2007 Baseball Runline Standings (as of August 19, 2007)
Updated standings for MLB Run line betting. Most teams have played around 120 games, which is the three quarter mark of the season. Teams have shown their colors, and we pretty much know what we are going to know about the teams.
If you look at the top 5 teams on the list, you will notice a similarity among the teams. Colorado, Seattle, and Arizona are all having great seasons, much better then anyone could have expected. These teams positive run line results should be no surprise now.
The Phillies started off very cold at the beginning of the season and turned off many betters. Ryan Howard started off slow which probably helped the situation more. So as people started to fade the Phillies, Philadelphia turned it on with some favorable odds behind them. Couple this with the fact that they play the Mets and the Braves so often in their division (two teams that are notoriously over played and valued by bettors) they have been able to move their way right up to the top of the list.
Toronto and Baltimore are also very similar to each other and share similar results. They benefit greatly by playing Tampa Bay as many times as they do. You can see that out of the 5 teams in the AL East, all are profitable with the exception of the Devil Rays. Toronto and Baltimore are not having great years by any means, but both are undervalued primarily because of the large shadow the Red Sox and Yankees cast. Both these teams will almost always be underdogs against the New York and Boston, at home or away. And because everyone loves the Yankees and Red Sox, the odds will always be favorable towards the underdogs getting 1.5 runs against them. It is not uncommon to see +1.5 for Baltimore at home with a +120 or higher against the powerhouses. And on the slight chance that either Toronto or Baltimore have a -1.5 line against the yankees or the Red Sox, the payout will always be around +180 to +200 when they win, and -100 when they lose.
