Which baseball leagues and events do you cover tips for?
Here on OLBG, we cover Major League Baseball, better known as simply the MLB as well as the leagues in Japan (NPB) and the league in South Korea (KBO).
This is the oldest of the four major sports in the US and consists of both National and American leagues.
With each team playing around 160 games during the regular you can expect MLB Picks on most days during the season.
Additionally, once the season is over, we will have MLB predictions for the Wild Card and the playoff games.
Finally, we finish the season with the World Series predictions from our baseball tipsters. You can see who our tipsters are picking to win this year's World Series above.
Check out our Best Baseball Tipsters page for the best free baseball picks from OLBG's most profitable baseball tipsters over the past 12 months.
How to place wagers on the Baseball Picks
Next to today's best baseball bets above you will see the 'Add' to betslip option. Just tap on the 'add' option for the baseball predictions you want to place a bet on and your selections will be added to your OLBG betslip.
You can add selections for single bets as you go or continue to add multiple baseball picks, MLB predictions for example for perm bets and Accas.
Also by clicking on the event names you will transfer to the event page. Here you can see all three baseball match markets and all outcomes along with how many predictions each outcome has received from our tipsters.
If you are new to baseball betting and would like information to help get you started then take a few minutes to read our Best Bookies for Baseball Betting article which has the latest new customer sign-up offers plus useful content to help you make a choice on which bookie to use for your baseball picks.
When you have finished adding your selections and are happy with your betslip, check which bookmaker is offering the best odds at the top of the screen and then select your bookie preference to be transferred to their site where you can then place your wager with your betslip selections already complete.
Action or Listed?
Some bookmakers will state the starting pitcher of each team at the time you place the bet and will offer the 3 markets above as either action or listed.
If you take the action bet, then regardless of who starts the game (It is not uncommon for starting pitchers to be changed) your bet will remain in play.
However, the bookmaker will likely recalculate the odds to account for the change of pitcher.
An alternative option is to take the listed bet. If you take the listed bet and either of the starting pitchers changes then your bet becomes void and the stakes are returned.
This is a nice bit of protection to have, especially if you have backed an ace and then he is withdrawn for a spot starter.
Take a look at our Baseball Betting Guides before deciding on your baseball picks.
Key Baseball Stats To Consider
Naturally, to win a game of baseball you need to be able to score runs and often the top run-scorers are the divisional winners.
The most common pitching stat you will see is ERA. This is the Earned Run Average and is the number of earned runs a pitcher gives up over 9 innings. Anything under 4.00 is considered to be good with anything under 3.00 excellent.
Another useful stat is WHIP (Walks and hits per inning pitched). This gives you an indication of how many times a pitcher puts a runner on base each inning. A good WHIP would be around 1.20 which equates to almost 11 base runners per game.
Another stat to look at is quality starts. A quality start in baseball is when a starting pitcher pitches at least 6 innings and allows no more than 3 earned runs. A pitcher with a high percentage of quality starts is likely to give you a good run for your money.
The On Base Percentage is the number of times that a team reaches base, either with a hit, walk or hit by pitch. A good team OBP would be around .325 as this equates to approximately 13 runners on base per game.
Andy Powell stands as the linchpin behind OLBG's dynamic baseball content, blending his passion for the MLB and international leagues like NPB and KBO by creating and maintaining the baseball content on OLBG.
