Explain Baseball Overs & Unders betting.

Question

Base ball betting is comparatively easier than other sports betting. I intend to place a bet on the upcoming Baseball matches, therefore looking for explanation of Baseball Overs & Unders betting. Please help me in this regard.

Answer 1

Baseball Overs & Unders
If you're completely new to overs/unders, more commonly referred to as totals, a good place to get started is here.

Baseball totals are just like the totals for any other sport, in that you're betting the total number of points (runs in this case) is either over or under the bookmaker's predicted total.

The one difference is that in many cases you will have to risk more than the standard -110 used in football and basketball totals when you place a baseball totals bet. On the positive side, there will be cases where you receive favorable odds, such as +120 when you place a toals bet in baseball.

Using our earlier game between the Padres and the Giants for total purposes, it's quite possible we would see a totals proposition of:

San Diego Padres OV 8.5 -130
San Francisco Giants UN 8.5 +110[

What this means is that bettors wishing to wager more than 8.5 runs will be scored will have to risk $130 to win $100, while those wagering on the under will risk $100 to win $110.

For wagering purposes what happens in extra innings counts, both for totals and run line bets.

As a general rule, strikeout pitchers typically perform better in night games and may be solid under plays, while off-speed pitchers who don't register too many strikeouts are usually good over plays when they are pitching in the daytime.

There you have the basics to betting on the National Pastime. Bet wisely and remember that it's a long season and you might be the next gambler to be singing the praises of baseball wagering.