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TB
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PIT
Sun, Apr 19 • 1:35 PM ET
SF
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WAS
Sun, Apr 19 • 1:35 PM ET
Willy Adames o0.5 Total Home Runs (+420)
Willy Adames has two homers in his last eight games and will have the upper hand vs. a brutal Nationals pitching staff.
Miles Mikolas has already given up six homers in four outings, while the Nats bullpen has been hammered for 22 dingers - tied for the most in the majors.
KC
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NYY
Sun, Apr 19 • 1:35 PM ET
NYY -1.5 (+165)
Ryan Weathers doesn’t need to be perfect today — he just needs to be better than Cole Ragans, and that bar isn’t especially high. Ragans walks nearly 15% of the batters he faces, and the Kansas City Royals bullpen has been leaking runs, posting a 6.08 ERA with 1.55 home runs allowed per nine innings. The New York Yankees’ lineup is deep enough to capitalize. Ben Rice and Aaron Judge are barreling the ball at elite rates, while Trent Grisham works counts as well as anyone in the lineup. The moneyline price is solid, but the run line is where the real value lies.
BAL
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CLE
Sun, Apr 19 • 1:40 PM ET
Gunnar Henderson o0.5 Total Home Runs (+520)
Gunnar Henderson is already up to seven home runs this season, and he added to that total with another dinger against the Guardians yesterday.
Henderson will be able to take advantage of Cleveland's bullpen, which has given up 13 homers - the fifth most in the majors.
MIL
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MIA
Sun, Apr 19 • 1:40 PM ET
CIN
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MIN
Sun, Apr 19 • 2:10 PM ET
STL
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HOU
Sun, Apr 19 • 2:10 PM ET
NYM
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CHC
Sun, Apr 19 • 2:20 PM ET
To say the Mets are struggling to score runs is a massive understatement. New York has put up a total of 18 runs in its 10-game losing streak, getting shut out three times in that span.
That means it’ll be up to the Cubs to try to carry this total. And as we saw yesterday, these Mets pitchers are doing their part to keep the team in games, even if it hasn’t been enough to get wins.
The New York Mets are shaking things up this afternoon by starting Tobias Myers (0-1, 3.46 ERA). Myers has been capable as a starter in the past, but hasn’t thrown more than three innings in a game this season, so New York will need to dip deep into its bullpen this afternoon.
That’s a tough recipe for success against the Chicago Cubs right now. They've averaged 8.5 runs per game over their last six contests, and I don’t see Myers or the rest of the Mets staff shutting them down completely.
LAD
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COL
Sun, Apr 19 • 3:10 PM ET
Shohei Ohtani o0.5 Total Home Runs (+186)
Rockies starter Michael Lorenzen is carrying an 8.10 ERA over five starts while allowing four dingers this season. The Rockies bullpen has also been susceptible to the long ball, allowing 11 homers.
All five of Shohei Ohtani's home runs have come in the last 13 games, and he'll enjoy a homer-friendly ballpark at Coors Field.
CHW
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ATH
Sun, Apr 19 • 4:05 PM ET
SD
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LAA
Sun, Apr 19 • 4:07 PM ET
Mike Trout o1.5 Total Bases (+110)
The Mike Trout hot streak continued last night with a double off San Diego Padres starter German Marquez, and he’s now mashed 10 hits across his past eight outings. That stretch includes five homers, with Trout putting the L.A. Angels offense on his shoulders. He’s posted a .500 OBP and a 1.115 OPS in day games so far this season, and I like this price for 2+ bases here.
San Diego’s Michael King is in the firing line today at Angel Stadium and, despite his solid start to the year, he gave up a hit to Trout in their lone head-to-head career battle.
u8.5 (-105)
Michael King has won back-to-back starts, pitching six innings in each, allowing a total of eight hits and just three earned runs. Reid Detmers starts opposite King, and he’s coming off his best performance of the year, holding the Yankees to just four hits and one earned run in seven innings, while striking out nine.
TEX
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SEA
Sun, Apr 19 • 4:10 PM ET
TOR
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AZ
Sun, Apr 19 • 4:10 PM ET
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. o0.5 Total Home Runs (+500)
Ryne Nelson has been hit hard this season, ranking in the 10th percentile in hard-hit rate. This has resulted in four home runs allowed this year, all against his four-seamer. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. crushes the baseball and has a .417 average against the four-seamer, with a .500 slug rate against the pitch.
Kevin Gausman o5.5 Strikeouts Thrown (+105)
When Kevin Gausman’s splitter is dancing, he’s one of the most lethal pitchers in the majors, which makes his 5.5-strikeout total at plus-money an attractive price.
The Toronto Blue Jays ace has been racking up the Ks, averaging 7.75 strikeouts this season, which ranks in the 94th percentile in K%, while using the splitter as the put-away pitch, garnering a 44.2% whiff rate and a strikeout rate of 42.9%
DET
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BOS
Sun, Apr 19 • 4:35 PM ET
ATL
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PHI
Sun, Apr 19 • 7:20 PM ET
u8.5 (-125)
Grant Holmes has leaned harder on his slider and four-seamer this season, throwing those two pitchers 80% of the time. Opponents are hitting .121 against those two pitches. Painter has yet to allow a home run in three MLB appearances. He’s striking out a quarter of all batters he’s faced, and his hard-hit percentage is in the 92nd percentile among pitchers. He’s even better in Philadelphia with a 1.74 ERA, 0.871 WHIP, and 13.1 strikeouts per 9 in home games.
ATL (+104)
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