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BAL
Sun, May 31 • 12:15 PM ET
Daulton Varsho o0.5 Total Home Runs (+440)
Ernie Clement is swinging a hot bat and has eight extra-base hits in his last 13 games. Vladimir Guerrero Jr has reached base 20 times in his last nine games, including a four-for five game last night. Daulton Varsho is another Blue Jay who profiles well against Bradish’s sinker-slider mix. Varsho enters the matchup with extra-base hits in consecutive games and owns a .333 batting average against those pitches this season.
SD
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WAS
Sun, May 31 • 1:35 PM ET
WAS (+115)
MIN
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PIT
Sun, May 31 • 1:35 PM ET
MIA
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NYM
Sun, May 31 • 1:40 PM ET
Juan Soto o0.5 Total Home Runs (+273)
Juan Soto has absolutely mashed the baseball this season, sitting in the 99th percentile in xSLG, 97th percentile in Barrel%, and 93rd percentile in average exit velocity. He's also beaten up right-handed pitchers, with a .659 SLG and nine of his 12 homers coming vs. righties.
LAA
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TB
Sun, May 31 • 1:40 PM ET
BOS
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CLE
Sun, May 31 • 1:40 PM ET
ATL
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CIN
Sun, May 31 • 1:40 PM ET
Matt Olson o0.5 Total Home Runs (+325)
MIL
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HOU
Sun, May 31 • 2:10 PM ET
MIL (-182)
DET
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CHW
Sun, May 31 • 2:10 PM ET
o7.5 (-120)
CHW -1.5 (+166)
KC
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TEX
Sun, May 31 • 2:35 PM ET
SF
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COL
Sun, May 31 • 3:10 PM ET
Casey Schmitt o0.5 Total Home Runs (+370)
Casey Schmitt has been on fire with six dingers in the last 13 games, and he'll be hitting out of the most batter-friendly park in the majors today.
Rockies starter Tanner Gordon is also suscepitble to the long ball, ranking in the bottom five percentile in Barrel% and bottom 17 percentile in Hard-Hit%.
NYY
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ATH
Sun, May 31 • 4:05 PM ET
Ben Rice o1.5 Total Bases (-105)
Put simply, Ben Rice is seeing pitches like soccer balls this week - and he enters this afternoon's clash with the Oakland A's on a 10-for-17 tear across his last four games, including a homer, a triple and three doubles.
He ranks second in the majors with a 1.047 OPS, and he's a standout hitter in just about every statistical category, from his .566 xSLG to his 17.7% barrel rate.
u10.5 (-130)
Will Warren's release slot suppresses launch angle, while New York's MLB-leading groundball bullpen extends the Yankees' advantage. With Jacob Lopez also generating weak contact, this 10.5 total is too high. Play Under 9.5.
PHI
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LAD
Sun, May 31 • 4:10 PM ET
Yoshinobu Yamamoto o6.5 Strikeouts Thrown (+116)
Yamamoto has racked up 7+ Ks in five of his past seven outings, and his five-pitch arsenal (and 29% whiff rate) will keep the Philadelphia Phillies off balance today.
He keeps his walks low - just 13 this year - and that's allowed him to pitch past the sixth inning in each of his last three starts.
The Phillies have cashed the Under in eight consecutive games, scoring no more than four runs in any of those games and posting a league-worst 55 wRC+ and .251 wOBA. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is far from a "get right spot". They're 2-7 O/U in Andrew Painter's last nine starts.
AZ
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SEA
Sun, May 31 • 4:10 PM ET
Randy Arozarena o1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs (-105)
Watch for Arozarena to put an exclamation point on an impressive week here. He's piled up eight hits across his past six games, cashing this combo prop in three of those outings, and I'm encouraged by his 4-for-8 mark against Arizona Diamondbacks starter Merrill Kelly.
Arozarena's savvy baserunning has contributed to 17 runs this month, and the RBI potential is off the charts with the Mariners scoring a combined 40 runs in their last six contests.
u7.5 (-114)
Bryce Miller has added 2-3 mph onto all of his pitches, and has tripled his slider usage from a season ago. That breaking ball is generating a 43.3% whiff rate thanks to an additional 2.6 inches of induced vertical break. That is a devastating equalizer against the Diamondbacks, who have a league-leading 48.2% pull rate over the last two weeks.
CHC
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STL
Sun, May 31 • 7:20 PM ET
o8.5 (-122)
I’m playing the Over because both lefties have run-prevention risk, and I have stronger conviction on the total than the side. I would play this up to -132 at 8.5 and down to +100 at 9. We talked about Matthew Liberatore above, and he’s a threat to give up a crooked number at any time. Jordan Wicks brings similar danger on the other side, allowing a .309 xBA, .493 xSLG, and 47.1% hard-hit rate against a St. Louis Cardinals lineup with the seventh-best expected slugging percentage.
CHC (-105)
Matthew Liberatore’s contact profile is a bad fit against Chicago. His 5-plus xERA, 9.8% barrel rate, and 43.9% hard-hit rate leave too much room for damage, and the Cubs have ranked top five in barrel rate and hard-hit rate over the past week.
Jordan Wicks is volatile enough to keep this uncomfortable, but the St. Louis Cardinals do not bring the same scoring ceiling. In a near coin-flip market, I prefer Chicago’s offense, especially with the Cubs showing signs of their contact quality turning back up.
TB
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NYY
Tue, Sep 22 • 1:05 PM ET
Junior Caminero o0.5 Total Home Runs (+401)
TB (+115)
Drew Rasmussen vs. the New York Yankees is a mismatch on paper — the righty is 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA and 51 punchouts in eight career games against New York. Coming off a thrilling comeback win on Friday, the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays are primed to keep the foot on the gas behind their dynamic arm to create more separation in the AL East.
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