This baseball betting matchup between a 5-2 team and a 2-5 team doesn’t seem all that appealing at first glance but if the right pieces fall into place it just might turn into a can’t miss MLB odds matchup on Saturday April 18th.

The St. Louis Cardinals (5-2) have been dominating opponents so far in the young 2010 MLB betting season. The team started the year with a 4-2 road record before opening up the baseball betting action at Busch Stadium.

The New York Mets (2-5) have done just the opposite of the Red Birds in the 2010 betting odds action. This team has been a bit of a disappointment after stocking up on free agent bats in the baseball betting off season and getting its pitching staff more or less healthy. When the team heads to St Louis it will definitely have its work cut out for it and no baseball odds maker is going to give the team much of a chance in the game. Unless ace Johan Santana is pitching. Read more…

In the world of MLB odds matchups there two kinds of matchups: evenly matched baseball odds competitions and blowouts. When the Houston Astros visit the St Louis Cardinals on April 14th it will be the latter.

The Astros have been far and away the worst team in the MLB betting so far in 2010 and there is little reason to believe that this team’s fate in the MLB odds competition is going to change any time quickly. The team is 0-7 and is off to one of the worst starts in franchise history. Aside from a few aging bats one strong starter this team is one of the weakest in baseball betting. Read more…

It’s only the second week of the MLB betting season but already this matchup has the feel of a baseball betting playoff matchup. The LA Angels, long time kings of the hill in the AL West will head to the Big Apple to take on the reigning AL East and World Series betting champion Yankees in what could be an early season preview of the 2010 AL Championship betting matchup.

These two opposite coastal powers has been among the best teams in MLB betting over the past decade and have more than a handful of World Series betting appearances and titles between them. Both are immensely talented and both expect to feature prominently in the baseball betting postseason come October. Read more…