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MLB picks are bet suggestions based on our computer's assessment of the game. Tons of betting data goes into a computer pick, including pitching matchups, injury reports, analytics, and even recent betting trends.
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Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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5.13 |
+100 |
o8.5 +100 |
+1.5 -215 |
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5.21 |
-115 |
u8.5 -114 |
-1.5 +170 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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4.32 |
+160 |
o8.5 -108 |
+1.5 -130 |
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5.32 |
-188 |
u8.5 -107 |
-1.5 +115 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3.87 |
+115 |
o6.5 -110 |
+1.5 -210 |
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3.59 |
-125 |
u6.5 +100 |
-1.5 +188 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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3.68 |
+275 |
o8.5 -108 |
+2.5 -130 |
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6.00 |
-315 |
u9.0 -120 |
-2.5 +115 |
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
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4.76 |
-108 |
o7.5 -115 |
-1.5 +165 |
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4.20 |
-105 |
u8.0 -120 |
+1.5 -190 |
Junior Caminero has the contact profile to leave the yard, with two homers, a .304 ISO, a 58.8% hard-hit rate, and a 17.6% barrel rate over his last six games. Pérez’s hard-contact issues and Atlanta’s homer-prone bullpen give him multiple paths.
The Over 8.5 is mostly about bullpen volatility. Atlanta’s relief corps has been vulnerable to homers, and Tampa Bay’s pen has been even shakier by xERA. Even with Atlanta’s offense cold, both teams have enough late-game scoring paths to clear this number.
Fastballs and changeups account for nearly 70% of what Cristian Javier throws against left-handed hitters.
That should play into the hands of Bryce Harper, who has gone nuclear when facing those two pitchers this season.
Harper has hit .354 with an xwOBA of nearly .500. More importantly, his barrel rate sits at 17.2% and his xSLG has cleared .700.
The Houston Astros are 26th in hard hit rate and 28th in squared up contact against righties this month. They’re not stringing together many damaging swings.
While the Philadelphia Phillies have generated more hard hit balls, they’re not finding barrels. Only the Guardians rank below the Phillies in barrels vs. RHP in September.
Play to 53%.
I’m bullish on the Over 6.5 to 53.5%. Texas sports a fourth-ranked wOBA, third-ranked ISO and fourth-ranked xwOBA over the past two weeks, and both teams have trended to the Over recently. Additionally, neither bullpen has been sharp down the stretch. Seattle relievers rank 30th in xERA over the past 30 days, and the Texas bullpen ranks 23rd in the metric.
I'd back the Rangers to +100 because starter Jacob deGrom’s 3.11 xFIP ranks ninth out of the 104 starters with at least 100 innings, and the Texas offense has been solid with a fourth-ranked wOBA, third-ranked ISO and fourth-ranked xwOBA over the past two weeks. Seattle respectively checks in ranked 24th, 26th and 23rd during the same stretch, and Mariners righty Logan Gilbert has begun to slide late in the season with a ho-hum 4.10 xERA and 3.92 xFIP over his past six starts.
Max Fried is in excellent form, staying Under 1.5 earned runs in five straight appearances while continuing to limit damage. His recent xERA, command, and homer suppression line up well against a weak Rockies lineup that owns just an 80 wRC+ against left-handed pitching.
Colorado's Ryan Feltner is the biggest pitcher target today. He has the worst HR/9 among today's starters dating back to last year and is pitching in the toughest environment on the slate. The wind is blowing out to the short porch at Yankee Stadium, and Feltner gives up more slugging to left-handed bats. It's another great day to target New York's lefties. It was Cody Bellinger cashing yesterday at 17% with a fair price of 20%. I might move that fair price closer to 21%, making today's 18.3% an easy call in this setup.
Tristan Peters has been swinging a hot bat, hitting .400 over the last week while clearing this hits prop in four of his previous five games. Jared Jones has allowed hard contact recently, and Peters’ own 55.6% hard-hit rate gives this Over solid support.
I got this at 52% and have the fair price closer to 54%. The White Sox have already dropped both games of this series, and getting swept should provide plenty of motivation. There might be some interest in the Pirates with the Sox's starter, Hagen Smith, making his first start, but he's been a nasty lefty out of the bullpen this year, with nine scoreless outings in 10 games and 23 Ks over 16 innings. Jared Jones looks like a pitcher who struggles on visiting mounds, with a 4.0 BB/9 away from home compared to 2.6 at PNC Park. His road WHIP is also half a point higher away from Pittsburgh. I see this as a 50/50 game on a neutral field, and home-field advantage is worth at least another 2%, or 20 points, to me. The White Sox are fighting to hold onto the AL Central lead, while Pittsburgh has already secured the series and Chicago has one more chance to avoid the sweep.
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