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08/14/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- Fresh off his first win in over two months, Rick Porcello will take the mound this evening for the Detroit Tigers as they battle the Chicago White Sox in the second contest of a three-game set at U.S. Cellular Field.
After losing six times in his previous eight starts, Porcello took the hill against the Angels on Sunday and posted his first victory since May 23. In the win over Los Angeles, the young right-hander surrendered three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits in six innings. It was just the fifth win on the year for Porcello, who has a subpar 5.74 earned run average on the season.
This will be the second start against the White Sox this season for Porcello, and the fifth of his career. The White Sox have owned the New Jersey native in the past, punishing Porcello for 24 runs in 20 innings. In a loss to Chicago back on August 3, Porcello was torched for seven runs on eight hits in just 4 1/3 innings of work.
Since being traded to the White Sox just prior to the July 31 deadline, Edwin Jackson has been sensational and will look to continue his solid pitching this evening. Jackson, who pitched in Detroit during the 2009 season, is coming off a strong performance against Baltimore in his last start.
In Monday's matchup against the O's, Jackson surrendered just two runs -- one earned -- in six innings. He also struck out seven batters and walked one, but Detroit was unable to capitalize on his solid outing and fell to Baltimore by a 3-2 margin.
This will be Jackson's third start against his former team this season. The right-hander won the first two meetings while posting an impressive 2.45 earned run average.
In yesterday's opener, Gordon Beckham clubbed a three-run homer and Mark Teahen added a two-run blast in his return from the disabled list as the White Sox doubled up Detroit, 8-4.
Juan Pierre hit a run-scoring triple for the White Sox, while Mark Buehrle (11-9) earned the win after giving up three runs on five hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings.
Chicago, which has won 22 of its last 26 home games, remains one game back of AL Central-leading Minnesota. The Twins beat Oakland on Friday.
Brandon Inge and Ryan Raburn both homered for the Tigers, who have dropped seven of nine. Jeremy Bonderman (6-8) allowed six runs on seven hits over six full frames to take the loss.
Chicago is now 7-2 against Detroit this season.
<< Wenger signs Arsenal extension
London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Arsenal have announced that long-serving
manager Arsene Wenger has signed a new contract that will keep him at the
Emirates Stadium until the end of the 2013-14 season.
Wenger, who was appointed Gun
<< Giants to face challenge from Padres' Latos
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- The San Francisco Giants were unable to gain ground on the
first-place San Diego Padres in Friday's opener of an important three-game
series between the National League West foes. With a matchup against the
formidable Mat La
<< Red-hot Orioles seek to extend Rays' recent struggles
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- The Baltimore Orioles will try to continue their
sensational play under new head coach Buck Showalter when they take on the
Tampa Bay Rays this afternoon in the second installment of a three-game series
at Tropicana Field.
<< Red Sox, Rangers continue key series in Texas
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Fresh off a thrilling come-from-behind extra-inning
extravaganza, the Texas Rangers will try to kick the Boston Red Sox while they
are down when the two teams do battle again this evening in the middle matchup
of a three-game
Astros set sights on handing Bucs ninth straight road loss >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bud Norris will try for a third straight winning decision
and lead his Houston Astros to a second consecutive victory over the
Pittsburgh Pirates when the two National League Central members continue a
three-game series from
Hughes goes for No. 14 in Yanks-Royals clash >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- The New York Yankees will try to put further distance
between themselves and the rest of the American League East when they battle
the Kansas City Royals tonight in the third contest of a four-game series at
Kauffman Stadium
First-place Twins to be tested by A's Cahill >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) -- The young but talented Trevor Cahill will toe the rubber
this evening for Oakland when the Athletics take on the Minnesota Twins
tonight in the second installment of a three-game set at Target Field.
Cahill has won six of
Slumping rookie gets call for Reds in bout with Marlins >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Skidding rookie right-hander Mike Leake tries to end the
first three-start losing streak of his career tonight, when the Cincinnati
Reds host the Florida Marlins in the second of three weekend games at Great
American Ball Par
Super Bowl XLIII is now set, the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers will meet each other on February 1st in Tampa's Raymond James Stadium to battle it out for the coveted Lombardi Trophy. The game kicks off at 6:00pm ET on NBC with announcers Al Michaels and John Madden covering the on-field action. Super Bowl XLIII betting odds at online bookmaker MySportsbook.com have the Steelers listed as an early -6.5 against the spread favorite.Super Bowl XLIII Betting Odds
Pittsburgh earned their passage to the big game by beating their division rival, the Baltimore Ravens, 23-14 in yesterday's AFC Championship Game. The Steelers jumped on Baltimore early, building a 13-0 first half lead, and never let up on their way to a fairly easy win. Although the Ravens did close to within two points in the fourth quarter, it never appeared as if they had enough offense to pull off the upset.
