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Predicted Score
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Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.45 |
+145 |
o7.5 -110 |
+1.5 -150 |
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4.25 |
-165 |
u8.0 -125 |
-1.5 +135 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.13 |
+110 |
o7.0 -120 |
+1.5 -200 |
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4.33 |
-125 |
u7.5 -120 |
-1.5 +172 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.13 |
-148 |
o7.5 -118 |
-1.5 +115 |
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3.20 |
+135 |
u8.0 -114 |
+1.5 -130 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.20 |
+105 |
o7.5 -127 |
+1.5 -200 |
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3.68 |
-120 |
u8.5 -122 |
-1.5 +176 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.39 |
-125 |
o7.0 -110 |
-1.5 +140 |
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4.05 |
+115 |
u7.5 -125 |
+1.5 -150 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.23 |
+120 |
o7.0 -115 |
+1.5 -190 |
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4.29 |
-129 |
u7.5 -120 |
-1.5 +175 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.04 |
+125 |
o6.5 -104 |
+1.5 -197 |
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3.96 |
-135 |
u7.5 -185 |
-1.5 +176 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.79 |
+115 |
o6.5 -119 |
+1.5 -197 |
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3.83 |
-130 |
u6.5 +105 |
-1.5 +180 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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|
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3.66 |
+220 |
o6.5 -175 |
+3.5 -278 |
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4.57 |
-250 |
u7.5 -120 |
-3.5 +220 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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5.10 |
-113 |
o8.5 -108 |
-1.5 +148 |
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4.95 |
+100 |
u8.5 -110 |
+1.5 -170 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.18 |
+150 |
o6.5 -120 |
+1.5 -155 |
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4.01 |
-170 |
u7.5 -165 |
-1.5 +135 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.50 |
-107 |
o7.5 -108 |
-1.5 +162 |
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3.89 |
-108 |
u7.5 -106 |
+1.5 -190 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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6.37 |
-155 |
o10.0 -177 |
-1.5 -102 |
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5.22 |
+135 |
u12.5 -175 |
+1.5 -110 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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5.41 |
-129 |
o9.0 -155 |
+2.5 -600 |
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4.86 |
+116 |
u9.5 -110 |
-2.5 +350 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.64 |
+185 |
o7.5 -139 |
+3.5 -286 |
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5.46 |
-215 |
u10.5 -250 |
-3.5 +225 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.01 |
+112 |
o7.5 -109 |
+1.5 -182 |
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4.56 |
-126 |
u8.0 -124 |
-1.5 +160 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.70 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.34 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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5.30 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.85 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.51 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.45 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.74 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.54 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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6.35 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.89 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.51 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.64 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.65 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.34 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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3.48 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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4.29 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.38 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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5.39 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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6.61 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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5.28 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Play up to 20%. Spencer Torkelson’s recent contact profile is encouraging, with a 50% hard-hit rate, 10% barrel rate, and .235 ISO over the last week. He also owns a 54.9% fly-ball rate at home, and Washington’s vulnerable bullpen gives him multiple opportunities to leave the yard.
Play up to 60%. Washington’s pitching setup creates plenty of scoring potential, while the Nationals themselves have been productive against left-handed arms. That gives both sides a path to contributing offensively. Even with Detroit’s bullpen pitching well, there should be enough volatility here for this game to reach eight runs.
There is a little juice here, but Chris Bassitt projects for a full leash on extra rest and 4.32 Ks today against his former team. He just faced the Jays two starts ago and struck out five on the road on a 95-pitch leash with the same total and a similar price. The Jays are on the ropes, and the doubleheader today could mean an easier lineup to navigate, which could be without Vladimir Guerrero. Bassitt has gone Over this total in six straight games and hit six Ks in half of those. If the juice drops even more, I'd suggest hitting his 5+ Ks at plus money or adding his Over 1.5 walks to beef up those odds.
Jeremiah Jackson has the best expected value at this 10x price, with a 5% edge. Max Scherzer is a good target after the Orioles saw him just two starts ago and tagged him for seven hits and six runs over 15 outs. Dylan Beavers hit a leadoff homer against Max, but his price is too short for my liking today. Colton Cowser at 8x is also a good option, as he has two dingers off the future Hall of Fame pitcher, but I want the big number on Jeremiah Jackson today. Jackson got the day off Monday but should be seeing the majority of the reps at second down the stretch while hitting in the lower third. The majority of his homers have come against right-handers, and his home splits show a batter more comfortable at Camden. He hit four bombs over his last seven Triple-A games before getting the call-up in early September and still has two taters in nine games. The power is there, and so is the price.
