Sports betting baseball totals are popular among many professional bettors. Many handicappers make their own lines when they wager on baseball totals and then compare that line with the opening line at the sportsbook to determine their plays. Sportsbetting players oftentimes will not play a total unless it fits into their predetermined criterion of being a play versus the sportsbetting odds.
Sportsbetting baseball totals are not always the same at each sportsbook. One of the things you can do as a sports betting player when you wager on baseball totals is to compare the various sports betting odds that are at the many different sportsbooks. You can definitely look at a few to get a good idea of what you want to do when you bet baseball totals. Let’s take an example. If you like the Mets and Phillies under the sports betting total you may have a couple of different options. One sportsbook may have the sports betting total at 7.5 under while another sportsbook has the game at 7 over.
What does that mean? If you bet the game under 7.5 at the first sportsbook you are going to lay $120 for every $100 you want to win on the under. If you bet the game under the total of 7 at the second sportsbook you are only going to be risking $100 for every $100 you want to win or even money. So which way should you go? Should you bet the under 7.5 and lay the -120 or bet under 7 and get even money versus the sports betting odds. There is not a right or wrong answer to this question but most people will bet under 7.5 just in case the game lands on 7. The sports betting total of 7 is also one of the more common numbers in a low scoring baseball game.
A big key to betting baseball totals at sportsbooks is getting the best number. In the previous example we might be able to find a 7.5 at say -110, instead of -120. Getting the best sports betting odds not only increases our chances of winning, but it sometimes makes our decisions easier. Remember what we said earlier about some sports betting gamblers making their own numbers? Getting the best possible number is critical for many baseball sports betting gamblers because they won’t play a game if it does not match their criteria. If they can’t get a certain sports betting total on a game, then they don’t play the game. That is oftentimes what separates winners from losers in sports betting.