8/25/05 Thursday's MLB Picks (3) New York Mets -175 over Arizona Diamondbacks (1.0 Units) We had got to be crazy for not taking the Mets yesterday. Seo has been pitching great and Russ Ortiz had lost his previous 5 or 6 starts for the Dbacks. We missed that one completely. Anyways, going for road teams looking for a 4-game sweep if they won their previous two games by more than 1 run is 20-6 over the past 7 seasons if they are a favorite better than -130. If better than -160, they are 9-1. With Pedro Martinez on the mound and the Diamondbacks struggling offensively, we have got to like the Mets today because we see their bats scoring 14 and 18 runs in the past two games. We know backing teams off double digit performances have been bad this season but the Mets are two games back in the wild card. Use Pedro Martinez as a Listed Pitcher.

Cleveland Indians -130 over Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1.0 Units) Same system that helped us pick the Cardinals 8-3 winner yesterday at work today. The Indians, in the AL Wild Card race lost yesterday by 10 runs to the Devil Rays. We expect the Indians to come back motivated by their playoff hopes but also from their loss yesterday. As we mentioned earlier that going against teams scoring double digit runs has been money this season. The Indians are 6-1 in Cliff Lee's past 7 starts.

Minnesota Twins -110 over Chicago White Sox (1.5 Units) The White Sox did great yesterday but the truth of the matter is that they have been struggling with a 2-8 record L10. The Twins are still 8-2 L10. We expect the Twins to take it to these White Sox as they start to see themselves only 2.5 games back in the Wild Card.