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DET
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LAA
Fri, Jul 17 • 9:38 PM ET
WAS
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ATH
Fri, Jul 17 • 9:40 PM ET
STL
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AZ
Fri, Jul 17 • 9:40 PM ET
Merrill Kelly o2.5 Earned Runs Allowed (-112)
Diamondbacks right hander Merrill Kelly draws a brutal matchup in his first start after the All-Star break, facing a fully elite rated Cardinals offense. Kelly is the worst rated pitcher on Batters-Box's current season dataset, while St. Louis enters with five elite rated bats and two strong rated bats. The Cardinals own a favorable .39 default rating, scoring 3+ runs 79% of the time in those situations. Kelly has struggled at home this season, allowing plenty of hard contact and barrels. With the data backing the matchup, this Cardinals lineup has a strong chance to attack Kelly early.
o9.5 (+105)
Merrill Kelly and Michael McGreevy, two pitchers who simply cannot miss bats. It's a recipe for an Over, even with a total as high as this. Neither bullpen profiles as particularly elite, either, so any extra lifting can get done in the later innings as well.
SF
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SEA
Fri, Jul 17 • 10:10 PM ET
Bryce Miller has been excellent at T-Mobile Park, posting a 1.47 FIP across 22.2 innings and allowing one earned run over his last two home starts. He has also cleared 5.5 strikeouts in four of five appearances, while Randy Arozarena enters hot, batting .303 over the last two weeks too.
u7.0 (+100)
Bryce Miller has held opponents to a .189 average while walking just 4.2% of the batters faced. He is not giving up baserunners and it’s difficult to hit for power in Seattle.
The Seattle Mariners rank 29th in average and ISO vs. righties over the past month, and Landen Roupp has posted a 3.74 xERA or lower in five of his last six starts.
Bet to -120.
PIT
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CLE
Sat, Jul 18 • 1:10 PM ET
Brandon Lowe o1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs (+100)
Brandon Lowe's over 1.5 hits, runs, RBI at plus money stands out as one of the best values on Friday's slate. Despite entering the second half on a cold streak, Lowe owns an 81% arsenal coverage against Gavin Williams and has consistently thrived in elite rated road matchups. Across the last three seasons, he's recorded a hit in over 90% of those spots while frequently clearing this prop. Williams has also been vulnerable to left handed hitters, allowing a .314 xBA and .437 xSLG over his last 60 faced. With extra rest from the break, Lowe is primed to bounce back.
TB
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BOS
Sat, Jul 18 • 4:10 PM ET
TB (+102)
LAD
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NYY
Sat, Jul 18 • 8:08 PM ET
LAD (-110)
AZ
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STL
Thu, Jul 23 • 5:15 PM ET
o2.5 Team Total (-115)
The Cardinals are in a premium offensive spot against Zac Gallen, who enters the day with the second-worst pitcher rating in Batters-Box's current season model. Gallen has struggled to limit power and hard contact, carrying poorly rated matchup marks in ISO, hard contact rate, and ground ball rate. St. Louis counters with seven elite-rated hitters and an offense averaging more than 2.5 first five innings runs per game at home. The Cardinals have also been red hot lately, posting a 122 wRC+ over their last 12 games. With so many favorable individual matchups, backing the offense as a whole makes plenty of sense.
Zac Gallen o2.5 Earned Runs Allowed (-141)
Zac Gallen has been one of the most vulnerable pitchers on the board, especially away from Arizona, where he owns a 7.68 ERA and 6.00 xERA while surrendering plenty of hard contact and barrels. Things do not get any easier against a Cardinals lineup loaded with seven elite-rated hitters according to Batters-Box. St. Louis has been one of the hotter offenses in baseball recently, producing a 122 wRC+, .782 OPS, and .345 wOBA over its last 12 games. With Gallen's struggles and the Cardinals continuing to swing hot bats, this sets up as an excellent spot to back St. Louis early and often.
TOR
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CHC
Thu, Aug 6 • 2:20 PM ET
Kazuma Okamoto o0.5 Total Home Runs (+365)
Okamoto's hitting profile perfectly matches up well against Imanaga’s stuff. The Cubs starter throws a heavy dose of the fastball and gets barreled up at a 10.4% rate. The Jays third baseman barrels the ball better than anyone in the Blue Jays lineup with a 13.5% barrel rate, while owning a 63.2% hard hit rate against the four-seamer.
Swanson is just 1-for-6 against Cease in his career. Cease has electric stuff, leading the American League with 110 Ks, while ranking in the 97th percentile in K-rate. Springer is turning a corner with a 1.089 OPS over his last nine games.
ATL
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CHW
Thu, Aug 20 • 2:10 PM ET
o8.5 (-105)
Atlanta and Chicago send two of the best lineups in baseball to the dish, and they respectively rank eighth and third in wOBA against lefties for the campaign. The two clubs have also trended to the Over, and I'm particularly expecting White Sox southpaw Anthony Kay to struggle considering he's saddled with the fifth-highest xERA in baseball among the 100 pitchers with at least 60 innings this year.
ATL (-112)
I'm fading Chicago White Sox lefty Anthony Kay on Thursday. He's sporting the fifth-highest xERA among the 100 pitchers with at least 60 innings, after all. Plus, the Atlanta Braves enter ranked eighth in wOBA against southpaws for the season and sixth in overall xwOBA across the past 14 days.
BOS
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NYY
Sat, Aug 29 • 1:05 PM ET
o8.5 (-110)
The Yankees rank Top-3 in OPS, ISO, OBP, xWOBA, and hard hit rate when facing left-handed pitching. The Red Sox have hit righties very well over the past four weeks, sitting ninth in wOBA, ninth in ISO, and fourth in batting average. Play the Over to -120.
NYY (-135)
Ranger Suarez has started four games against teams ranking Top-10 in OPS vs. left-handed pitching, allowing 13 runs and posting a 6.13 ERA during those games. The New York Yankees lead the majors in OPS against lefties so they’re a prime candidate to cause Suarez problems. Playable to -145.
SF
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ATL
Mon, Aug 31 • 6:05 PM ET
o7.5 (-116)
SF (+124)
The Braves have dropped five of six while averaging just 2.8 runs per game and ranking 29th in wOBA without Ronald Acuna Jr. (hamstring), and it’s been a smoke-and-mirrors start for veteran lefty Martin Perez, and there’s serious statistical correction ahead of his .230 BABIP and 80.2% strand rate considering they’re both high-end marks about pitchers with at least 60 innings this season. San Francisco is just the offense to kick-start the regression, too. The Giants are pacing the majors in wOBA and fourth in xwOBA over the past 30 days, after all.
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