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WAS
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CLE
Tue, May 26 • 6:10 PM ET
YRFI/NRFI (No: -125)
Cade Cavalli has been dominant in the first inning lately, holding opponents scoreless in eight straight starts while posting an 8-2 NRFI/YRFI record. Joey Cantillo has also been sharp early, and both offenses have struggled to score in the opening frame consistently over the last week.
TB
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BAL
Tue, May 26 • 6:35 PM ET
Yandy Diaz o0.5 Total Home Runs (+670)
I'm not getting next-day theoried today with Yandy Díaz, who I'm getting at a better number than yesterday and is still grading as +EV, per the projections at Covers. Over the last two weeks, he has been one of the best bats in baseball, ranking seventh in slugging and third in BlastContact%. He’s ripping extra-base hits right now with six over his last five games and gets a great matchup in a favorable park today. Oriole Park grades as the No. 4 home run environment on the slate, per Ballpark Pal, and Shane Baz is a strong target for dingers. The Baltimore right-hander just saw this Tampa lineup in his last start, so the familiarity edge shifts to the hitters in today’s matchup. He has allowed a home run in seven of his last starts and ranks in the bottom 50 among starters in BlastContact% and HR/FB rate over the last 30 days. This is a buy to +600.
TB (-108)
CHC
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PIT
Tue, May 26 • 6:40 PM ET
The Pirates strikeout at the second-highest clip in baseball against lefties, while ranking 22nd in wOBA, and Cubs southpaw Jordan Wicks has scattered a single run through 15 innings across his past three Triple A starts. Wicks also sports a respectable 8.2 K/9 across 60.1 innings the past two years. Turning to Busch, he’s gone 3-for-8 with a pair of homers the past two games, and his .246 batting average against righties this season is way below his .272 mark in 2025.
LAA
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DET
Tue, May 26 • 6:40 PM ET
YRFI/NRFI (No: -101)
Jack Kochanowicz has quietly been reliable in the first inning with an 8-2 NRFI/YRFI record, while Keider Montero hasn’t allowed a first-inning run all season. Neither offense has done much damage early this year, making another scoreless opening frame a solid possibility tonight.
ATL
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BOS
Tue, May 26 • 6:45 PM ET
MIA
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TOR
Tue, May 26 • 7:07 PM ET
CIN
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NYM
Tue, May 26 • 7:10 PM ET
NYY
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KC
Tue, May 26 • 7:40 PM ET
STL
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MIL
Tue, May 26 • 7:40 PM ET
MIN
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CHW
Tue, May 26 • 7:40 PM ET
HOU
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TEX
Tue, May 26 • 8:05 PM ET
SEA
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ATH
Tue, May 26 • 9:40 PM ET
The Athletics have beat up on righties to the tune of a second-ranked OPS and third-ranked wOBA, and Mariners righty Emerson Hancock has surrendered a healthy 44.2% hard-hit rate while sporting an unsustainable 83.3% strand rate. Hancock has also been more vulnerable away from pitcher-friendly T-Mobile Park and allowed a .355 wOBA with a 5.12 ERA across 96 2/3 career innings, so I like Athletics left-handed hitters Nick Kurtz and Carlos Cortes to have solid nights at the dish. They respectively sport elite .446 and .411 wOBAs against right-handed arms this season, after all.
YRFI/NRFI (Yes: -130)
Luis Severino’s recent first-inning struggles make this YRFI appealing, as he’s allowed opening-frame runs in consecutive starts and five times overall this season. Seattle’s bats are heating up after a nine-run performance Monday, creating strong potential for quick offense in Oakland.
PHI
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SD
Tue, May 26 • 9:40 PM ET
AZ
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SF
Tue, May 26 • 9:45 PM ET
AZ (-110)
The Diamondbacks have been tearing the cover off the ball, ranking second in OPS over the last two weeks, and they just hung six runs over five innings on Giants SP Tyler Mahle last week. San Fran is a modest 19th in OPS vs. lefties, and they'll take on Eduardo Rodriguez (2.24 ERA) on Tuesday night.
COL
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LAD
Tue, May 26 • 10:10 PM ET
The Rockies strikeout at the highest rate against lefties, and Dodgers southpaw Eric Lauer is a candidate for improvement. He spun a solid 3.18 ERA and 3.86 xERA across 104 2/3 innings last year, so I’m expecting regression to his respective 6.69 and 5.83 current marks. Los Angeles outfielder Teoscar Hernandez has been a force against lefties with a .391 wOBA and .284 ISO since the beginning of 2024, and he’s also rolling along a 12-game heater consisting of 11 runs, 17 hits and 14 RBI with a 1.099 OPS.
Both teams are trending to the Under as the Rockies are 13-17 O/U on the road and the Dodgers are 10-16 O/U at home. Kyle Freeland is better away from Coors (13.6 K-BB%), while the Dodgers can use Eric Lauer for a few innings against an impotent lineup against LHP before relying on a stingy bullpen (2.46 FIP this month).
STL
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CIN
Mon, Aug 17 • 1:40 PM ET
Jordan Walker o1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs (-156)
The St. Louis Cardinals have scored 14 times in two meetings vs. the Reds, and they'll do plenty more damage against Brady Singer, who has an 8.47 ERA this month.
Jordan Walker already has three runs, four hits, and seven RBI in the series. His hot streak continues today.
Jordan Walker o0.5 Total Home Runs (+335)
Reds starter Brady Singer has allowed three dingers in two straight starts, and 2+ homers in four of his last five. Jordan Walker has gone yard in two straight games and has feasted on right-handed pitching, batting .311 with 11 of his 15 home runs vs. righties.
TB
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NYY
Tue, Sep 22 • 1:05 PM ET
u7.0 (+102)
I'm on the market here and wouldn't play this below 7, but at a plus-money price with how the Yankees are swinging lately, I'm inclined to lean towards the Under. The Yankees' offense, one of the best in the sport for long stretches over the past three years, has really struggled lately. It's been held to three runs or fewer in nine of its past 14 games. It should be ugly conditions in Yankee Stadium today, add in Ryan Weathers' strikeout rate, which ranks in the 97th percentile of baseball, and both offenses should stay fairly quiet.
TB (+122)
Rasmussen has been a New York Yankees nightmare, posting a 1.03 ERA across eight career outings against the Bronx Bombers. This type of stat is meaningless without context, and we have it here. He's been able to do this because the Yankees are constantly reliant on their power, and Rasmussen is one of the best barrel suppression arms in baseball, sitting in the 96th percentile in such rates this season. Playbale to +100.
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