The Tampa Bay Rays survived a couple late scares to win Game 1 of the American League Championship Series 2-1 over the Houston Astros on Sunday. The Rays will look to take an imposing 2-0 lead in the series on Monday. Tampa Bay enters Game 2 as a -132 favorite […]
The Tampa Bay Rays have played like the best team in the American League all season long. Now they’ll have to knock off one more big market team, the Houston Astros, in the ALCS if they want to go to the World Series. The Rays open the ALCS as -184 […]
The Houston Astros will send Zack Greinke to the mound in the hope of finishing off the Oakland Athletics in Game 4 of their ALDS clash. The A’s kept themselves in the series by rallying to win Game 3 by a 9-7 score. Greinke Making Surprise ALDS Appearance Houston tried […]
The Houston Astros are one game away from reaching the ALCS after beating the Oakland Athletics 5-2 in Game 2 of their ALDS series on Tuesday. George Springer hit two home runs to lead the Astros attack and put Oakland on the brink of elimination. Springer Continues Postseason Brilliance Houston […]
For the second straight playoff series, the Oakland A’s will have to fight from behind if they want to advance. At least this time, the five-game ALDS provides a little more room for error against the Houston Astros than Oakland had against the Chicago White Sox last week. Houston scored […]
If fans hear any banging during the ALDS, the Oakland Athletics plan to make sure it’s the sound of their bats barreling up on pitches as they look to eliminate the Houston Astros from World Series contention. The A’s have made no secret of their desire to knock out the […]
It’s not officially the MLB playoffs until Mattress Mack places a six-figure wager on his hometown team, the Houston Astros. Mattress Mack bet $250,000 on the Astros at +150 odds to win Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series against the Minnesota Twins (36-24), who lost 16 postseason games […]
With the MLB season set to start at the end of July, bookies scrambled to adjust win totals across the board. In the American League, oddsmakers at PointsBet set the top win total at 38.5 over/under for the New York Yankees. The Yankees are the consensus favorite to win the […]
A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of DraftKings players against Major League Baseball and the Houston Astros struck out when a federal judge ruled against the plaintiffs on Friday. Judge: Teams Broke Rules, but DFS Players Don’t Get Compensation Judge Jed Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued […]
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has a strained latissimus dorsi muscle injury and has been shut down by the team. Verlander, who won the 2019 AL Cy Young, will most likely miss Opening Day, but he’s not expected to miss more than a start or two with the lat injury. […]
The big Super Bowl bets started hitting sportsbooks this week, but while some of the wagers were on the outcome of the games, a lot of the money was on the over/under and prop bets. News of the big Super Bowl bets have been put on social media the last […]
William Hill listed the New York Yankees as the betting favorite to win the 2020 World Series at 4/1 odds. The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers are the other top favorites on the board, with the Astros at 5/1 odds and the Dodgers at 6/1 odds. The Yankees saw […]
Mattress Mack, otherwise known as popular Houston furniture store magnate Jim McIngvale, bet over $13 million via multiple wagers on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 World Series. He lost $13 million when the Washington Nationals won back-to-back games in Houston to win the World Series. If the Astros […]
The 2019 World Series between the Washington Nationals (93-69) and Houston Astros (107-55) features seven premier starting pitchers all seeking to out-hurl each other in the Fall Classic. The Houston Astros are the World Series betting favorite at -220 odds to win the title, while the Washington Nationals are a […]
Houston Astros All-Star Jose Altuve hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win Game 6 of the ALCS 6-4 and knock out the New York Yankees. The Astros clinched the American League pennant and move on to the World Series for the second time […]
The Houston Astros return to their third straight ALCS, and only the New York Yankees stand in the way of their second World Series appearance since they won the title in 2017. The Houston Astros improved to 1/1 World Series odds, or even money, after advancing to the ALCS. The […]
The New York Yankees are underdogs facing the Houston Astros in the 2019 ALCS. The Yankees are currently 5/2 odds to win the World Series, while the Astros are even money. The 2019 ALCS is a rematch of the 2017 ALCS. The Astros defeated the Yankees in seven games two […]
The Houston Astros other ace, Gerrit Cole, allowed two hits and one run through eight innings during a masterful performance to defeat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 in Game 5 of the 2019 ALDS. The Astros eliminated the Rays from the best-of-five series, and advanced to their third-straight American League […]
Furniture store owner Jim McIngvale backed the Houston Astros once again with a sizable wager. In the last 24 hours, Mattress Mack placed two big bets totaling $1.5 million on the Houston Astros to win the 2019 ALDS. On Wednesday, Mattress Mack initially wagered $500,000 on the Astros at Circa […]
Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander, with an 11-4 career record against the Tampa Bay Rays, opted to pitch on short rest in Game 4 of the 2019 ALDS. The move didn’t go so well, and the Rays became the first team in playoff history to tag Verlander for three runs […]
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