The Baseball Betting Strategy: Should You Play Runline? #1

Before you plunge into adventure and begin to bet your money, you should know some facts of these games. Every efficient sports betting strategy comes from some principles or driving factors. First of all I would like to review them a little bit deeper.

The Main Principles of Baseball Betting Strategy

Baseball offers you two types of betting on a match result:

  • moneylines
  • runlines

When you bet on runline, you receive the combination of moneyline and the given odds are 1.5 runs, which are added to your bet. To win a runline bet, the favorite team has to win, having at least two more runs than the opponent team.

If your team wins, but the score difference will be less than 2 runs, you will lose your bet. On the other hand, underdogs receive additional 1.5 runs, and you will win the stake if they win or lose the game with a difference in 1 run.

By adding 1.5 run handicap to the bet, you receive an opportunity to bet less money on the favorite team to win the same prize. For instance, the game with a standard moneyline on the favorite (-260) may have a coefficient on the runline from (-1.5) to -140.

The payments runline underdogs are decreased because of the given odds +1.5 runs.

Runlines are most useful for the games with a big moneyline coefficient on the favorite team. But before you make a bet on a runline, you should know some interesting facts about the games, finished with a difference in one run (One-Run-Games).