Texas Rangers Boast Pair of Hurlers on MLB Betting List
by Mike Rose
Trying to find the best pitchers in baseball to bet on isn't as simple as looking at ERA, wins, losses, and WHIP all the time. Check out tops out MLB betting list of the best arms in the bigs.
CJ Wilson, Texas Rangers (21-6, +$1,385) - Wilson has come out of nowhere to top the list of all pitchers in baseball in terms of earnings. His 21 wins for his team ties CC Sabathia for the best in baseball. The last nine times that Wilson has taken the hill, the Rangers have come away victories. Granted, a ton of those games were at home, and opponents like the Royals, Orioles, and Mariners have all come up in that frame, but it is an incredibly impressive run nonetheless.
Kris Medlen, Atlanta Braves (13-1, +$1,291) - We'd be remiss not to mention that Medlen has finished his year with an awesome 13-1 record for the Braves, but he is out for the year with arm troubles.
Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics (17-7, +$1,170) - Cahill allowed eight runs in four innings of work in his last start, which ended his stretch of five wins in six games for the A's. Oakland made a nice little push in the AL West for awhile, but that all came to a close. The only thing the A's are fighting for at this point is the right to finish .500.
Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox (17-6, +$1,051) - Six straight wins went by the wayside for the Red Sox ace in his last start when the Tampa Bay Rays beat Boston 3-2 at Tropicana Field. In spite of the fact that Boston is hurting with a ton of injuries, Buchholz has pitched well, allowing just one earned run in his L/4 starts and six in his L/7 starts. At 15-5 with a 2.21 ERA, Buchholz could be the league's Cy Young Award winner... on a healthier team, he probably would already have 20 wins.
Freddy Garcia, Chicago White Sox (16-9, +$1,017) - If the Sox are making the playoffs this year, Garcia is going to need to pitch them there. He left his last start after just four innings in Cleveland, and there is a chance that he could be put on the 15-day DL, but manager Ozzie Guillen isn't going to want to see one of his best pitchers miss too much time. Garcia is 11-5 with a 4.82 ERA.
Tommy Hunter, Texas Rangers (14-3, +$1,007) - Hunter rounds out the list of the top money pitchers in baseball. If he was on the mound the whole season for Texas, who knows how many games he would win? Hunter is 12-2 on the year and has led the Rangers to a 14-3 record in just 17 starts. His K/BB ratio leaves a lot to the imagination though at 1.81, which makes us wonder whether or not this record is a matter of good fortune or good skill.
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