Game Picks - Tuesday: May 5, 2009

Several lessens were learned from yesterday's games. First, Greinke is an animal and until further notice, never pick against him. Duh! Secondly, don't pick against the Dodgers at home. Duh. And last but not least, closers are hell on prognosticators. Grrrrrr...

Here are today's picks:

• Houston over Washington: Oswalt should prevail in this game. The Nationals have a good line up, but Houston is facing the weaker part of the Nationals' rotation.
• Cleveland over Toronto: The Indians are heating up and Toronto is starting to see that Hill and Scutaro can't keep up this pace forever.
• Giants over the Cubs: It's hard to pick against Sean Marshall, who has been very good, but Lincecum has been too dominant lately.
• Bay Rays over Orioles: Betting that Garza will continue his hot pitching.
• Mariners over the Rangers: Bedard seems a natural over Padilla.
• Brewers over the Pirates: It's hard to pick Suppon to win a game but the Brewers have been hot and Snell has been the least successful Pirate pitcher.
• Twins over the Tigers: Porcello will have his good moments, but the Twins should get to him tonight.
• Yankees over the Red Sox: The Yankees are due to win one of these games. Beckett has been struggling and Chamberlain is coming off a good game.
• Braves over the Mets: Livan Hernandez is pitching for the Mets. Enough said.
• Marlins over the Reds: In the best pitching matchup of the day, Volstad goes for the Marlins and Volquez for the Reds. The Fan will be watching this one.
• Royals over the White Sox: Holy cow, the White Sox are an OLD team. Davies should win.
• Cardinals over the Phillies: Like Wainwright over Myers.
• Rockies over the Padres: Only because the Fan knows who Cook is for the Rockies but has no idea who Geer is for the Padres.
• Oakland over the Angels: The Fan likes this Braden kid. He's become a box score favorite.
• Dodgers over the Diamondbacks: Please refer to the opening paragraph of this post.

Yesterday: 6-9. Week: 15-15