Diamond Trends – Saturday

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PLAY-ON TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Yankees are 14-0 SU as a road 140+ favorite off a road game in which their opponent scored first, they took the lead, but lost.

PLAY-AGAINST TREND OF THE DAY:

-- MLB dogs higher than 165 are 0-34 SU when they are off a come from behind win at home in which their opponent did not have more than ten team left on base. The Blue Jays qualify here.

TOTAL TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Red Sox are 10-0 OU in the first game of a series with rest when they scored two or fewer runs for their starter in his last start. The average final score in these 10 games has been 8.00 runs to 7.70 runs.

PITCHER-BASED TREND OF THE DAY:

-- The Yankees are 14-0 OU when James Paxton starts as a 140+ favorite when their opponent is averaging more than 7 strike outs a game. NY has gone OVER by an average of 3.14 runs in this spot.

MONSTER TRENDS:

-- The Braves are 6-0 SU in franchise history with Mike Foltynewicz as a road dog when they won his last four starts. Atlanta was an average of plus 146 on the moneyline in these six wins and Foltynewicz produced a quality start in every one of them.

-- The Blue Jays are 0-8 SU as a home dog by more than 160 after a game in which they scored in more innings than their opponent, losing by an average of 6.67 runs.


Trends are verified using Sports Data Query Language (SDQL)