3 Tips for Betting Baseball

Baseball is one of most misunderstood sports when it comes to betting. This misunderstanding is the reason why many find betting on baseball extremely difficult.

The main reason that makes baseball difficult to bet on is the length of the season and the number of games that are played. Each of the 30 Major League Baseball teams plays 162 games in a season. That equals 4,860 games to bet during the regular season. Then there is the playoffs and World Series.

With the number of games in a season, you must have good money management. However, money management alone will not enable you to win while betting on baseball. You need sound baseball handicapping strategies and tactics as well as proper money management to profit by betting on baseball.

Even without advanced baseball betting strategies, a bettor can be placed on the track to profitable baseball betting by following a few simple baseball betting tips.

Limit the Number of Games

With 4,860 games in a season, there are over 29,000 different bets that can be made in a season when you take in consideration of all the different bet types such as runline, moneyline, over/unders and first five innings.

Simple math tells you that you must limit your baseball bets to only your strongest plays and opinions. After all, the more baseball games you bet on means the more games that you must win to maintain a profitable winning percentage.

Many baseball bettors fall victim to betting too many games because they listen to so many opinions and place extra bets like parlays or want action on a game because it is on television. Regardless of the reason, betting too many games is an equation for losing.

To increase your odds on betting baseball and maintain a healthy betting bankroll during the baseball season, try to limit the games that you bet to only the ones that you thoroughly handicap and have a strong opinion about.

Putting Too Much Weight on the Impact of a Injured Player

In a sport like football, star players can be the difference between a win or loss. When a star quarterback, running back or cornerback goes down, the opposing team might find an advantage.

The outcome of a baseball game, however, isn't affected as much by the loss of one star player. This is because baseball is the ultimate team sport.

Public baseball bettors believe that the loss of a star player will lead to a completely different line-up and defensive games.

However, in a baseball game a player typically has only 3-6 at bats in a game. If you take that into consideration, that stud power-hitter might not decrease the run production as much as you think.

When it comes to defense, many teams have defensive specialist. Major League Baseball teams are comprised of the most talent baseball players in the world, when one player goes down, they typically have enough talent to compensate for that absence.

Though it is true that multiple injuries can affect how a team plays, the loss of one star does often doesn't affect a team as much as the public believes.

Betting on Highly Public Team

Teams like the Red Sox and Yankees are always on television. Because they are highly public teams and there is plenty of information to be found about them, many baseball bettors love to bet on these teams.

The problem with betting these highly public teams is that you are losing value in your baseball bet. Not only do these teams garner attention from the public bettors, but the oddsmakers pay closer attention to them as well. Because of this, the odds on these teams will be tighter and typically higher.

If you bet on highly public teams night in and night out, you will not be receiving the best value on your baseball bets. To find spots of real value while betting on baseball, you must diversify your teams and examine situations and pitching match-ups.

About The Author

Frank Benjamin is the co-founder of the Sports Betting Academy that includes free tips for betting baseball.

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