Baseball is the sport that is enjoyed mostly in USA but also globally. Watching the best players in Major League Baseball is awesome. Betting and winning money on the games is even better. Baseball is one of the best sports for betting and winning money and gamblers already know that. However to win money on this sport you have to be very dedicated on the sport, rules, news and most important to have an eye for statistics. Statistics in baseball is the strongest tool for winning money. With such a long season, baseball offers a surplus of betting options. In fact, there are a total of 4,860 regular season games per season. What’s better, baseball is a very data-friendly sport. With all of this data at our disposal, baseball is a game ripe for analysis. This allows astute handicappers to identify trends, predict results, and identify value in the odds.
MONEYLINE
As with most US sports, this is called the money line, and is a bet on which side will win a particular game. There are no draws or ties in baseball, teams just play extra innings until there is a winner so it’s a very simple bet. Chasing the underdogs to win is always a good idea and delivers more money.
RUN-LINE
The run line is baseball’s version of a handicap, with one team usually being given a 1.5 run start and the other a 1.5 disadvantage, though on occasion it can be 2.5. This means that the team with the “head start” can lose by one run and still win and so their odds will be much shorter on the run line. Many bookmakers will also offer different run lines or handicaps like -4.5 but the serious bookmakers stick to the basic run lines.This different run lines as usually called alternative run lines.
TOTALS (TOTAL RUNS )
Just like Totals betting in any other sport, Totals in baseball betting refers to a bet on the total number of points (runs) scored in a game being over or under a figure set by the bookmaker – each team has 27 outs to score as many runs as they can, making it ideal for strategic betting. Similarly to Money Line betting in baseball, analysing the two teams in terms of offensive and defensive strengths can go a long way to informing your Totals betting. Additionally, there are several external factors that can lead to both high and low scoring games.
Just like previously said many bookmakers will offer a lot of other games to gamble and also like in all other sports, exotic bets in baseball are also present. However “the big players” avoid them.
For baseball betting its also important to mention that the baseball is one of the biggest markets to bet on which means that it’s a betting paradise for the gamblers allowing them to place a lot money on betting, something which is always a problem when you bet on other sports for example soccer lower leagues, handball, tennis tournaments etc.
Key factors for selecting the right bets are always :
- Checking team news and injuries
- Importance of not being swept in the series
- How good is the selected Pitcher
- Statistics
- Chasing upsets
- Home ground advantage
The MLB is the most watched league in any sport anywhere in the world, with over 75m attending games. This is due to the huge number of fixtures played, with each team scheduled to play 162 regular season games each year, meaning that there are a huge number of games to bet on and to profit from. With minor US leagues and other countries’ baseball too you’re never short of baseball action.
