PREMIUM
Stephen Nover's Run Line Game of the Week
(MLB) LA Angels vs. Toronto,
Point Spread: -1.50 | -129.00 Toronto (Home)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: -1.50 | -129.00 Toronto (Home)
Result: Loss
Jered Weaver and J.A. Happ are both 33. But that's where the similarity ends.No pitcher has more wins than Happ, who is 17-3 with a 3.05 ERA. Happ has turned his career around to where he's a serious Cy Young candidate. Weaver, on the other hand, has lost his fastball and is on a continuing decline.
Weaver has a 5.47 ERA. The Angels are 6-14 in his last 20 road starts. The Angels have lost 14 times when Weaver has started - all by more than one run.
The Angels did win on Wednesday. But they are playing the string out losers of 15 of their last 19. The Blue Jays are in a pennant race and draw the Angels here in a get away game where the Angels have to cross the border following the game.
Toronto is 21-5 in Happ's last 26 starts, including winning the past seven times he's faced a sub .500 opponent.
Weaver has a 5.47 ERA. The Angels are 6-14 in his last 20 road starts. The Angels have lost 14 times when Weaver has started - all by more than one run.
The Angels did win on Wednesday. But they are playing the string out losers of 15 of their last 19. The Blue Jays are in a pennant race and draw the Angels here in a get away game where the Angels have to cross the border following the game.
Toronto is 21-5 in Happ's last 26 starts, including winning the past seven times he's faced a sub .500 opponent.