Starting pitchers in Colorado never truly get the love they deserve. That’s because when you think Rockies baseball, you think Coors Field and naturally you think offense, offense and more offense.
Meet Kyle Freeland. He’s a 6-foot-4, 204-pound lefty from Denver of all places.
Freeland is one of the most profitable pitchers in baseball over the last three seasons.
He’s very affordable to bet too because the Rockies are not a super popular team, so they’re not bet like the Yankees or Red Sox or Cubs are. This makes bets on Freeland extremely cost effective. And holy cow has he been effective.
According to Rotoworld’s Edge Finder, the Rockies are 36-26-and-1 in Freeland’s starts over the last three seasons. A $100 bettor is up over $1,300. When Freeland pitches at home over that stretch, the Rockies are 21-7-and-3. A $100 bettor is up over $1,000 just betting on Freeland at Coors Field.[[ad:athena]]
Freeland faces the San Diego Padres tonight and opposes righty Zach Davies, who struggled earlier this month at Coors. Davis was pulled after throwing 70 pitches and giving up two home runs over five innings. The Padres have the better record, but the market has moved to the Rockies. In fact, San Diego opened up as a -120 favorite, now it’s Colorado favored at -107.
It takes some well-respected money to move a team that’s 3-and-7 in their last 10 games from an underdog to the favorite. That’s exactly what we have here – strong market respect for a profitable pitcher. Nothing more, nothing less. And that’s good enough for me.
Play on the Rockies -107.
