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The New York Yankees topped
the AL East again in 2006 going 97-65 and a very
impressive 19 games above .500 at home. Sounds like a
great team to back, right? Wrong! The Yankees are a team
that you definitely need to pick your spots with. The
Yankees consistently win about 60 percent of their games
year after year, yet backers take huge hits in their
pocket books. The Yankees get so much betting attention
and media hype playing in the big market of New York
City that their lines are always grossly inflated. It’s
true that the Yanks do have the talent to win the
majority of their games, but because of the monstrous
juice you have to fork out to back this team, losses
mean big chunks getting taken out of your bankroll.
The New York Yankees will bring their bats again this
season, but their starting rotation appears to once
again he their Achilles heel. Putting Randy Johnson in
pin-stripes didn’t work out so well, but the Yankees
have decided to bring another veteran left hander in to
hopefully fill a void. The acquisition of Pettitte seems
to be a slightly better move as he has lots of
experiencing pitching in Yankee Stadium. But, perhaps,
this move was more about getting the Rocket back in
pin-stripes hoping that he will follow his good buddy to
The Big Apple.
The AL East will be a two-team race once again with
Boston and New York as the loss of Ted Lilly from
Toronto’s starting rotation will likely take the Jays
out of the mix. I don’t expect things like A-Rod’s
relationship with the Yankees' fans and Rivera’s
contract situation to keep this team from capturing
another AL East title, but it could keep them from
getting back to the World Series.
It will be important that we look for opportunities to
bet against the Yankees in 2007, especially on the road.
Last season, the Yankees won 59.9% of their games with
winning records over every AL division and against the
NL, but backers finished well out of the money at -204.
As one might expect the Yankees biggest troubles were
with the AL West finishing just 18-17 against the
division on the season. This is largely due to the fact
that it is extremely difficult for east coast teams to
perform out west (and vice versa) because of jet lag
associated with playing across time zones and the length
of the road trips. Players don’t sleep as well at
hotels. They don’t eat as healthy on the road. Players
are taken out of their comfort level. The Yankees still
find themselves favored on the road the large majority
of the time against a division that is considered the
weakest in the AL. This gives us great opportunity to go
against the grain and pick against the Yankees when they
are out west. I can already here the dogs barking.
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