Betting Baseball – Finding the Profit Zone

Finding the right handicapping approach for betting baseball is the difference between having a profitable season versus a losing one. If you find the right approach, you will find that betting Major League Baseball is considerably more profitable than betting on NFL or NBA. One of the unique advantages that baseball betting offers is underdog betting. You can have a win rate of just 40 – 45% and still make a profit during the season compared with 52.5% for the NFL or NBA.

Wagering on underdog teams will pay larger odds while limiting your initial wager investment. It won’t take many wins to post a profitable season.

Another profit zone is to wager on a series between two teams. Most baseball matchups are played over a 3 or 4 game series. You could analyze baseball matchups to find which series offer the most potential with the least risk.

One of the easiest traps beginning baseball bettors make is to bet on favorites. Typically, these teams have very low payouts versus a high betting risk which makes them unattractive wagers. When these teams lose, the average bettor is out of luck and when they win, they payouts are so low it does not compensate for the risk the bettor took. A beginning bettor could have a very high win rate but still have a money losing season because of these high odd favorites.

There are many different approaches the average baseball bettor can use to make selections, but one of the most profitable is to find an underdog in a series which you can bet with low risk. With so many games played during a season, the average baseball bettor has to be careful which games are bet. You need to analyze the risk versus the reward for each game and series you are considering. As I said in previous baseball handicapping article, you need to develop a baseball handicapping system because betting strictly on favorite teams or on public opinion is the quickest way to lose your bankroll.

Betting baseball can be a fun and rewarding hobby if you take the time to develop a system. The system does not need to be elaborate or fancy, just some common sense “rules” that you apply to any given baseball match-up. Keep it simple, and use it for every game you are considering. If you don’t develop a system (or use someone else’s) you will have a difficult time putting together a winning baseball season.

Finding the profit zone is not always an easy task, but if you analyze every game and match-up, using your system, you will have a bigger advantage in finding those profitable games than the general public.

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