Red Sox have Wild Card Edge Sports Betting

Although the Red Sox probably won’t catch the Yankees for the American League East title they do look to have the Wild Card edge against Texas.

Sports betting has the Red Sox opening a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday.  How the Red Sox have stayed atop the American League Wild Card race is a mystery as their pitching has been sporadic at best.  Daisuke Matsuzaka could be returning and perhaps he will help. The Red Sox have been great at home but facing the Angels won’t be easy.  They will then start a 10-game road trip after this series but that might not be all bad considering two of the stops are in Baltimore and Kansas City, two teams they have owned in sports betting. The other online sports betting series will be in New York and that won’t be easy.  The good news in sports betting for the Red Sox is that they have won eight straight at home and 22 of their past 29 at Fenway. Boston's 50-21 home record in sports betting is the best in all of baseball this season. "When you come here as a visitor, there's no doubt it's definitely an intimidating place,'' said Paul Byrd, “The place is always full. They're always screaming. They make you love pressure if you play for the Red Sox."

Online sports betting indicated that the Red Sox really need to find some backend help for their starting rotation.  In the 47 sports betting games started by Daisuke, Paul Byrd, Juichi Tazawa, John Smoltz and Brad Penny, the last two of which are gone, the Red Sox simply don’t get their starter past the sixth inning.  Daisuke should be able to go past six innings but that remains to be seen at the sports book.

The Red Sox are winning in sports betting at the sportsbook with an injured Tim Wakefield, a stiff Mike Lowell and a #1 pitcher in Josh Beckett who rarely has been a #1.  The Red Sox pretty much eliminated Tampa Bay over the weekend so it is now just Texas that is the threat.

Boston has gotten great play out of Victor Martinez and Alex Gonzalez so some of the moves made have worked out well. The online sports betting question is the pitching so that will decide their ultimate fate.  The Red Sox can be very good with Beckett, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz and Wakefield but sometimes they struggle.