ORIOLES (Jimenez) at TWINS (Gibson)
Take: ORIOLES -104
Gulp. Yeah, I’m actually advocating a play on one of the worst starting pitchers in baseball.
Ubaldo Jimenez will be on the mound tonight at Target Field as the Orioles and Twins make up a game that was postponed earlier this season.
There is no way I will try to even remotely defend backing Ubaldo. He’s a horror show. Meanwhile, Kyle Gibson has been reasonably good lately for the Twins. So, if you’re just looking at the hurlers, making the case that Gibson should be the choice is completely understandable.
This play is all about the teams involved, and not the two starting pitchers. The Twins are terrible, and I don’t believe there’s any circumstance in which they should be favored over the Orioles. Granted, Baltimore has been a mediocre road team. But they’re still a first place team that has been having around the .600 plateau for most of the season. Meanwhile, the Twins have been one of the two worst teams in the game for the entire campaign.
And that’s about the story as far as this game goes. If I’m going to have an opportunity to get even money or thereabouts with a very solid Orioles entry against the pathetic Twins, it’s likely a buy sign for me. Add in the fact that Minnesota has lost three straight, including back to back home games to the even more lowly Braves, and I’ll take my chances. Even with the dreadful Ubaldo on the mound, I’m siding with the Orioles tonight.
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