Great Picks

I had 2 great picks last night and they both had a multi-hit game and both are hot right now and they would be good picks every day until proven otherwise. My streak is ongoing so I’m hoping to keep it going. The current BTS leader is at 33 after Stanton and Goldschmidt got a hit but when will their luck run out with the Double Down? It has to end sooner rather than later because Stanton only had one hit so we will see. Let’s get it.

Recap Of April 28th– 

Adrian Beltre

Adrian Beltre- 1 for 4

Beltre did get a hit off of Happ but he is in a major slump right now.

Matt Kemp-

Matt Kemp- 0 for 4

Didn’t do anything at all and he was a Recommended Pick for some odd reason.

Jason Kipnis-

Jason Kipnis- 0 for 3

Didn’t do anything against Guthrie and I thought he would. Was one of my Sleepers.

Bryce Harper-

Bryce Harper- 1 for 4

Harper continues to hit Teheran and had a good game. Was my other Sleeper.

Ryan Braun- 1 for 4

Ryan Braun- 1 for 4

Hit a homer off of Cueto and I thought he wasn’t going to do anything. Was my Pick To Avoid.

Dee Gordon-

Dee Gordon- 2 for 4

Is the hits leader in the majors for a reason. Is raking everybody and was the first half of my Double Down.

Nelson Cruz-

Nelson Cruz- 3 for 4

Another great game for Cruz. Is on fire right now and has raked against Detwiler. Was the second half of my Double Down.

Recommended Picks By MLB For April 29th– 

Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera

is definitely looking like a great pick for today against

Phil Hughes

Phil Hughes

and Minnesota. Miggy has 27 hits for a .355 average so far this season. Miggy has 162 hits for a .316 average against Minnesota in his career so far. Miggy has 3 hits for a .167 average against Minnesota so far this season. Miggy has 63 hits for a .352 average in Target Field in his career so far. Miggy has 1 hit for a .143 average in Target Field so far this season. Miggy has 16 hits for a .471 average against Hughes in his career so far. Miggy has 0 hits in 3 at bats against Hughes so far this season. Miggy hasn’t done much against Minnesota so far this season but Miggy rakes during the day and I think he will have a great game against Hughes. Phil Hughes is making his 5th start of the 2015 season and his second start of the season against Detroit today. Hughes has given up 30 hits for a .278 BAA so far this season. Hughes has given up 79 hits for a .260 BAA Detroit in his career so far. Hughes has given up 8 hits for a .333 BAA Detroit so far this season. Hughes has given up 32 hits for a .283 BAA Detroit at home in his career so far. Hughes gave up 4 hits for a .167 BAA Detroit at home last season. Hughes hasn’t pitched well during the day so far this season and I think that will continue and he will give up at least one hit to Miggy today.

Adrian Gonzalez

Adrian Gonzalez

could do well tonight against

Ryan Vogelsong

Ryan Vogelsong

and San Francisco. Gonzalez has slowed down since his scorching hot start to the season but I think he will get at least one hit tonight. Gonzalez has 29 hits for a .377 average so far this season. Gonzalez has 137 hits for a .261 average against San Francisco in his career so far. Gonzalez has 3 hits for a .200 average against San Francisco so far this season. Gonzalez has 65 hits for a .247 average against San Francisco at home in his career so far. Gonzalez has 2 hits for a .333 average against San Francisco at home so far this season. Gonzalez has 6 hits for a .300 average against Vogelsong in his career so far. Gonzalez has 1 hit for a .333 average against Vogelsong so far this season. Gonzalez rakes at home and I think he will have a great game tonight and get at least one hit against Vogelsong. Ryan Vogelsong is making his 3rd start of the 2015 season and his second start of the season against the Dodgers tonight. Vogelsong has given up 23 hits for a .324 BAA so far this season. Vogelsong has given up 113 hits for a .273 BAA the Dodgers in his career so far. Vogelsong has given up 3 hits for a .143 BAA the Dodgers so far this season. Vogelsong has given up 45 hits for a .298 BAA in Dodger Stadium in his career so far. Vogelsong gave up 12 hits for a .279 BAA in Dodger Stadium last season. Vogelsong hasn’t pitched well in Dodger Stadium at all and he isn’t pitching well on the road or at night so far this season and I think that will continue and he will give up at least one hit to Gonzalez.

