This essential guide shows you how to bet on baseball, from our top baseball predictions for this season to helpful betting tips. Furthermore, we’ve handpicked the best baseball betting sites for players in Ghana.
Baseball Predictions for Today
Check out our expert baseball predictions for today’s biggest matches.
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How Did We Pick Our Baseball Predictions?
When formulating betting predictions of any kind, you must consider several variables. These are the main criteria our team uses:
Predicted Line Ups
The starting pitcher is arguably the single most important factor when planning baseball bets. However, we also analyse the pitcher’s stats against right and left-handed batters and compare these with how the opposition is predicted to line up.
Recent Form
Although this is a factor to consider, it isn’t the be-all and end-all like in some other sports. That said, if a team is on a fantastic run and is facing a side lacking in confidence, it can be a good bet to get on.
Head-to-Head
With travelling distances and rivalries, the head-to-head form often provides valuable insights into how a match may play out. We also consider the differences in the rules between various leagues, which can affect the results.
Market Value
A bet is only worth placing if there is value in the markets. For example, the Yankees could be playing the Red Sox, with New York favourites to win.
However, if their price is too short, there might not be any value in the market. Our predictions assess betting value to hopefully improve the payouts on winning selections.
Baseball Odds
Baseball odds are the prices offered by the betting site on a particular selection. The favourite – i.e. the selection that the bookmaker thinks is most likely to win (or be correct) – has the shortest odds, with the underdog having longer odds.
Effectively, baseball betting odds are the bookmaker’s implied probability. For instance, if the Chicago White Sox is 2.0 to beat the Marlins, the betting site’s implied probability is 50%.
As a bettor, you want to place your bets on selections where you think the probability of the outcome being correct is higher than the bookmaker’s implied probability. This doesn’t necessarily mean betting on favourites, although it can.
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How to Bet on Baseball Predictions in Ghana?
You may wonder how to get started if you’ve never bet on baseball. It’s super easy, as you’ll see from our guide below.
How to place a bet on baseball in 5 steps?
We’ve selected the best baseball betting sites in Ghana. Browse through our table below to find your favourite. There are links available for direct access to your chosen site.
The registration process at Ghana’s best betting sites is delightfully straightforward. Customers only need to enter a few details and verify their phone numbers to create an account.
Most of Ghana’s betting companies have matched deposit bonuses. New customers can typically claim these when they make their first deposit. With your account funded and a bonus in your wallet, you’re ready to start betting.
Log into your account and scroll through the sports to find baseball. Then, filter the events to find the matches you want to wager on. To add selections, click on the odds, and they will be added to your bet slip. Following that, tap on the bet slip and insert the amount to place the wager.
All winning bets are settled automatically, and the returns are added back to your account balance. You can then bet again or make a withdrawal.
What Are the Baseball Betting Markets?
There are a plethora of betting markets to choose from for baseball enthusiasts. You can wager on season-long bets or a single innings within a game.
Outright Winner
An outright winner bet is a wager on the team that will win a particular competition, such as Major League Baseball’s World Series. This bet isn’t settled until your team is either beaten or wins the whole tournament.
Match Winner (incl. OT)
This is a popular 2-way market. The bet is on the team that will win a one-off match. As it’s 2-way, it includes overtime (OT), which eliminates the possibility of a draw.
However, be wary because even the best teams lose 30% (or more) of their matches, so it’s not always an easy bet to predict.
Total Runs O/U
Total runs are an over or under-bet. The betting will set its line, say 9.5, for instance. Then bettors decide whether to bet over, meaning they think there will be 10 runs or more, or they bet under, which wins if there are between 0 and 9 runs in the match.
Handicap
A handicap bet is based on the final score. The favourite will start with a negative handicap, like -1.5, and the underdog has the opposite positive number (+1.5). As the favourite is handicapped at the start, bettors get higher odds on that team.
Baseball Predictions and Tips FAQ
You’re ready to hit a home run with your baseball betting predictions. To finish off, we’ve added a few FAQs for further information.
It’s difficult to make consistently accurate match-winner baseball predictions due to most teams holding around a 50% win percentage over the course of the regular season. Therefore, it’s better to look at alternative markets, such as U/O total runs.
Betting sites use a number of factors to calculate betting odds, including form, line-ups (starting pitchers), and head-to-head meetings. The side with the low price is the favourite, with the underdog having a higher price.
A regular game of baseball lasts for nine innings for each side. However, if the scores are tied at the bottom of the 9th, the game goes into extra innings until one side wins the match.
A good regular season in baseball is a team finishing with a percentage of .600 to .650, which means winning 60%-65% of their matches and losing 35%-40%. Based on these stats, it’s fair to assume that underdogs win a good number of matches.