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KC
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DET
Sat, Jul 25 • 1:10 PM ET
Casey Mize u1.5 Earned Runs Allowed (+101)
Casey Mize enters in excellent form, posting a 2.22 FIP over his last four outings while allowing just 0.40 HR/9. He has also pitched well at Comerica Park this season, and now faces a Royals lineup carrying a 90 wRC+ over the last week with limited power.
u8.5 (-121)
The Under case starts with Mize’s strong Comerica Park profile and Kansas City’s recent offensive struggles. The Royals own a 90 wRC+ and .158 ISO over seven games, while Detroit’s bullpen has limited barrels and homers lately. Wacha is not getting blown up, keeping 8.5 runs in reach overall tonight.
LAA
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SF
Sat, Jul 25 • 4:05 PM ET
AZ
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WAS
Sat, Jul 25 • 4:05 PM ET
CJ Abrams o0.5 Total Home Runs (+487)
CJ Abrams enters in elite power form, posting a .560 ISO with four homers across his last six games. His 22.2% barrel rate points to loud contact, while Mitch Bratt has struggled badly lately, carrying a 9.10 FIP and allowing 3.52 HR/9 across his last two appearances.
Two vulnerable southpaws take on the Top 2 teams in baseball by OPS vs. lefties. I'd play this Over to 9.5. Mitch Bratt is being eased into the majors, offering potential for lots of exposure for a D-backs bullpen ranked 21st in xFIP over the last two weeks. The Nats' relief corps is even worse in that span (27th), and Foster Griffin's 2.68 ERA is due for regression based on his 3.88 xERA. I'll add lefty-masher Ildemaro Vargas to get a hit and Nasim Nunez to get on base and get driven in by a teammate at the top of the order. Play to +375.
TOR
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BOS
Sat, Jul 25 • 4:10 PM ET
Kazuma Okamoto o0.5 Total Home Runs (+450)
For my same-game parlay, I'm backing Dylan Cease over 7.5 strikeouts, the Blue Jays moneyline, Daulton Varsho over 0.5 total bases, and Kazuma Okamoto over 0.5 total bases, leaning on Toronto's ace and a pair of bats to provide enough offense.
SD
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MIA
Sat, Jul 25 • 4:10 PM ET
NYY
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PHI
Sat, Jul 25 • 6:05 PM ET
CLE
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TB
Sat, Jul 25 • 6:10 PM ET
CHC
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PIT
Sat, Jul 25 • 6:40 PM ET
o7.5 (-116)
Paul Skenes has a lofty 5.27 ERA over his last five starts, with the Pirates cashing the Over in each of those games. Both bullpens are also shaky, with Pittsburgh’s pen owning the 10th-highest ERA in MLB (4.40), slightly worse than Chicago's (4.04).
CHC (+114)
Paul Skenes’ ERA is up to 3.43 compared to his 2.35 career average, while Cubs starter Shota Imanaga is trending up with a stingy 1.62 ERA over his last three outings. Imanaga will dominate a Pirates lineup that’s missing three everyday players and ranks 19th in runs scored as well as 20th in SLG since the All-Star break.
ATL
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BAL
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:05 PM ET
Drake Baldwin o0.5 Total Home Runs (+310)
Drake Baldwin has gone deep four times over his last seven games while posting a .429 ISO. His air-contact profile supports the power surge, and Brandon Young has allowed plenty of elevated contact lately. Baltimore’s bullpen has also surrendered 2.16 HR/9 recently, giving Baldwin multiple paths to another homer tonight.
Generous prices all around here, take this SGP to +550. Taylor Ward has come across to score in four of his last six overall, including twice last night. He often hits ahead of Pete Alonso, who has an elite-rated matchup on Batters-Box.com with Braves SP Bryce Elder, whom he's 4-for-14 against all-time with a dinger. Matt Olson homered last night and brings a solid .929 OPS vs. righties into this tilt.
HOU
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CHW
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:10 PM ET
Yordan Alvarez o0.5 Total Home Runs (+232)
Yordan Alvarez enters with three homers in his last six games while carrying a .438 ISO, 21.1% barrel rate, and 52.6% hard-hit rate. Sean Burke has shown some vulnerability against left-handed bats, and the White Sox bullpen’s recent HR profile gives Alvarez another route to leave the yard tonight.
COL
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MIL
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:10 PM ET
ATH
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MIN
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:10 PM ET
SEA
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TEX
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:15 PM ET
LAD
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NYM
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:15 PM ET
Yoshinobu Yamamoto can lead with his potent splitter (.178 wOBA) against a New York Mets lineup that has the lowest runs above average (-5.4) per 100 pitches against the offering this month. On the flip side, New York's bullpen (6.37 FIP this month) is the weak link, and Juan Soto will either be absent or hampered (MRI on his calf today).
CIN
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STL
Sat, Jul 25 • 7:15 PM ET
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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