MLB Betting – Who’s Hot MLB’s Hottest Home Teams

Home field advantage in the majors this season has been as important as ever. Now that July baseball is here and pretenders are being left behind the contenders, check out BetUS Sportsbook’s list of the hottest home teams in the bigs…

(Rank) (Team) (SU Road Record, $$$) (SU Road Record in L/5, $$$)

1: Tampa Bay Rays (26-13, +$662) (5-0, +$500 in L/5) Some of the big name teams in the American League that got off to lousy starts are beginning to play significantly better baseball, and the Rays are no exception. They’ve run off seven straight overall, including five at home last week to get back within four games of Boston for the top spot in the AL East. Tampa Bay scored 32 runs in its L/5 home games, but the more impressive stat came out of the pitching staff, which only allowed 12 runs in those games. The bullpen is starting to come together like last season, and all in all, manager Joe Maddon has to be very happy with his starting pitching staff, especially now that RHP Andy Sonnanstine is no longer a part of it. The only question left is how many of these Rays will be All-Stars in two weeks. 3B Evan Longoria, LF Carl Crawford, 2B/RF Ben Zobrist, SS Jason Bartlett, and a host of pitchers have a good gripe.

2: Detroit Tigers (23-11, +$918) (5-0, +$500 in L/5) The Tigers may only be 2-3 to start off their nine-game roadie, but they certainly left Comerica Park in good form. They swept away both the Cubs and Brewers in their final home stand of the month of June, and did so by scoring at least five runs in four of those five ‘W’s. Even though manager Jim Leyland’s bunch has a four-game cushion in the AL Central, both the White Sox and Twinkies are starting to breathe down their necks. Detroit still has one of the best pitching staffs in baseball, as SPs Edwin Jackson, Justin Verlander, and Rick Porcello are a combined 22-12 this season, and all have sub-4.00 ERAs.

3: Florida Marlins (22-20, -$49) (5-0, +$500 in L/5) The Fish have won seven straight games at home, and very well could see that streak reach 11 games very easily. Yes, in fairness, the L/5 of those games has come against the Nationals and Orioles, but the two wins that started this streak were against the Yankees. Florida has scored at least four runs in six straight home games, and has really been tearing the cover off the ball. With the Mets slumping, the Marlins are comfortably up in second place in the NL East standings, and now they’re starting to stalk the Phillies, who haven’t been playing fantastic baseball of late either. Don’t count this squad out of the playoff race just yet. Much like last season, they’ll be in it until the very end.

And the rest…

4: Colorado Rockies (17-15, -$192) (5-0, +$500 in L/5)
5: Chicago White Sox (20-20, -$478) (4-1, +$336 in L/5)