NATIONAL LEAGUE: LINE RESULTS and LINETRENDS ...
Taking a look at the National League teams v. the line, we find seven teams in positive territory as home favorites, home underdogs and away favorites, with six teams ahead as away underdogs, as fair a split as we have seen for awhile.
The leaders are Milwaukee as home favs, Colorado as home ‘dogs, Arizona as away favs, and Washington as away ‘dogs.
The chart is done as if exactly $1 were bet on both sides of every game. Vig is included. The reason for the constant bet size is that it makes team comparisons easier or more meaningful than a varying bet size. In pick ‘em games (-1.05 on both teams) the road team is considered the favorite.Linetrends: Arizona won 7 of last 9 as home favs, won 6 of last 9 as home dogs, won 6 of last 7 as away favs ... Atlanta lost 7 of last 13 as home favs, lost 5 of last 6 as home dogs, won 7 of last 9 as away favs, lost 7 of last 11 as away dogs, through games of August 6th ...
Chicago lost 5 of last 8 as home favs, won 9 of last 14 as away favs ... Cincinnati won 6 of last 9 as home favs, won 5 of last 9 as home dogs, lost 5 of last 8 as away dogs ...
Colorado won 7 of last 8 as home favs, won 11 of last 13 times they were underdogs at home, won 5 of last 7 as road favs, lost 7 of last 10 as away dogs ... Florida won last 6 and 10 of last 14 as home favs, lost 12 of last 14 as home dogs, dropped last 6 games as road underdogs ... Houston won 9 of last 11 as home favorites, lost 13 of the last 14 when away underdogs ...Los Angeles lost 7 of the last 9 as home favs, lost 6 of last 7 as home dogs, won 10 of last 14 as away favs, lost 10 of last 14 as away underdogs ... Milwaukee won 7 of last 12 as home favs, lost 8 of last 11 as road favs, dropped last 5 and 10 of last 14 as away underdogs ... New York won 8 of the last dozen times they were favs at home, won 6 of last 8 as away favs, won 4 of last 6 as road dogs ...
Philadelphia won 8 of the last 10 as home favs, lost last 7 straight as home dogs, won 9 of last 14 as road favs, won 5 of last 8 as road dogs ... Pittsburgh won 7 of last 12 as home favs, lost 6 of last 9 as home dogs, lost 9 of last 10 games as away underdogs ...
St. Louis won 7 of last 10 games when home favs, lost 5 of last 9 as home underdogs, lost last 5 and 8 of last 10 as away favs, won 5 of last 7 as away underdogs ... San Diego won last 4 but lost 8 of last 15 when home favs, won 10 of last 13 games as road favs, lost 6 of last 8 as away underdogs ...
San Francisco won 6 of last 8 as home favs after a 4-11 phase ... Giants lost 5 of last 8 as home dogs, lost 6 of last 10 as away dogs ... Washington won 10 of the last twelve times they were home underdogs ... Nats lost 12 of last 17 when away underdogs ...
| N.L. | HomeFav | HDog | AwayFav | ADog | ||||
| ARIZONA | 20-13 | +2.03 | 13-8 | +5.90 | 13-5 | +5.88 | 17-24 | -1.55 |
| ATLANTA | 26-18 | -1.00 | 5-10 | -4.20 | 17-9 | +4.44 | 11-16 | -1.55 |
| CHICAGO | 27-24 | -4.91 | 3-4 | -1.05 | 15-11 | +0.93 | 13-13 | +0.50 |
| CINCINNATI | 13-18 | -8.60 | 11-11 | +1.40 | 2-4 | -2.10 | 21-31 | -3.15 |
| COLORADO | 16-12 | +0.17 | 15-9 | +8.00 | 5-5 | -0.59 | 21-28 | +1.35 |
| FLORIDA | 20-15 | +0.06 | 6-17 | -9.95 | 5-7 | -2.86 | 21-21 | +8.40 |
| HOUSTON | 22-16 | -0.32 | 7-9 | -1.35 | 7-8 | -1.83 | 13-30 | -12.80 |
| LOS ANGELES | 25-19 | -1.01 | 5-10 | -4.90 | 18-9 | +5.23 | 10-15 | -2.95 |
| MILWAUKEE | 36-17 | +7.57 | 3-3 | +0.40 | 10-14 | -5.64 | 11-19 | -5.90 |
| NEW YORK | 29-19 | even | 1-4 | -3.05 | 20-11 | +4.56 | 13-14 | +2.20 |
| PHILADELPHIA | 28-13 | +6.39 | 1-10 | -9.05 | 14-9 | +2.50 | 15-21 | -1.00 |
| PITTSBURGH | 12-13 | -3.96 | 13-19 | -3.95 | 2-2 | -0.31 | 17-30 | -5.25 |
| ST. LOUIS | 17-18 | -4.65 | 9-7 | +2.85 | 6-11 | -5.95 | 19-22 | +3.05 |
| SAN DIEGO | 31-21 | +0.11 | 1-5 | -4.00 | 15-9 | +2.48 | 13-16 | -0.75 |
| SAN FRANCISCO | 16-17 | -5.34 | 10-10 | +1.05 | 4-7 | -3.75 | 18-28 | -4.50 |
| WASHINGTON | 3-0 | +2.51 | 27-29 | +6.60 | 0-0 | 0.00 | 21-32 | +9.40 |
| N.L. | 341-253 | -10.95 | 130-165 | -15.30 | 153-121 | +2.99 | 254-361 | -14.50 |
... through games of August 6th, based on $1 per game bet on both teams, every game