Game Picks - Sunday: May 10, 2009

It was a joyless day on Saturday and the picks took a semi-beating. Greinke pitched his heart out but lost to Joe Saunders, who pitched his heart out. The Yankees looked abominable. The Pirates' best pitcher got cuffed. King Felix was mashed. Millwood was great, but the Rangers uncharacteristicly didn't score. Oh well. In the words of Clarisse, "There's always tomorrow..."

Today's picks are fraught with tough and touchie match ups. The Fan will tenderly walk through the mine field:

• Phillies over the Braves: Myers over Kawakami. This pick has danger written all over it.
• Tigers over the Indians: Are the Indians even more frustrating than the Yankees? All that talent? Porcello goes for the Tigers. Young, inconsistent. He pitches against Reyes, who doesn't look to stay in the rotation much longer for Cleveland.
• Mets over the Pirates: Livan over Snell. Can it be? Can Livan win two in a row? Hard to pick against the Mets right now as they are really on a roll. Even Sheffield had two hits yesterday.
• Reds over the Cardinals: Can the Reds really sweep? Can Volquez throw a third great game in a row? So far, all of these picks could go wrong. Ugh!
• Yankees over the Orioles: Because the Fan is stubborn and a Chamberlain fan. [sigh]
• Padres over Houston: Oswalt hasn't looked like Oswalt. Geer was great last time out. Berkman won't be in the lineup. Crapshoot city again...
• Cubs over the Brewers: Counting on Sean Marshall to save the Cubbies from a sweep? Oh boy.
• Rangers over the White Sox: Padilla verses Colon? Anything can happen. Man, this is hard today.
• Twins over the Mariners: Yes, Bedard is pitching. But Mauer is batting .500 since his return with three homers and a gazillion runs scored by the Twins. But then again, Bedard has the stuff to shut them down. Egads!
• Marlins over the Rockies: Cook is one of the better pitchers for Colorado, but Volstad shouldn't have two bad starts in a row, should he? Man oh man!
• Royals over the Angels: Loux is pitching for the Angels? Thinking that will put the Angels in the toilet. Davies always hangs tough. But the Fan has been burned all year by no-name pitchers. Sheesh.
• Oakland over the Blue Jays: Braden versus Cecil in another battle of AAA pitchers. Does this ever end?
• Giants over the Dodgers: Lincecum. An ace at last! And against the suckier Weaver, who happened to pitch lights out last time! Oy! But the Manny funk continues.
• Nationals over the Diamondbacks: Because the Nationals seem like the better team right now. Is that possible?
• Bay Rays over the Red Sox: Beckett has been in the bucket and Garza has been awesome. But still. Is the Fan nuts? Apparently. Longoria has been other-worldly.

This could be a disaster.

Yesterday: 7-8
Last Week: 56-47