Sleeper Picks For April 29th– 

Juan Uribe

Juan Uribe

is another player that I think will do well against

Ryan Vogelsong

Ryan Vogelsong

and San Francisco tonight. He should start tonight and if he does I think he will do well. Uribe has 14 hits for a .275 average so far this season. Uribe has 14 hits for a .275 average so far this season. Uribe has 70 hits for a .227 average against San Francisco in his career so far. Uribe has 6 hits for a .429 average against San Francisco so far this season. Uribe has 66 hits for a .431 average against San Francisco at home in his career so far. Uribe has 9 hits for a .409 average against Vogelsong in his career so far. Uribe had 4 hits for a .400 average against Vogelsong last season. Uribe has hit Vogelsong well and Vogelsong has been getting hit this season and I think Uribe will have a good game tonight. For Vogelsong’s stats see Recommended Picks above.

Adam LaRoche

Adam LaRoche

could do well today against

Ubaldo Jimenez

Ubaldo Jimenez

and Baltimore. This game is being played in an empty stadium due to the riots. This game is making history today no matter what and some of the items might wind up in the Hall Of Fame because of it. LaRoche is looking like a good pick today against Jimenez and he might do well. LaRoche has 13 hits for a .210 average so far this season. LaRoche has 25 hits for a .281 average against Baltimore in his career so far. LaRoche had 3 hits for a .200 average against Baltimore last season. LaRoche has 10 hits for a .286 average in Camden Yards in his career so far. LaRoche had 2 hits for a .333 average in Camden Yards last season. LaRoche has 7 hits for a .350 average against Jimenez in his career so far. LaRoche had 3 hits for a .250 average when he last faced Jimenez in 2010. LaRoche hasn’t faced Jimenez in 5 years but I think he will have a good game against him today. Ubaldo Jimenez is making his 4th start of the 2015 season and his first start against the White Sox today. Jimenez has given up 7 hits for a .135 BAA so far this season. Jimenez has given up 67 hits for a .280 BAA the White Sox in his career so far. Jimenez gave up 8 hits for a .308 BAA the White Sox last season. Jimenez has given up 23 hits for a .235 BAA the White Sox at home in his career so far. Jimenez gave up 8 hits for a .308 BAA the White Sox at home last season. Jimenez has pitched well against the White Sox but I think he will give up at least one hit to LaRoche today.

Pick To Avoid For April 29th– 

Matt Holliday

Matt Holliday

is who I would definitely not pick for tonight against

Aaron Harang

Aaron Harang

and Philadelphia. Holliday has 23 hits for a .383 average so far this season. Holliday has 65 hits for a .267 average against Philadelphia in his career so far. Holliday has 4 his for a .571 average against Philadelphia so far this season. Holliday has 31 hits for a .248 average against Philadelphia at home in his career so far. Holliday has 4 hits for a .571 average against Philadelphia at home at home so far this season. Holliday has 4 hits for a .138 average so far this season. Holliday had 2 hits for a .333 average against Harang last season. Holliday doesn’t do well against Harang at all and I think that will continue tonight and he will be shut down. Aaron Harang is making his 5th start of the 2015 season and his first start of the season against St. Louis tonight. Harang has given up 15 hits for a .165 BAA so far this season. Harang has given up 170 hits for a .269 BAA St. Louis in his career so far. Harang gave up 15 hits for a .313 BAA St. Louis last season. Harang has given up 71 hits for a .273 BAA in Busch Stadium in his career so far. Harang gave up 6 hits for a .286 BAA in Busch Stadium last season. Harang hasn’t pitched well in St. Louis at all but he does shut down Holliday and I think Holliday will go hitless tonight.

Pick To Avoid Record: 4-11-2- Braun did get a hit off of Cueto and it was a homer.

My Pick(s) For April 29th– 

Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera

is my first pick for today against

Phil Hughes

Phil Hughes

and Minnesota. For all stats see Recommended Picks above.

Matt Carpenter

Matt Carpenter

is my second pick for tonight against

Aaron Harang

Aaron Harang

and Philadelphia. Carpenter is hot right now and I think that will continue tonight. Carpenter has 30 hits for a .380 average so far this season. Carpenter has 19 hits for a .302 average against Philadelphia in his career so far. Carpenter has 4 hits for a .500 average against Philadelphia so far this season. Carpenter has 10 hits for a .313 average against Philadelphia at home in his career so far. Carpenter has 4 hits for a .500 average against Philadelphia at home so far this season. Carpenter has 2 hits for a .400 average against Harang in his career and last season so far. Carpenter is hitting great and I think that will continue tonight against Harang and he will come through. For Aaron Harang’s stats see Pick To Avoid above.

