The favorites and the underdogs: Of course, just as in any other sport, there are both favorites and outsiders (underdog) in baseball, which is reflected in the odds. But with a superficial examination of any baseball tournament lineups (for example, the most popular MLB, which is held on the first Sunday in April to the first Sunday in October), we see that the difference in the starting Odds of the winning teams is not so huge. There is no such as in football where one team’s odds could be 1.07 and the other 10. There is a usual ratio for baseball such as 1.4 / 3.1, and so on. Therefore, between the Odds in baseball there are no large gaps.

Of course, this may mean that it is rather difficult for the betting analysts to predict the winner in the average baseball game. This is partly true if you consider the statistics of the teams, the underdogs in baseball (unlike football, for example) win, but so rarely, and the favorites also lose from time to time. It partly affects the structure of the game: the match is not time limited, the team attack and defend in turn and each team has a lot of opportunities to score, and often the outcome of the match is decided in a tense struggle in the last inning. In addition, there is this feature of reappraising the home team in baseball.

Because of this:

– Wagering a series of bet on the favorite team to win in baseball is not recommended. Due to the inexperience of players, a lot does not rely only on considering the big names in the team just like “Sox”, “Capps» (which made them believe that they will of course win all teams, but this is not always). Usually, even the strongest baseball teams have won just over half of all matches.

– The same applies to a series of bets against the winning probability of outsiders. It is a very great temptation to play the Martingale system against such an outcome. But due to the nature of the game, even the outsiders may have a very large winning series (even 6-10 games in a row) that can lead to the collapse of your bankroll.

– Do not bet against the team that has 2 or more wins in a row, and do not wager on the team having 2 or more consecutive defeats. Many baseball cappers share this judgment, because the series in the sport are very often.

The pitcher’s strength. The strength of the pitcher plays a significant role in the baseball team. So significant that according to analysts the starting odds on the team in general depends on his strength. Essentially baseball is a competition of strength and the skill of the pitcher and batter. The pitcher should be able to serve so that batter would not be able to hit the ball, or at least make it the most unfortunate. Moreover, he should throw it properly, not to earn penalty points for his own team.

It has been significantly noted that many bookmakers set their starting Odds based on the starting pitcher of the teams (i.e., the first pitcher of the match) after determining the squad of the team. And if for any reason the pitcher will not be able to start first (as a result of injury or any other force majeure); you get a bet refund. But be sure to read the rules of the particular bookmaker on the conditions of return.

It is often the case that the strength of the starting pitcher in relation to the final predicted result was determined incorrectly:

– Specific pitchers in the current season might have good utility performance (points towards the outs) as a whole, but the same performance as a starting pitcher can be far less rosy.
– Do not forget that the starting pitcher, sooner or later will relinquish his position to another, and the pattern of the match can change dramatically.

Therefore, it is not necessary to assess the chances of the team only by the starting pitcher when betting with bookmakers.

Live betting on baseball. Betting during the game in baseball as well has its own characteristics. First of all is the execution time. MLB is held in North America and the baseball broadcast begins late at night in Europe. Therefore, we have just a few of us longing to play live on the baseball game.

A very popular strategy among players on live baseball is betting on the inning score, moreover with a draw. The fact is that innings often ends in a draw (very often in zeros when three players are recorded out, therefore not acquiring even a point).

As much as guessing such results at a distance of more than 50% is unlikely to succeed, the Martingale Strategy is often applied:

– Wagering on draws in the first inning
– In case of a loss, raising the Bet 3 times in the second inning and so on.

Of course, there is a Bet pattern for this method. Innings draws occur often, but the Martingale strategy is very controversial and not liked by everyone, although sometimes you cannot just do without it.

Baseball – Statistics

When betting on baseball with a bookmaker, the statistics play a very important role. The success and practicability of your Bet highly depend on the correct use of statistics. The Internet has a large number of sites dedicated to baseball. But almost all of them are English-speaking, since the major population of the sport is in English-speaking countries.

– http://www.cbssports.com/mlb – popular baseball portal from the CBS columnist: news, statistics, scores and other
– http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/ – Statistics on baseball (not only MLB)
– http://mlb.mlb.com/home – MLB official site
– http://www.baseball-reference.com/ – large baseball statistic portal of Sport Reference.