Sportsbook baseball odds can sometimes be quite high on the top teams and the top pitchers. It is very important for online betting gamblers to look for new ways to make money versus the high online sportsbook odds in baseball. Sportsbook value in baseball can be found if you are willing to look beyond the obvious. One way to combat the high prices on baseball betting sides at the sportsbook is to bet totals. As you get involved in betting totals you don’t have to lay the -200 or more as you sometimes do with sides at the online sportsbook.
The typical baseball total at the sportsbook has you laying between -120 and even money. That is much more advantageous than laying big money every game at the online sportsbook. Very often in your baseball handicapping you can look at excellent pitching matchups and find value by taking the under at the sportsbook. You may also be able to spot times where there are two meatball pitchers going and take the over at the sports book. The bottom line is that with totals you have the same opportunities for profit you do with sides, but you are not forced to lay out as much money at the sportsbook.
In addition to looking at the starting pitching with your baseball betting for totals you can also look at the umpires. Many online betting gamblers that focus on totals will check the home plate umpire before making their wager. This is just another way to bet totals at the online sportsbook. Umpires have tendencies just as players do and many times you can find a good totals play by looking at who is behind the plate.
Another approach that sportsbook gamblers can take to combat the high prices of favorites is to bet the run line. You can still bet the big favorite but now instead of laying the big price you are laying the run and a half instead at the sportsbook. This will likely take the price down to somewhere near even money at the sports book. The drawback of course is that you are laying a run and a half but with a power favorite many people are willing to do it at the sportsbook.
As you look at your baseball betting this summer remember that heavy favorites are becoming quite common at the sportsbook. You must look beyond the normal and consider totals and run lines if you want to avoid laying the big prices you see nearly every day at the sportsbook.
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