The Steelers dominating defense held Baltimore to a total of 198 yards while allowing them to convert just three third downs in 13 attempts. Pittsburgh also forced quarterback Joe Flacco into three interceptions, one of which safety Troy Polamalu returned fourty yards for a touchdown.
The Cardinals, by far the playoff team with the longest odds to reach Super Bowl XLIII, did so yesterday with a 32-25 upset of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship. Arizona charged out of the gates and built a 24-6 halftime lead that had the Eagles venerable defense reeling. Quarterback Kurt Warner and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald did most of the damage, connecting on three first half touchdowns.
Arizona, however, could not sustain their momentum and the Eagles took a 25-24 with 10:45 left to play in the fourth. The Cardinals, with the franchise's first Super Bowl appearance hanging in the balance, mounted a fourteen play, 72 yard touchdown drive that consumed 7:52 off the clock. Warner hit running back Tim Hightower on a short screen for the go-ahead, game clinching score that will forever live in Cardinal infamy.
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Pittsburgh Steelers -6.5 (-110), Over 46.5 (-110), -260 (Money line)
Arizona Cardinals +6.5 (-110), Under 46.5 (-110), +220 (Money line)
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In the wake of the news that the 49ers have signed receiver Michael Crabtree after an extended holdout, there has been not a hint of the dollars to be paid to Crabtree.
And since this means that his agent hasn't leaked the numbers, it means that his agent feels no specific motivation to do so.
Possibly because his agent isn't all that thrilled to have his name on the deal.
So the numbers will come from sources other than Crabtree's agent. And we've gotten our mitts into them.
Per a league source, Crabtree has signed a six-year, $32 million contract. (The total includes guaranteed money, base salaries, and the one-time incentive based on achieving minimum playing time.)
The deal also includes $17 million in guaranteed money.
As reported elsewhere, the deal can void to five years based on performance triggers, wiping out a final year base salary of $4 million. But they won't be easily reached.
The source tells us that, in his first four seasons (including 2009), Crabtree must either qualify for two Pro Bowls, or he must qualify for one Pro Bowl in one year and he must participate in 80 percent of the offensive snaps in a separate year in which the team makes the playoffs.
In other words, if in 2010 he qualifies for the Pro Bowl and the team makes the playoffs and he participates in 80 percent of the snaps, he'll still need to make it to the Pro Bowl or achieve the 80-percent/playoffs in another season.
Since the chances of Crabtree making the Pro Bowl or participating in 80 percent of the offensive snaps this year is roughly zero percent, he'll have three years to get it done.
And it won't be easy. Frankly, he'll be hard pressed to make it to one Pro Bowl in three years with the likes of Larry Fitzgerald, Calvin Johnson, Anquan Boldin, Steve Smith, the other Steve Smith, Hakeem Nicks, DeSean Jackson, Johnny Knox, Percy Harvin, Greg Jennings, Roddy White, T.J. Houshmandzadeh in the same conference for sportsbook betting.
So, by all appearances, it's a six-year deal. And at $17 million in guaranteed money, the per-year guarantee is a tepid $2.83 million per year.
There's another problem with the deal -- it has no mid-tier incentive package. Instead, the additional $8 million that Crabtree can earn (pushing the max value to six years, $40 million) requires the kind of unrealistic, mega-star performances that no rookie is likely to ever achieve.
So while the contract paid to Packers defensive tackle B.J. Raji covers five years and pays $22.5 million, he has the ability (if he's a solid player) to make up the difference between his base deal and Crabtree's five-year, $28 million haul via the mid-tier incentive package in Raji's deal.
And unless Crabtree meets the performance thresholds necessary to void the sixth year, he'll be stuck under contract for another year at a base salary of only $4 million.
There's one other area of concern with the deal. Crabtree, per the source, received no option bonus. Instead, he has significant money tied to a fairly new device known as a "discretionary salary advance," which unlike an opition bonus is subject to forfeiture if Crabtree decides in a year or two that he wants to hold out for a better deal. (We're also told that the 49ers have included language that would make certain escalators subject to forfeiture, too.)
Meanwhile, the deal falls well short of the mark for which Crabtree and agent Eugene Parker were aiming -- the five-year, $38.25 million contract paid by the Raiders to receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey, the seventh overall pick in the draft.
Even if Crabtree successfully voids the final year, he'll make more than $2 million per year less on average than Heyward-Bey.
Thus, as we explained earlier in the day, this is a deal that Crabtree could have done in July, which would have given him a much better chance of making a contribution to the 49ers during his rookie year.
So while the final outcome can be described as win-win, the broader view suggests that it's really a lose-lose situation.
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