Davis goes for seventh straight win in Baltimore
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09/05/2010 -
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Wade Davis has been awfully tough to beat over the past
two-plus months. Against the Baltimore Orioles, the Tampa Bay Rays pitcher has
been just about invincible during his brief tenure in the majors.
Davis tries to extend a club rookie record for consecutive victories and lead
the Rays to a series win over the Orioles when the two American League East
inhabitants play the rubber match of a three-game set this afternoon at Camden
Yards.
In an eight-start stretch beginning on July 3, Davis has won six times without
a loss and posted a solid 3.66 earned run average over the course of his
unbeaten run. The young right-hander has allowed two runs or less in each of
those six wins and now owns an 11-9 mark over 23 outings during his first full
season in the big leagues.
The soon-to-be 25-year-old wasn't slowed down by a brief stint on the disabled
list last month due to a strained shoulder. Davis has won both of his two
starts since being activated and pitched very well in Monday's home triumph
over Toronto, yielding just two runs on six hits over 7 2/3 innings.
Davis' best work has come against the Orioles, however, and especially so on
the road. He's 3-0 in three career meetings with Baltimore and permitted a
mere two runs over a combined 24 innings versus today's opponent, while
holding the O's to one run over eight stellar frames in a July 19 matchup at
Camden Yards.
The Florida native's first major league win also took place in Baltimore
during September of last season, with Davis surrendering just four hits and
striking out 10 batters in a complete-game shutout that night.
Tampa Bay has also fared quite well as a team against the Orioles in 2010. The
Rays have prevailed in 10 of 14 matchups between the clubs this year and are
6-2 at Camden Yards for the season.
Baltimore was able to best the playoff-hopeful Rays on Saturday, though, with
the Orioles pounding out 15 hits and receiving seven strong innings out of
Jeremy Guthrie to come through with an 8-4 verdict.
Nick Markakis belted a two-run homer in the first inning and Matt Wieters
knocked in two more men with a double during a three-run third that gave
Baltimore an early 5-1 advantage. Both players finished with two hits on the
night, with Felix Pie going 2-for-5 with two RBI to aid the Orioles as well.
Guthrie (9-13) didn't need all that much support, as the right-hander limited
Tampa Bay to two runs and struck out seven to improve to 6-2 in 10 starts
since the All-Star break.
Baltimore halted a three-game losing streak with last night's result and is
now 5-3 over its last eight contests overall.
"It's been going good so far," said Markakis after the game. "We've just got
to keep it going against the teams that we're going to be facing for awhile."
The loss was a costly one for Tampa Bay. With the Yankees defeating Toronto
earlier in the day, the Rays fell to 2 1/2 games behind New York in the battle
for first place in the AL East. The team still managed to lengthen its lead
over Boston in the league's Wild Card standings, though, after the Red Sox
lost both ends of a doubleheader with Chicago on Saturday.
Matt Joyce ended 2-for-4 with a homer and two RBI and recently-acquired Brad
Hawpe also went deep for Tampa Bay, which had won five of its last six coming
in.
Rays starter James Shields (13-12) struggled through 4 1/3 innings, with the
right-hander reached for six runs on eight hits.
"I don't think I did a very good job of getting ahead in the count today," he
stated afterward.
The Rays will attempt to bounce back in today's clash with O's rookie Chris
Tillman, a pitcher whom the club battered in a showdown at Camden Yards
earlier in the year. The highly-regarded rookie was rocked for eight runs on
seven hits and issued four walks in that loss, while lasting only 2 2/3
innings.
Tillman was sent down to Triple-A Norfolk immediately following that disaster
and received a promotion when rosters expanded in September. The young righty
finished with an 11-7 record and a 3.34 ERA in 21 starts with the Orioles'
International League affiliate.
The 22-year-old also took a loss against the Rays last season and is 0-2 with
a 7.04 ERA over three career encounters with Tampa Bay. Tillman has also lost
all three of his Camden Yards assignments this season and given up 15 runs (14
earned) in just 10 innings, with the opposition batting .435 against him.
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The Tigers won Friday's opener
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Ishikawa closed with a one-under 70, while Sonoda posted a four-under 67. They
finished at ni
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Clay picked up right where he lef
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Talbot (9-1
White Sox target rare sweep at Fenway >>
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in regards to the Boston Red Sox' playoff hopes with Saturday's performance,
the Chicago White Sox now set their sights on earning their first series sweep
in Fenway Pa
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leaders a further
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meet in the rubber game of a three-game weekend series.
The Nationals dropped Friday's o
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LaDainian Tomlinson Favorite to be 2007 NFL MVP
With the first NFL preseason game less than two weeks away, it is time to start thinking about football once again at MySportsbook.com. Reigning NFL MVP LaDainian Tomlinson is currently the 5-1 co-favorite to win the award again alongside Super Bowl MVP Peyton Manning.
This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone after his all out assault on the record books last season. For those suffering from amnesia or were under a rock last football season, all L.T. did last season was set the NFL record for rushing touchdowns (28), total touchdowns (31) and total points scored (186) to go along with his 1815 rushing yards and 508 receiving yards. At 6-1, Tom Brady is next in line which isn’t surprising considering all of the firepower the Pats added over the off-season. With the addition of Randy Moss, Donte Stallworth and Wes Welker; it would be quite difficult for Brady’s numbers not to improve from last years 3529 yards and 24 touchdowns. There appears to be some decent value in Drew Bees at 10-1 considering he probably would have won the award last year if it wasn’t for L.T.’s record breaking season.
There is no reason to think the Saints will come back to earth this season and playing in a weak NFC, they should have as good a shot as any to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. At 15-1, Donovan McNabb could also be worth a look. Remember, many felt he was the MVP of the first half of the season before going down with a season ending injury. Reportedly, he is in great shape and well ahead of schedule to return to form. Also, he could have some added motivation to put up big numbers this season with the Eagles using their first pick in the draft on McNabb’s future successor Kevin Kolb.
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FOOTBALL BETTING : Crabtree's base deal: six years, $32 million
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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