Baseball Bytes – MLB Betting Info and Tips – April 24, 2025

Baseball Bytes – MLB Betting Info and Tips – April 24, 2025

Forget The Padres, the New York Mets are Crushing It

Wasn’t it just last week that everyone (including us) was singing the praises of the San Diego Padres as the best club in the majors? Yes, that was true, and it’s not like San Diego has started playing like Colorado, but what about those New York Mets?

The Metropolitans swept Philadelphia at home this week after sweeping St. Louis (four games), giving them a seven-game win streak as they head to Washington to begin a four-game wrap-around series. New York at 18-7, +9.3 units is the best bet in the sport when this article was published.

In sweeping the Phillies (granted at home), what stood out is they were better in all facets of baseball than their rivals, be it hitting, pitching, or fielding.

The Mets’ pitching is fantastic in run prevention with an overall #1 ranking.

New York is middle of the road offensively despite its success. That is because they have five every day, and players that are splitting time, hitting below a .210 average, with Juan Soto at a mere .233. What this group does is generate timely hits from top to bottom on the lineup card to win games.

Things change rapidly in baseball, but at the moment, the Mets are kings.

Road Woes

With May on the horizon next week, we don’t recall seeing this many teams having horrible road issues. It’s not like home-field advantages have improved dramatically, but when you look at these clubs in road uniforms, oddsmakers are handing out bloated numbers on home squads facing these clubs.

Colorado 1-12

St. Louis 2-11

Atlanta 2-11

Chic. White Sox 1-10

Kansas City 3-10

Minnesota 3-10

At this time, this is over -50 units down!  What do all six of these clubs have in common away from home? They cannot score. They occupy six of the last seven slots in fewest runs scored away from home. All other factors have two to three teams at or above average, they just are not hitting.

For the time being, continue to bet against away losers.

Prop Bettors Corner

Earlier this year, on a podcast, I was told Paul Goldschmidt was washed up and the Yankees would pay for it. I disagreed with those on the show and said, at least for a half-season or longer, Goldy with his natural right-center swing, would enjoy hitting at Yankee Stadium and have success. As of the date of this article, Goldschmidt is batting .383. His RBI total isn’t high because teammate Aaron Judge is cleaning the sacks batting ahead of him.

Jump on Goldschmidt for hits a game while he’s hot. (And snag as much as you can of Judge.)

Baseball was lauded for speeding up the games, which made them more palatable to watch, giving the game a natural flow. Another aspect that has dramatically changed the game is giving base runners more chances to steal, which sets up more potential runs.

In 2022, 16 teams stole 83 or more bases that season. Granted, we are just at 15 percent of this season, but 22 clubs are currently positioned to steal 100 or more bags in 2025. The pitch clock and number of throws to first base have opened up the burning of the base paths. What was also altered is the understanding of teams to better apply this to their advantage.

This could be another area on the props side to take advantage of.

Colorado Rockies Betting Adjustment

This is the 32nd season of Colorado baseball. Since the beginning, no matter what kind of record the Rockies had, you knew they could score at Coors Field. Bettors for decades looked for OVERs on Colorado and in more recent times OVERs for the Rocks to score and the opposing team.

With props more prevalent than ever, when the Rockies were home, bettors could comb through the players of each team and find real wagering possibilities.

In today’s world of Colorado baseball, finding ways to bet on Rockies players has turned into less than a sure thing. Due to terrible ownership and equally bad scouting, not only is this franchise a perennial loser, they no longer send a batting order to the dish with four or five hitters that do legitimate damage.

Colorado has been a Top 5 scoring offense at home since its inception. Here we are in late April, and the Rocks are not even in the Top 10 of home teams scoring (11^th). Other than CF Brenton Doyle and possibly 2B Kyle Farmer, there is no juice in the lineup. There are no hitters to fear in Colorado’s batting, just a couple to respect.

This franchise has never figured out the pitching, and now they are failing to score in the most hitter-friendly park in the majors. For baseball bettors, they’ve been robbed of enjoying even one part of Colorado baseball, scoring.

A baseball team that is just over three decades old is still thought of as newer, but if the Rockies could put together two consecutive 162-0 seasons, they would still be 60+ games below .500 in their history.

Baseball Betting Angles to Follow This Weekend

>Kansas City is 17-2 at home vs. AL teams scoring 3.9 or fewer runs a game on the season.

>Cincinnati is 16-3 in away games when playing with a day off.

>Seattle is 14-2 in Friday home games. (Most often to start a series.)

>Cleveland is 18-3 in home games, having won four of their last five contests.

> JOSE BERRIOS of Toronto is 7-1 as a road underdog of +125 to +175. (Team’s record)

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