This is the best +EV strikeout prop, per THE BAT, with a fair price of -150. Connor Prielipp gets to rack up Ks against an afternoon Giants lineup that is striking out at a 25% clip this month. Zebby Matthews had nine Ks against this lineup on Monday with a total of 4.5, and Taj Bradley sat down six over six three-hit innings yesterday. The Minnesota starter is coming off seven scoreless innings on 92 pitches with eight Ks. He has double-digit punchout potential today and is better than a K-per-inning pitcher with a 90-plus-pitch leash. Since the break, he has been held to fewer than five Ks just once across 10 starts. His floor is solid, and the ceiling today is high.
Bericoto has five homers and a solid .192 ISO across 102 plate appearances, and he sports an elite 59.5% hard-hit rate against lefties. So, in a game I’m forecasting to be low-scoring, the San Fran rookie checks out as a flier candidate to leave the yard this afternoon.
Contreras has a high-end .882 OPS with a homer across 34 plate appearances against Philly starter Aaron Nola. Of course, Nola has also served up 14 homers with a .225 ISO to right-handed hitters.
This Over 7.5 is in play to -105 because Philadelphia has scored 4.7 runs per game across the past two weeks, and Milwaukee has been even better with 6.5 per game. Both teams have trended to the Over, too, and I'm anticipating the Brewers doing damage against Phillies veteran Aaron Nola. His 2.10 ERA across his past 10 starts is miles below his underlying 3.69 xERA and 3.78 xFIP, after all.
There are two angles working against each other here, but pushing Gerrit Cole today makes no sense for the Yankees. The Rays secured the AL East last night, so they might not be at their best today, but Cole still needs to get to 90-plus pitches to get those 18 outs. With the injuries to New York hitters and the No. 4 seed locked in, there is no need to push Cole. Cole has not thrown more than 90 pitches in five straight starts and has 79 pitches or fewer in two of those. There isn't a lot of risk at this price in betting on a small leash from Cole with so much on the line in the postseason, a postseason where anyone in the AL can make the World Series. Cole is already at 121 innings after not pitching last year, so I hope he is handled with care today in his last start, in a game that means nothing for playoff seeding.
Paul Goldschmidt has hit .307 with a .281 ISO and 13.1% barrel rate vs. southpaws this season.
His numbers actually increase when isolating the fastball-changeup combination Ian Seymour is heavily reliant on, with the ISO climbing to .312.
Goldschmidt has homered in 24.1% of his games against left-handed starters ranking in the 60th percentile or worse in HR/9 vs. RHH.
Sonny Gray really likes to mix it up on the mound but the two pitches he throws more than 20% of the time are fastballs and curveballs.
That sets up well for Chase DeLauter, who has teed off on that combination over his last 25 games.
He is sporting a .519 average with a .444 ISO, 16.7 barrel rate, and near 97 mile per hour average exit velocity.
I like the Under to 58%.
Sonny Gray owns a 2.33 ERA over nine starts vs. Bottom-10 teams in OBP. That’s noteworthy as the Cleveland Guardians slot 22nd on the year.
While Foster Griffin has not limited runs as effectively with the Guardians, he has done a good job of keeping the ball in the park. He is allowing 0.96 home runs per nine innings with Cleveland.
Sure, I’ll back Chris Sale and his 1.66 home ERA against a team that can’t hit lefties. The Reds rank 28th in OPS vs LHP over the last two weeks, while Atlanta is 10-3 in Sale’s home starts and should be eager to bounce back after losing yesterday. Andrew Abbott has been obliterated for 23 earned runs across his last four road starts. Cincinnati's bullpen offers little relief, ranking dead last in ERA (6.04) over the last two weeks.
Let's start things off with a mispriced Juan Soto bomb at 5.1x, where the fair value is closer to 3.5x. The Rangers are likely to start Cody Bradford, who was demoted to a bulk-relief role after giving up 11 runs in three starts and 11-plus innings. The Rangers are desperate, sitting three games out of the Wild Card spot, and pushing that bullpen, combined with this pressure, is a good spot for Soto, who has seven hits over his last 19 plate appearances. The value is coming from the lefty-vs-lefty matchup, but Bradford's leash is not long. Sixty-five pitches could be in the cards, and maybe even fewer if he stumbles. It's an indoor game with the thermostat falling quickly.
Here is another 5.1x home run that should have a fair value of 3.5x at Coors Field against the worst HR/9 pitcher on the slate. Carroll has been demoted to the fifth spot in the lineup due to a September slump, but he still has three dingers and an .826 OPS over his last 10 games. If that's a slump, I'm buying the dip. The wind is blowing out to his pull side, and a matchup against Mason Adams is a great thing at this price. Adams has allowed a homer in each of his five starts and has given up six homers in 23 innings, with a 3.0 HR/9 and 9.00 ERA at Coors. I would love three plate appearances against Mason, who lefties are hitting .341 against.
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