Current Record: 15-9- Gordon and Cruz both had multi-hits so I was happy.

Current Average: 66 for 177 for .373 

Double Down Record: 15-9- I’m hoping to stop it next month and I know I will as long as I keep doing well.

Other Potentials For April 29th– 

Jay Bruce

Jay Bruce

could rake today against Matt Garza and Milwaukee. Bruce has 12 hits for a .182 average so far this season. Bruce has 4 hits for a .222 average against Milwaukee so far this season. Bruce has 9 hits for a .360 average against Garza in his career so far. Bruce had 3 hits for a .333 average against Garza last season. Bruce hasn’t hit well this season but he does hit Garza and I think that will continue today.

Yoenis Cespedes

Yoenis Cespedes

could do well today against Phil Hughes and Minnesota. Cespedes has 24 hits for a .304 average so far this season. Cespedes has 8 hits for a .400 average against Minnesota so far this season. Cespedes has 5 hits for a .500 average against Hughes in his career so far. Cespedes has 2 hits for a .667 average against Hughes so far this season. Cespedes has hit Hughes and he is hitting well against Minnesota this season and I think he will hit well today.

My other potentials went 3-0-0 yesterday. They all had at least one hit and that is all it takes every day. Drag is now at 7 after going with Altuve but I’m just saying be careful with him because he won’t get to 57 and he could do nothing tonight so I would definitely be careful tonight. Good luck to all.

13 comments

  1. YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

    I finished a rough April strong and May is looking good so far, up to 10 so I have activated the mulligan, not making that mistake twice.

    • YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

      Took Jacoby Ellsbury and Adrian Gonzalez, Ellsbury was 1 of only 3 Yankees to hit so I survived a surprise shutdown with the Yankees, A-Gon meanwhile is in an interesting and unique situation, he doesn’t have a hit but he has 0 ABs and no Sac Flys in 4 PAs (3BBs and 1 HBP), he’s due up 4th but if he gets up and doesn’t hit get another walk, my hit from Ellsbury is negated and the mulligan is forced. I kind of hope he doesn’t get up but if he does, hit or walk.

  2. YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

    Kendrick and Carpenter went from O to good in about a 20 minute span

  3. YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

    Uch Evan Longoria 0/3 with most likely only 1 trip left. That 24/58 (.414) average against Sabathia was too much to pass, CC was pitching well and decided to meltdown…. immediately after Longoria was up. For Yankees standards, the good news is they were up 9-1 and still lead 9-4. The bad news is for BTS if Longoria doesn’t get a hit next time, it would take a miracle to get him up again.

    • YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

      Longoria O/4 😦 BTS 17 down the drain, barring 7 players getting up (which would actually have to be 8 since I need a hit), who knew this would happen. That was my best streak in 3 years, tied 3 way for my personal 3rd best.

      • YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

        First 2 on the leaderboard and 3 of top 6 at 28,29,30 had Longoria alone, just like me.

      • mlblogsvinny1979

        Nice streak though man. Blog is coming back in a few days. Been so disgusted with my May that I don’t bother and trying to figure out something. I might do 1 and than 2 but we will see.

      • YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

        Thanks vinny, speaking of such I took Martin Prado today, the Marlins got 12 hits, but none from Prado.

  4. YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

    Naturally Jose Abreu’s 17 game hitting streak ends on a day i pick him, granted I made the Cardinal sin of picking someone 2 days in a row in which they got exactly 1 hit the 1st day, that spells trouble but who knew Trevor May would shut him down? Oh I should have, this is what I get for picking against a pitcher whose name is May in the month of May.

  5. YanksGiantsDevilsOrange35xChamps

    Had Michael Brantley and switched to Todd Frazier, most of the Reds got hits but of course Frazier didn’t in 5 ABs and Brantley has a hit. Twice I’ve been at 6 after losing at 17 and got a hot player who decided to suddenly not hit, even when mostly everyone else did. #Garbage #Theswitchstrikesagain

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