boxscores, the Blue Jays as having thrown a bullpen game against the Yanks.  They shut out the Yankees in that game but threw five relievers in the win.  It takes the Blue Jays off my board. Pirates' bullpen is well-rested.  Chandler has some backup tonight and that takes the Cardinals off the board.  Leahy isn't good for a win on his own merits....

For our new readers, let me reiterate the program here at MLB Pickstreak.  I do all my work in the field, literally.  I'm literally in a field right now connected to Walmart's wifi, working on an Obama phone.  It's a Motorola. I try to keep it regular and consistent and have a fairly standard format.  Each day begins with a "Game Day" post recapping last night's games, the day ahead and the goings on in the worlds of baseball.  That post is followed by "Today's Pick".  I started the Pickstreak blog to track picks and results related to my baseball wagering game and my annual goal of beating the book over the course of an entire MLB season.  "Today's Pick" is a bet within the game.  It might be a straight wager, it might be a parlay.   I'm working on a method to compound wins in a way that produces the best expected value.  This season that has me betting more dogs and more parlays.  I'm not a statistician in a regression ana...

No pick today.  A three pick losing streak has me feeling malaise.  I liked all three bets.  I feel like I've been putting in the research and uncovering some advantage.  The luck hasn't been with us thus far.   I'll dig in some tonight with an eye on making some picks this weekend.   Enjoy the afternoon and stay tuned.