Two National League playoff hopefuls will meet on Thursday for the first of four games at Miller Park. Milwaukee is still enjoying a 4.5 game lead in the NL Central. Colorado is struggling this year, sitting 11 games out of first in the West, but still has aspirations for a playoff berth. They have the offense to make a run at a playoff spot this year, but have not received strong pitching yet. We are going to back the host Brewers.
Brewers hoping to extend lead in Central
Milwaukee has been able to keep St. Louis at-bay in the Central standings, but they have begun to see their lead slip a little bit of late. The Brewers will send Wily Peralta to the mound in search of a second straight win. He has a record of 8-5 and an ERA of 3.02 this season. Peralta faced the Rockies last week, helping his Brewers to a three-game sweep of Colorado. He should be in line for much of the same on Thursday night.
Rockies pitching staff struggling to put it together
Colorado’s pitching staff has been the team’s weak link this season. Christian Friedrich will try to redeem himself in a second straight start against the Brewers. In a bizarre situation, Friedrich allowed a wild pitch with the bases loaded against Milwaukee last weekend and all three runners wound up scoring on the play. He gave up nine runs, with just four of them earned. Friedrich will need to pitch much better to win his first game of the season.
We will place our bets on the Rockies and Brewers at SportsBetting.ag on Thursday night, where the Brewers are home chalk with Peralta on the mound. We are going to place 10 percent of our bankroll on Milwaukee and the -1.5 (+100) spread as they take game one of this set.
Chris Wassel
AA, AAS
CURRENTLY
Sports Writer and Journalist
RESIDES IN
Rahway, NJ
EDUCATION
Union County College, Montclair State University
EXPERTISE
Business, Writing, Sports, Food, Grilling, Olympics, Injuries, Politics, and more
Summary
Member of FSWA, FSGA, and a variety of Sports Betting Groups.
Lead arranger of news and injury reports for Rotoballer Hockey. Also did the news lead for NASCAR on the same site coming out of COVID.
Strategy and mapping out of various sports betting and sports articles for MyNHLTradeRumors and gambling.com.
Runs a hockey and fantasy hockey podcast that teaches fantasy hockey players how to improve their skills.
Experience
Chris Wassel has 20+ years of sports journalistic experience in various disciplines..
His ability to play sports is well documented. Most people in the business just write. However, Chris will race cars and even a super Moto bike from time to time. There is that fitness and hiking/cycling aspect too.
Chris has climbed mountains from Mount Washington to Mount San Jacinto in Palm Springs, California. For those that do not know. Chris also dabbles in food eating contests and challenges. Having a unique background with friends including Joey Chestnut and Casey Webb, Chris has the ability to eat a whole 16-pound turkey or a 32 inch meat lover's pizza.
Since 2013, Chris has primarily focused on sports writing and fitness. On social media, he will answer any question in many different aspects. Even Chris's ability to wager on Entertainment and US Elections is well documented. He was able to predict Joe Biden's inevitable dip in approval rating below 40%.
Throughout his career, Chris has worked at a lot of places from DraftKings to USA Today and much more.
Finally, Chris has been nominated for quite a few awards from the Fantasy Sports Writers Association for Hockey Writer Of The Year. Also, there have been a number of amazing fantasy hockey championships from expert to high-stake leagues.
Education
Chris received an Associates from Union Country College for business and accounting. Chris did sports journalism work at Montclair State University covering the hockey, baseball, and football teams.
Quote from Chris Wassel
"Do Not Think, Just Do.”
Education
1999 Graduate of Union County College
1993 Graduate of Rahway High School
Professional Achievements
Media credentialed member of the New Jersey Devils since 2010
Covered several NHL Drafts including the one day event in Newark in 2013
Been on countless podcasts, TV shows, and more including Sportsnet and even NHL Network