Sexy Sleepers – Diamondbacks vs. Brewers

April 30, 2009 by admin
Filed under: MLB Baseball Betting 

The Arizona Diamondbacks and Milwaukee Brewers have been both sexy sleepers in the National League over the last two seasons but baseball betting fans know that both teams have failed to meet up with their potential.

On Thursday, they’ll meet up for a contest in Milwaukee, which will be the first if a four-game set.

The pitching matchup that online betting handicappers will be examining will be Max Scherzer (0-2, 4.91 ERA) versus Jeff Suppan (1-2, 7.32 ERA).

The Diamondbacks are hoping for big things from Scherzer this year as he is among their most highly touted prospects.

Scherzer has been inconsistent so far this season, allowing eight earned runs in just 14.1 innings pitched. He is known as a strikeout machine and he has been fanning opposing batters at a good pace with 13 strikeouts in 14.1 innings pitched, but he’s also been walking batters at a high rate. He has eight walks this season.

Facing Scherzer will be Suppan, who has experienced plenty of early season struggles himself. Suppan has started four games and has an ERA over seven so far. Reviewing his first four starts, he has really only had one good outing.

In his outing against the New York Mets on April 19th, Suppan allowed just two earned runs in six innings pitched. When subtracted from the rest of his numbers, Suppan actually has permitted 14 earned runs in just 13.2 innings pitched.

Suppan started twice against the D-Backs last year with mixed results. He won one of the starts but overall, allowed eight earned runs in 12 innings pitched. He also gave up 16 hits in those 12 innings pitched, two of which went for home runs while allowing the Diamondbacks to bat .333 against him.

Right now, Suppan is really struggling and so there is no reason for baseball betting handicappers to trust him. Over might be a good play as both pitchers are giving up enough runs to make this a high-scoring contest.

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