Australia vs. Cuba Odds
Australia Odds | +270 |
Cubs Odds | -355 |
Over/Under | 9.5 (+100 / -122) |
Time | 6 a.m. ET |
TV | Fox Sports 2 |
Following round-robin pool play, the World Baseball Classic field of 20 will reduce to a single-elimination bracket of eight teams — appropriate for the start of March Madness.
In Tokyo, the Pool A winner will face the Pool B runner-up, and vice-versa, on Wednesday and Thursday. In Miami, The Pool D and C winners and qualifiers will face off on Friday and Saturday.
The first quarterfinal features a matchup between a traditional baseball power and a 2006 WBC finalist — Cuba, which qualified on a tiebreaker — against Australia, which went 3-1 in the group stage and advanced further than ever before (2-10 record in the three prior WBC tournaments).
Below, I’ll provide my projections for Wednesday morning’s matchup (first pitch at 6 a.m. ET on Fox Sports 2) and utilize those projections to find an actionable betting edge for the game.