What is MLB and what are its types of bets?

 

Major League Baseball, also known by its acronym MLB, is the professional baseball organization in the United States and the largest division of the entire professional level of this sport in that country. Baseball is considered by a large number of people as "The King of Sports" and in the United States it is known as "America's national pastime", however it is only the second most watched sport in this country behind soccer. American but in the same way the amount of followers he has is counted in millions.

 

And not only in the United States the MLB has a lot of repercussion but around other Latin American countries and even other continents. Because baseball is so deeply rooted in Latino culture, many foreign players are in the Major Leagues, which undoubtedly makes MLB a product that transcends borders.

 

The MLB is divided into two leagues:

 

• National League (abbreviated NL, founded in 1876)
• American league (abbreviated AL, founded in 1901)

 

Currently each league is made up of 15 teams, which are divided by divisions: east, central and west and each division is made up of 5 teams.

 

The regular season consists of 162 games on a schedule that normally runs from late March / early April through September. In the regular season the teams compete against each other and finally only five teams per league (3 divisional champions in addition to the other two teams with the best records) go to the postseason.

 

The 2020 MLB season has made changes to the season and postseason format due to the extraordinary situation globally.

 

How to bet on MLB: previous recommendations before betting

 

If you are part of the Caribbean countries of Latin America, it is most likely that your country has a rich culture in baseball and that at some point in your life you have heard or seen something about this sport. Its popularity is much less in Europe where its repercussion is not the same, but the MLB has made efforts lately to take its product to the other side of the pond.

 

Baseball is a very exciting sport where a large number of plays can occur with each pitch. Give yourself a chance to meet him!

 

Here we will give you tips when it comes to betting on baseball.

 

Statistics matter: perhaps baseball is the sport where statistics play a major role and can best define a team. A high batting average means that the team tends to hit more regularly, if it is low it is the opposite case. A high ERA tells us that a team allows many runs, while a low ERA tells us otherwise. ERA and batting average are just two of several stats to consider: WHIP, OBP, SLG, K / 9, IP. It is important to know these terms before getting into baseball.

 

Each stadium has its magic: although the baseball rules specify the size of the playing field, the dimensions of the stadiums vary greatly and each one has something that distinguishes it from the others, either in its infrastructure or by the conditions in which it is played. Fenway Park's right field is much shorter than others for example, and by conditions we mean that the weather is also an important factor. At Coors Field the ball is prone to fly more, at Wrigley Field the direction the wind blows affects a lot, Chase Field is roofed and if the roof is opened or closed the conditions change a lot, and so on.

 

Check the lineup before you bet: lineups for a baseball game are often posted much earlier than other sports. Before betting, check if the key players of the teams are part of the lineup for the match. The lack of a key offensive player can greatly affect a team's ability to produce runs. Also check which pitchers will be in charge of starting the match, since the course of the game depends a large part on them. The pitchers are usually established even days before the lineup is published, but there may be last minute changes so you have to be very attentive to it.

 

Types of bets in MLB

 

Next we will name the most common bets for MLB games.

 

Direct bet or MoneyLine

The traditional and more straightforward type of bet is of course available in baseball betting. It can be presented in the 1-2 or 1X2 format. Baseball is a sport that cannot end in a tie, so 1-2 equals the full event and 1X2 the regular time (not including extra inning).

 

To win this type of bets we only need the team we bet on to be the winner in the event and thus we can collect our money.

 

Asian handicap

 

Handicap betting is also available in baseball. Ehe handicap is normally used to offer more attractive odds under certain conditions when an event is very uneven. In this type of bets the team we have bet on starts with an advantage or a disadvantage depending on the handicap we are using.

 

Let's take the example of handicap 1.5. If we play the -1.5 handicap with team 1, that team must win the game by more than two races ahead in order to win our bet. If we take the +1.5 handicap from team 2, that team cannot lose by more than one race difference or we will lose our bet.

 

Positive handicaps in baseball are not very popular since games are usually decided by several runs of difference, so many opt more for the direct bet for those cases.

 

Totals

 

Totals bets are of two types: more (over) or less (under). In this type of betting, the winning team is not important, but the number of runs that were scored in the event.

 

To know whether or not we hit a bet on totals, we must add the number of runs scored between both teams and check if it is greater or less than the total bet.

 

Following the example in the image: we have a total of 7.5. If we bet on the plus (over) the game has to end with a total of 8 runs or more, regardless of which team wins. Markers like 7-3, 4-5, 1-9 help us to win our bet. If we bet for less (under) the final result must have a maximum of 7 races and results such as 4-2 or 1-6 help us to win our bet.

 

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