Baseball betting fans see Phillies Trade for Cliff Lee

The Phillies traded for last year’s Cy Young winner on Wednesday as the Indians continue to unload players. Gamblers making a baseball bet at the sports book already liked Philadelphia as a World Series contender and this trade helps the Phillies.

Baseball betting numbers at the sports book will be impacted by the Phillies getting Cliff Lee.  He is considered one of the top pitchers in the league.  In addition to getting Lee, baseball betting info shows that the Phillies also got outfielder Ben Francisco in the deal.  Philadelphia gave up four minor league prospects, none of which were considered their top prospects as baseball betting stats indicate.

This is the second straight baseball betting season that the Indians have traded a Cy Young winner to a contending team. Baseball betting tells us that last year it was CC Sabathia being traded to Milwaukee. This is the third trade in the last week for the Indians.  Baseball betting statistics show that the Indians have traded Lee to the Phillies, Ryan Garko to the Giants and Rafael Betancourt to the Rockies.  The Indians may also trade catcher Victor Martinez before Friday’s deadline as baseball betting info tells us.  It is hard to get excited about making a baseball bet on the Indians.  Cleveland did get a lot of prospects in their deals.  In the Lee deal they got right-hander Carlos Carrasco, middle infielder Jason Donald, right-hander Jason Knapp and catcher Lou Marson. Baseball bet numbers show that while none of these players are the top prospect for the Phillies, Knapp is considered a pitcher that could be very good in the future and impact baseball betting odds.

Cleveland’s Mark Shapiro said he traded Lee because he was not sold that the Indians could be a contender next year.  That could mean Martinez is gone in the next day as well. "We are under no orders from ownership to move payroll or trim payroll," Shapiro said.   While that may be true, the Indians simply don’t have the money to add marquee players with the losses in revenue they have had this season as baseball betting information shows.

Baseball betting features high odds on teams like Philadelphia that have the money to spend on players while teams like the Indians have lower baseball bet odds because they continue to trade away their stars.