A bettors’ love affair with the Washington Nationals.
I love Washington. They may be one of my favorite teams. Sure, I don’t know all of their players (parts of their lineup are so obscure that I doubt the coaching staff know them, either), I almost never watch them play, and as a Canadian I am a little bitter that they aren’t still in Montreal. None of that matters when it comes to the betting window, though. This team has had the perfect combination of circumstances this year – they are not that bad, yet the public thinks that they are terrible. That’s why I love them. They were picked to be terrible in the preseason, and the public never changed their minds. They are 73-88 as of Saturday night, yet they have been profitable if you had bet on them for every game all year. Really profitable. There are only 12 teams that have been profitable on the year, and Washington is the fourth best.
Every other team on the list except Texas (8th) had a winning record on the year. The Yankees, Cubs and Mets could all be playoff bound, yet you would have lost money by betting blindly on all of them. Not the Nats. They were profitable on the road, at home, and really profitable on the runline. The public missed the boat on the Nationals more than they have for any team in a long time. I hope you enjoyed some of the benefits of this misperception over the season.
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