Diamond Trends – Monday

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PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Indians are 25-0 SU as a 140+ favorite off a game as a favorite when they blew a lead in their starter's last start and lost and it is post All-Star break.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Orioles are 0-15 SU as a home 135+ dog after a game in which they had more strikeouts than hits.

HITTER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Nationals are 0-9 SU after a game in which Anthony Rendon had multiple RBI. Washington was an average of minus 151 on the moneyline, but they lost these nine games by an average of 4.11 runs.

STARTER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Diamondbacks are a perfect 8-0 SU in franchise history with Patrick Corbin when his WHIP was 1.5 or less and they lost as a road favorite in his last start. Every start was a quality start and the opponent has averaged 1.62 runs in these eight games.

ACTIVE TRENDS:

-- The Nationals are 0-5 SU as a favorite off a win as a favorite in which they never trailed. Washington was an average of minus 177 on the moneyline in these five losses, but they lost every game by multiple runs.

-- The Brewers are 7-0 OU in the first game of a home series when their line is within 25 cents of pickem and they used 5+ pitchers yesterday. The average final score in these seven games has been 6.86 runs to 8.14 runs.


Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)