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CHW
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DET
Sat, Jun 20 • 1:10 PM ET
CIN
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NYY
Sat, Jun 20 • 1:35 PM ET
u9.5 (-113)
Andrew Abbott has been Cincinnati’s most reliable pitcher and hasn’t allowed more than three runs in any of his last nine starts. Rice has never faced him, and only 38-year-old reserve Paul Goldschmidt has seen him more than 10 times. Ryan McMahon (1-for-9) is the Yankee next-most familiar with the lefty.
The Reds are in a teamwide batting slump since Elly de la Cruz got hurt and were shut out on Friday night. They have now scored four or fewer in seven of the last 10 games.
CIN (+182)
The Cincinnati Reds are starting southpaw Andrew Abbott today, however. Rice has been a mere mortal and less a Judge clone against lefties, hitting 19 points lower and slugging 126 points less.
New York also doesn’t have the lopsided starting pitcher edge you’d expect from these odds. Will Warren is 7-1, but the Yankees have scored 6+ runs in nine of his 14 starts. He’s 6-0 in those, 1-1 when getting five or fewer from his offense.
TOR
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CHC
Sat, Jun 20 • 2:20 PM ET
Kazuma Okamoto o0.5 Total Home Runs (+390)
Okamoto's hitting profile perfectly matches up against Rea’s stuff. The Cubs starter gets barreled up a lot off his four-seamer, which is his most used pitch, and gives up hard contact as well, ranking in the 6th percentile in hard-hit 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. Additionally, Rea has allowed 12 home runs over 15 outings this season, so he’s susceptible to giving up long balls. However, the home run market is always volatile, so I’m only making a half-unit wager on this bet.
I’ll continue to bank on the Blue Jays' bats having success this afternoon against Rea’s struggling fastball and add Over 0.5 hits for both Kazuma Okamoto and Nathan Lukes. Okamoto profiles very well against Rea with a .306 average against the four-seamer with a team-high 13.5% barrel rate. As for Lukes, he’s been punishing four-seamers all season long, owning a .333 average against the pitch. He’s also recorded a hit in 20 of his last 23 outings.
SD
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TEX
Sat, Jun 20 • 4:05 PM ET
Walker Buehler has been dominant lately, posting a 1.86 ERA and 3.20 FIP over his last two starts while not allowing more than one earned run in three straight outings. With Nathan Eovaldi struggling recently, Fernando Tatis Jr.'s scorching 58.7% hard-hit rate means he could stay hot.
SF
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MIA
Sat, Jun 20 • 4:10 PM ET
Otto Lopez o0.5 Total Singles (-153)
WAS
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TB
Sat, Jun 20 • 4:10 PM ET
YRFI/NRFI (No: -121)
Cade Cavalli owns an impressive 11-4 NRFI/YRFI record and faces a Tampa Bay lineup that has been held scoreless in the first inning in three consecutive games. Ian Seymour has also navigated the opening frame cleanly in both starts, while Washington hasn't scored in the first in four straight contests.
MIL
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ATL
Sat, Jun 20 • 4:10 PM ET
YRFI/NRFI (No: -148)
Kyle Harrison owns a stellar 10-3 NRFI/YRFI record and has held opponents scoreless in the first inning in five of his last six starts. Chris Sale is equally dominant early, carrying an 11-2 NRFI/YRFI record, while neither offense has scored in the opening frame in two straight games.
Chris Sale is in a prime spot to dominate, as Milwaukee is striking out 9.67 times per game over its last three contests and the veteran is averaging 11.02 K/9 across his previous three starts. Meanwhile, Kyle Harrison's recent struggles should allow Atlanta's offense to capitalize.
CLE
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HOU
Sat, Jun 20 • 7:15 PM ET
o8.5 (-103)
Houston's offense is getting hot. Yordan Alvarez leads the league in batting, slugging, OPS, OPS+, and homers. Jose Altuve looks like he's rounding into form in his third week since returning from injury. He homered and drove in four in Friday's series opener. Houston starter Spencer Arrighetti was the pitcher of the month for May but has yet to win in June, posting a 6.19 ERA and .286 average against in three starts this month. Houston's bullpen has pitched 19 innings in the last three games. Cleveland's is more rested but has a 4.76 ERA and 2.29 WHIP over the last three.
HOU -1.5 (+152)
The odds make it tough to love Houston. The moneyline is currently too steep. If it drops to -120, it's worth taking the runs back. However, Houston has won nine games in June by a total of 31 runs—more than three runs per win. Cleveland has lost nine June games, also by 31. So there's good reason to believe a Houston win will cover the run line.
NYM
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PHI
Sat, Jun 20 • 7:15 PM ET
Kyle Schwarber o0.5 Total Home Runs (+236)
Kyle Schwarber leads the majors with 25 home runs and continues generating ideal home-run contact, carrying a 57.1% hard-hit rate and 21.3-degree launch angle over the last week. Freddy Peralta has allowed 1.26 home runs per nine innings recently, and Schwarber has homered twice in 15 career at-bats against him.
Cristopher Sanchez continues to dominate, averaging 9.35 strikeouts per nine innings over his last five starts while cashing the Over in strikeouts in three of his last four outings. The Mets are batting just .238 with a .142 ISO against lefties, while Kyle Schwarber's 57.1% hard-hit rate keeps him dangerous.
PIT
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COL
Sat, Jun 20 • 9:10 PM ET
Bryan Reynolds o0.5 Total Home Runs (+379)
Bryan Reynolds enters Coors Field red hot, carrying a .571 ISO, 29.4% barrel rate, and 98.1 mph average exit velocity over his last six games. Tomoyuki Sugano has allowed 1.80 home runs per nine innings recently and has struggled badly against left-handed hitters, surrendering 2.27 HR/9.
Paul Skenes o6.5 Strikeouts Thrown (-116)
Paul Skenes is second in the majors in Ks per nine (10.9), and he's logged Over 6.5 strikeouts in nine of his last 10 starts.
The Rockies have struck out against the four-seamer more than any other team in the majors, and that's Skenes' bread and butter.
LAA
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ATH
Sat, Jun 20 • 10:05 PM ET
MIN
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AZ
Sat, Jun 20 • 10:10 PM ET
MIN (+115)
BAL
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LAD
Sat, Jun 20 • 10:10 PM ET
o8.5 (-103)
With Trevor Rogers on the mound for Baltimore, they've combined with their opponets to score in double digits in four of his last six starts. The run total has been high for LA in Yamamoto's last three starts, as the Dodgers have faced teams in the bottom half of the league in runs allowed -- and Baltimore is worse than the previous three.
LAD -2.5 (+134)
The Dodgers will start ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who has allowed just three runs total in his last four starts. He'll be backed by an offense that ranks second in the majors in runs, taking on a Baltimore pitching staff that allows more than five runs per contest.
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)
The Giants are pacing the majors in wOBA and are fourth in xwOBA while averaging 5.5 runs per game across the past 30 days, and the Braves ranks ninth in wOBA against right-handed pitchers and third in overall xwOBA, so I think this total is too low.
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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