Sunday, April 29. 2012

Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland Indians
Suggestion: Cleveland Indians (+101)

No team has been more disappointing at the start of the 2012 season than the Los Angeles Angels. A huge offseason in terms of free-agent acquisitions has yielded no positive results thus far; LA is 7-14, and lighting bankrolls on fire all over the sports betting world. Albert Pujols, he of the $250 million dollar contract has yet to hit one home run in an Angels uniform. I'll bet he wishes that teammate Ervin Santana was pitching to him... Santana has given up a ridiculous 10 home runs in 23.2 innings! But it hasn't been just one bad game, he has given up at least two home runs in each of his four starts this year, all losses. Even worse, the Angels are not generating any offense when he's on the mound, scoring no runs over his last three starts... that's right, three consecutive doughnuts when Santana takes the mound. Derek Lowe's numbers aren't noteworthy, but he settled down in his last outing after his only rough start of the year. Adequate pitching should be enough to carry the day against an under-acheiving Angels team. Invest in the Cleveland Indians (+101)