PLAYERS:
Troy Tulowitzki,
Anibal Sanchez,
Victor Martinez,
Torii Hunter,
Justin Verlander,
Prince Fielder,
Miguel Cabrera,
RA Dickey,
Johan Santana,
Shaun Marcum,
Brett Anderson,
Bryce Harper,
Stephen Strasburg,
Denard Span,
Rafael Soriano
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Washington Nationals
It's a Spring Training tradition like any other: the release of the first batch of over/under win totals. ESPN's Jonah Keri tweeted out this link to the first batch of this year's over/unders, from Atlantis in Las Vegas. Looking at the totals, there are a lot of interesting looking bets. Here's what I think are the eight best bets coming out of the first totals of the season. Baltimore Orioles: OVER 76 1/2 wins. The Orioles are probably going to regress in 2013. But are they going to regress by at least 17 wins? That seems like a huge stretch, even if they outperformed their Pythagorean record by 11 games last season. Personally, I don't think the Orioles are a playoff team in 2013 (as of right now at least), but I see them hovering around .500, and easily clearing the 76 win benchmark. Chicago Cubs: UNDER 72 wins. It's not about success at the major league level for the Cubs. They didn't vastly improve their team from a year ago, and there's a ve...
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