After only seven games on Monday, we have more than double that on Tuesday, as there are 16 games on the betting card. All of them start at 4:10 p.m. ET or later, with the first game serving as Game 1 of a doubleheader in the Land of BBQ where the White Sox battle the Royals.
Betting baseball after the Trade Deadline is a real challenge. Look at the lines for the six NL games today. You’ve got consensus lines of -235, -320, -200, -165, -155 and -170 in those games and six very hard-to-bet underdogs. Even in the AL, we have one non-doubleheader with a line under -140 and the three interleague games are -150 and up. You either have to lay heavy chalk or pick the right side in the coin flip games. It is a much more difficult betting environment. A lot of sharp bettors have already moved on to football season and their remaining prep. It’s just challenging to find good opportunities.
I’ve shied away from including player props and other derivatives in the article for the season. I won’t start now, but some of those may be your best avenues at this point, especially if you can pick up on managers or teams talking about pitch/innings limits and other things of that nature.
We’ve got a lot of things to think about for today’s card, so let’s get to the action.