Welcome to the biggest and best baseball handicapping guide on the planet.
Trying to handicap the MLB is no easy task. That’s why we’ve assembled a comprehensive list of tools and resources to help you beat the sportsbooks!
Handicapping Major League Baseball: Finding What Works & What Doesn’t
Baseball is a sport of statistics, perhaps more than any other sport. That means you are bombarded with numbers in every matchup that you research. Our goal is to help you sift through the data and find what really matters when trying to pick winners.
Don’t Be Just Another Square Bettor
Squares take any talking point they hear on ESPN or read about on the Internet and try to apply it to some half-baked betting strategy. There’s a reason most bettors fail, and a big part of it is not learning what logically makes sense versus what makes a good headline.
If you win, we win! Our sole purpose is to make you more money this season. We have some amazing handicappers you can follow, but if you can use our resources to win on your own, that’s a win our our book as well!
The Ultimate List of MLB Handicapping Resources
Handicapping baseball is markedly different than it is for any other sport. There is a long season to consider, plus the fact that you are typically betting on the moneyline as opposed to against the spread.
You should be able to use the moneyline to you advantage. If are betting small favorites and underdogs, you can actual profit more than you would in other sports (betting against the spread) because you don’t necessarily need to hit as high of a percentage of your bets.
While this certainly doesn’t guarantee profits, it does make it much easier to win long-term, especially because there are so many games to choose from each week.
If you are someone who is new to betting on the MLB or simply want to take your game to the next level, I’ve put together a list of the best resources to help you this season.
- Handicapping Essentials
- Key Matchup Tools
- Proven Strategies & Betting Systems
- Season Predictions, Futures, Win Totals, & Props
- Top External Resources
- Extras: Salaries & Mock Drafts
Chapter 1: Handicapping Essentials
- How to Bet
- What Are MLB Run Lines
- List of Handicapping Stats
- Handicapping Styles for Betting Sports
- Common Handicapping Mistakes
- Series Betting
- Home Field Advantage
- Key Numbers For Totals
- Best MLB Handicappers
- Looking at Situations
- Importance of Using Dime Line Sportsbooks
- Umpires & MLB Totals
- Free MLB Expert Picks
Chapter 5: Top External Resources
- Weather – A great resource showing ballpark orientation along with detailed weather information.
- Baseball Prospectus – A deeper look into the lesser-known statistics that make players and teams successful.
- Baseball Reference – An infinite resource of baseball statistics, records and information.
- Statfox – Detailed matchups and statistics with betting angles on every game.
- Baseball HQ – One of the leaders in a new way of looking at baseball through advanced analytics with a focus on Sabermetrics.
- Umpire Stats (Covers) – Detailed records of every umpire throughout the season (home team records, over/under numbers, etc.)
- FanGraphs – Tons of useful statistics on individual players and teams in an easily accessible format.
- Sagarin Ratings – World-famous statistical rankings by Jeff Sagarin.
