You will be hard pressed to find a pitcher having a worst season than Ricky Romero of the Blue Jays, and yet he turns up as a favorite over Kevin Millwood and the Mariners. Take Seattle as an underdog in Canada on Wednesday.
Perhaps the worst regular starting pitcher in baseball turns up as a favorite north of the border Wednesday night when Kevin Millwood and the Seattle Mariners (68-74 overall, 32-38 away) take on the struggling Rocky Romero and the Toronto Blue Jays (64-76 overall, 34-35 home) in the second game of a three-game series from Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON Canada at 7:07 ET.
The posted money line at Bodog has Seattle as an underdog vs. the aforementioned Romero at current odds of +115.
The Blue Jays have basically packed it in for the season despite sweeping three games from the Boston Red Sox this past weekend, as the Red Sox are one of the few teams in more dire straits than Toronto is. The Jays returned to their losing ways in the series opener 4-3 here last night, and although they are in fourth place in American League East one game ahead of Boston, the Blue Jays have a worse record than the Mariners, who are in last place in the West!
It is hard to believe at this point that the Blue Jays were actually hanging around in the division race and Romero was 8-1approaching the midway point of the season. However, Toronto has been beset by injuries over the last two months or so with basically all of its top hitters on the Disabled List, and the Jays have been fielding what looks like a AAA lineup for quite a while.
Toronto’s main power source Jose Batista probably tried to come back too soon a couple of weeks ago and he re-aggravated his wrist injury, necessitating season ending surgery. Thus the offense is understandably struggling, batting .212 overall in the last 10 games while averaging 3.90 runs per contest.
And then there is the strange case of Romero, who we have always felt was a bit underrated before this season. Seemingly without explanation, Ricky has been truly awful this year and he is showing absolutely no signs of improvement. His 8-1 start was totally fluky as he received great run support when the Toronto hitters were healthy, and he has since lost 12 straight decisions to fall to 8-13 with a dreadful 5.85 ERA and 1.59 WHIP.
Romero has not won a game since June 22nd, and while he has had plenty of rough outings to choose from, his last start may have actually been his worst one yet as he was charged with seven earned runs and eight hits while lasting one inning vs. the normally light-hitting Tampa Bay Rays! The last time Romero faced the Mariners, he took the loss (naturally) when he allowed four runs on eight hits plus two walks in six innings on July 30th in Seattle.
Now Millwood is 5-12 with a 4.27 ERA for the Mariners, but he has had some nice moments this year just as when he held the Red Sox to one run on four hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory in his last start. He also pitched well on his only start vs. Toronto this season despite taking the loss, and that outing came here in this stadium where he was charged with just one earned run while allowing seven hits in seven innings.
The bottom line here is that Romero should not be favored over anyone this season, let alone vs. a team that actually has a better record than the depleted Blue Jays. With this in mind, back the Mariners as underdogs on Wednesday.
The posted money line at Bodog has Seattle as an underdog vs. the aforementioned Romero at current odds of +115.
The Blue Jays have basically packed it in for the season despite sweeping three games from the Boston Red Sox this past weekend, as the Red Sox are one of the few teams in more dire straits than Toronto is. The Jays returned to their losing ways in the series opener 4-3 here last night, and although they are in fourth place in American League East one game ahead of Boston, the Blue Jays have a worse record than the Mariners, who are in last place in the West!It is hard to believe at this point that the Blue Jays were actually hanging around in the division race and Romero was 8-1approaching the midway point of the season. However, Toronto has been beset by injuries over the last two months or so with basically all of its top hitters on the Disabled List, and the Jays have been fielding what looks like a AAA lineup for quite a while.
Toronto’s main power source Jose Batista probably tried to come back too soon a couple of weeks ago and he re-aggravated his wrist injury, necessitating season ending surgery. Thus the offense is understandably struggling, batting .212 overall in the last 10 games while averaging 3.90 runs per contest.
And then there is the strange case of Romero, who we have always felt was a bit underrated before this season. Seemingly without explanation, Ricky has been truly awful this year and he is showing absolutely no signs of improvement. His 8-1 start was totally fluky as he received great run support when the Toronto hitters were healthy, and he has since lost 12 straight decisions to fall to 8-13 with a dreadful 5.85 ERA and 1.59 WHIP.
Romero has not won a game since June 22nd, and while he has had plenty of rough outings to choose from, his last start may have actually been his worst one yet as he was charged with seven earned runs and eight hits while lasting one inning vs. the normally light-hitting Tampa Bay Rays! The last time Romero faced the Mariners, he took the loss (naturally) when he allowed four runs on eight hits plus two walks in six innings on July 30th in Seattle.
Now Millwood is 5-12 with a 4.27 ERA for the Mariners, but he has had some nice moments this year just as when he held the Red Sox to one run on four hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory in his last start. He also pitched well on his only start vs. Toronto this season despite taking the loss, and that outing came here in this stadium where he was charged with just one earned run while allowing seven hits in seven innings.
The bottom line here is that Romero should not be favored over anyone this season, let alone vs. a team that actually has a better record than the depleted Blue Jays. With this in mind, back the Mariners as underdogs on Wednesday.
MLB Pick: Mariners +115 +++
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