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per ESPN:
Oddsmakers think Houston Astros batters could be sore this season.
On Monday, sportsbook William Hill set the over/under on number of Astros batters to get plunked this season at 83.5.
In the past five seasons, only nine teams have been hit by pitches more than 83.5 times, but, with the anger over the sign-stealing scandal involving Houston, there is plenty of reason to believe the Astros will be targeted frequently.
Enough opposing players and managers have expressed their displeasure with the Astros that new Houston manager Dusty Baker has publicly urged MLB to protect Astros hitters from intentionally being beaned.
"I'm depending on the league to try to put a stop to this seemingly premeditated retaliation that I'm hearing about," Baker told reporters Saturday. "And in most instances in life, you get kind of reprimanded when you have premeditated anything. I'm just hoping that the league puts a stop to this before somebody gets hurt."
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Oddsmakers think Houston Astros batters could be sore this season.
On Monday, sportsbook William Hill set the over/under on number of Astros batters to get plunked this season at 83.5.
In the past five seasons, only nine teams have been hit by pitches more than 83.5 times, but, with the anger over the sign-stealing scandal involving Houston, there is plenty of reason to believe the Astros will be targeted frequently.
Enough opposing players and managers have expressed their displeasure with the Astros that new Houston manager Dusty Baker has publicly urged MLB to protect Astros hitters from intentionally being beaned.
"I'm depending on the league to try to put a stop to this seemingly premeditated retaliation that I'm hearing about," Baker told reporters Saturday. "And in most instances in life, you get kind of reprimanded when you have premeditated anything. I'm just hoping that the league puts a stop to this before somebody gets hurt."
Sportsbook sets O/U on Astros plunkings at 83.5
In the wake of players and managers expressing outrage over Houston's sign-stealing scandal, sportsbook William Hill on Monday set the over/under on number of Astros batters getting hit this season at 83.5.
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