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…

The starting Pitchers for the game are J. Bonderman (1-0) for the Tigers and F. Hernandez (0-0) for the Mariners. After a tough end to a homestand in which their perseverance fell short, the Tigers hope for another strong outing from Bonderman as he matches up with ace Felix Hernandezand the Mariners on Friday night in the opener of a three-game set.

The Tigers have trailed in five of their six victories. The only win in which the Tigers didn’t need a comeback was in Bonderman’s first outing. He gave up one hit and one run while striking out five in five innings of a 4-2 win over Cleveland on Saturday. Read more…

The Orioles look to avoid a seventh consecutive loss in the baseball betting odds while trying for a rare road win against the Athletics in the opener of a four-game series Thursday night Off to its worst start since going 0-21 in 1988, The Orioles has been outscored 49-27 and hitting .152 with runners in scoring position. The Orioles have scored only10 runs in the last five contests.

Even though the A’s (6-4) have lost two in a row, they’ve won six straight at home over the Orioles.

Starting pitchers are: for the Orioles , David Hernandez (0-1) and for the Athletics Ben Sheets (0-0). Despite their recent home success over the Orioles, the A’s could have a hard time getting the best of Orioles scheduled starter Hernandez. The right-hander gave up two runs in six innings of a 3-0 loss to Toronto on Saturday. Read more…

The Houston Astros have come to wrong place to try and pick up their first MLB betting win of the 2010 season. Houston in St Louis for a 3-game baseball betting series against the red hot Cardinals and they could not have picked a worse team to face in the MLB odds right now.

St Louis has rushed out to an impressive 5-2 record in the first two weeks of the 2010 MLB betting season. What makes that baseball betting record even more impressive is the fact that the team opening the season with six straight road games and a record of 4-2. Now that team is finally playing in front of the hometown crowd the MLB betting sky is the limit. 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…