MLB Baseball - Toronto Blue Jays vs. Texas Rangers

If you bet on baseball then you will want to check out the MLB odds as the Toronto Blue Jays send Brian Tallet to the mound to take on the Texas Rangers. Tallet has been okay in 2009 so far with a 3 and 3 record, a 4.54 ERA and a WHIP of 1.26. His WHIP makes him dangerous in this game. First-pitch: 8:05 pm EST.

The A.L. West leading Rangers counter Tallet with pitcher Doug Mathis. Mathis will be making his first MLB start in 2009. The 26 year old right-hander from Maryvale, Arizona was last seen throwing heaters for Oklahoma City in the Pacific Coast League (AAA) before a brief appearance this past Sunday.

Here is the betting line for this game according to BetUS online sportsbook. They also have lots of other prop betting options on this game:

Toronto Blue Jays
Brian Tallet – L +1 ½ -190 -105 O 10 ½ -120

Texas Rangers
Doug Mathis – R -1 ½ +160 -115 U 10 ½ Ev

Here are a few betting trends for this game.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 1 and 9 in their last 10 games on the road.

The Toronto Blue Jays are 1 and 4 in Brian Tallet’s last 5 starts.

The Texas Rangers are 6 and 1 in their last 7 home games versus a left-handed starter.

The Texas Rangers are 12 and 4 in their last 16 games at home.

In 2008 Doug Mathis wasn’t all that great. He ended up with a record of 1 and 1 and an ERA of 8.83. His only 2009 action was 1 scoreless inning of relief against the Boston Red Sox this past Sunday.

Tallet has been awful lately. He’s given up a total of 10 runs in the first two innings of his last 5 starts.

Neither pitcher looks ready to win this game and the BetUS total of 10 ½ runs just seems like too much to me. I have to look elsewhere for a bet.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gone 6 and 4 in their last 10 games on the road after going 0 and 9 in their previous 9 games on the road. That’s a nice turnaround.

The Texas Rangers, meanwhile, have lost 5 out of their last 8 games.

I would love to bet Texas in this game, but unfortunately, the stats tell me to go with the Blue Jays. I just don’t feel that the Rangers will have it together against one of the better teams in the A.L. and the Blue Jays already beat Texas on Monday night.

Doug Mathis might have one, maybe two, good innings before struggling against Toronto and Tallet has a good chance of turning his terrible form around in this game.

I’ll be betting the Blue Jays to win this game straight-up at -105 in the BetUS sportsbook.