I like the Blue Jays +105 over Baltimore.

Toronto is starting their prized pitching prospect Kyle Drabek, who was the key figure in the Roy Halladay trade last year. Drabek was very sharp in Double-A this year, posting a 2.94 era and 1.20 whip over 27 starts, while averaging an excellent 7.3 strikeouts per 9 innings.

As you may know, these talented pitching callups often have an edge when making their debuts, because they're an unknown quantity to batters who have never seen them before, and as a result of that, they can often get through the order a couple of times before the hitters are able to adjust.

For that reason, i would lean to the first 5 innings play (also because Drabek probably won't go much longer than that). As for the Orioles' starter, he's been good recently, but Toronto lit him up for 8 earned runs in an earlier meeting this year.

Good value on the Blue Jays here, i think.

the jays were undefeated against the birds this year until this series but buckshowalter has turned this team around...best record in the majors since he took over...

Jays lose 3-1. Decent debut for Drabek. He allowed 3 runs over 6 innings, but his whip was terrible at over 2. He did strike out 4-out-of-5 batters during one particular stretch though. Was hitting 95+ on the gun, and the radio announcers sounded pretty impressed with his stuff. Someone to follow, for sure (he's supposed to make 2 more starts this year). Would've been nice if he had gotten some run support...

any horses today?

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