Pitchers with Most Run Support: Good Pitchers, Bad Bets

When handicapping baseball, most bettors start the process with starting pitching.

A great starting pitcher can completely take over a game and leave opposing offenses stymied. While a pitcher can do his part on the mound to hold back the opposing team's offense, there isn't much that he can do to get his own team's offense going.

For this reason, bettors must factor run support into their decision-making process. There are plenty of great pitchers who don't make great bets because they consistently fail to get much run support.

In many cases, these pitchers play for teams that don't produce much offense for...

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