Stephen Nover's Picks

By Stephen Nover Indians plus $1.12 at Pirates The Pirates are favored for the first time this month. Sign me up for the underdog, which in this case is Cleveland.  Pittsburgh is going for a three-game sweep of the Indians. I don’t see it happening.  The Indians blew Saturday’s game. It was a rare slip […]

By Stephen Nover A’s plus $1.25 at Yankees  I don’t get the respect for the Yankees with this line. Oakland is 12-2 this month, winners of six straight. The A’s, 43-27, haven’t started a season this hot in 31 years.  The Yankees are one game above .500 at home. They have lost seven of the […]

By Stephen Nover Twins minus $1.30 at Mariners No American League team has been a bigger money-burner for bettors than the Twins, who at 26-39 are tied with the Tigers for last place in the AL Central Division.  Can the Twins stay this bad the rest of the season?  I don’t believe so. One thing […]

By Stephen Nover Indians minus 1 1/2 runs minus $1.15 (run line) hosting Mariners  Up 4-1 with two outs in the ninth inning and no one on base, victory appeared certain for the Mariners on Saturday. Nope. Seattle managed to blow it, losing, 5-4, in 10 innings, to the host Indians.  Now the Mariners are […]

By Stephen Nover Rockies at Marlins Over 7 1/2 minus $1.05 Why Over? Here’s the short answer: Chi Chi Gonzalez is starting and the total is less than 8.  Gonzalez is more of a reliever – and not a very good one at that. He has a 6.17 ERA in four relief appearances and a 4.42 […]

By Stephen Nover A’s minus 1 1/2 runs minus $1.05 (run line) hosting Diamondbacks Unless you’re in the habit of laying monster juice, which I’m not, the only way to fade the Diamondbacks on the road is to play the run line. That’s what I’m doing here with the A’s. Arizona has lost a franchise-record […]