Get free expert and computer MLB picks for every game on Aug. 9, 2026.
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.47 |
-121 
|
o7.5 -104 
|
-1.5 +136 
|
|
4.26 |
+114 
|
u7.5 -107
|
+1.5 -148
|
Detroit
San Francisco
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.64 |
-102
|
o7.0 -125 
|
-1.5 +172
|
|
4.35 |
-104
|
u7.5 -116
|
+1.5 -183
|
Tampa Bay
Seattle
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.36 |
-128
|
o8.5 -121
|
-1.5 +119
|
|
5.10 |
+122
|
u9.0 -115 
|
+1.5 -131
|
LA Dodgers
Arizona
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.02 |
+108
|
o8.5 -131
|
+1.5 -190
|
|
4.98 |
-116
|
u9.0 -109
|
-1.5 +165
|
Houston
San Diego
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.73 |
-154
|
o8.0 -115
|
-1.5 +115
|
|
4.48 |
+140
|
u9.5 -229
|
+1.5 -126
|
Boston
Toronto
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.22 |
+134
|
o8.0 -110
|
+1.5 -160
|
|
5.26 |
-148
|
u9.5 -219
|
-1.5 +146
|
NY Mets
Atlanta
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.03 |
-107
|
o8.5 -109
|
-1.5 +154
|
|
4.52 |
-104
|
u8.5 -105
|
+1.5 -175
|
Baltimore
Minnesota
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5.44 |
-110
|
o9.0 -110
|
-1.5 +150
|
|
4.77 |
-103
|
u9.5 -124
|
+1.5 -175
|
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.23 |
-116
|
o8.5 -110
|
-1.5 +140
|
|
4.10 |
+105
|
u8.5 -105
|
+1.5 -170
|
Texas
LA Angels
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.47 |
-107
|
-- |
-- |
|
|
4.42 |
-107
|
-- |
-- |
Milwaukee
San Diego
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
6.30 |
-161
|
-- |
-- |
|
5.37 |
+134
|
-- |
-- |
Tampa Bay
Athletics
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.60 |
+152
|
-- |
-- |
|
|
5.19 |
-175
|
-- |
-- |
Colorado
Arizona
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
5.25 |
-142
|
-- |
-- |
|
|
3.97 |
+119
|
-- |
-- |
Houston
San Francisco
Predicted Score
Team |
Predicted Score |
ML |
Total |
Run Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3.03 |
+250
|
o7.5 -110
|
+1.5 +110
|
|
|
5.55 |
-293
|
u7.5 -102
|
-1.5 -118
|
Kansas City
LA Dodgers
DET
@
SF
Sun, Aug 9 • 4:05 PM ET
o7.5 (+101)
The Tigers have the fourth-lowest GB% and eighth-lowest pull rate over the past two weeks. Their league-high opposite-field rate of 26.6% and high line-drive rate show a tendency to stay back, a perfect recipe for negating Webb’s sinker/changeup combo. Add in San Francisco's leaky bullpen, and I like the Over here — a number the Tigers could clear on their own, just as they did yesterday.
DET (-116)
The Giants have a wRAA of -10.5 and a meager 83 wRC+ over the past two weeks. They’re 26th in OPS, 27th in ISO, and dead-last in hard contact. The Tigers rank first in wRC+ (150), wOBA (.387), wRAA (29.7), and BABIP (.365) over the past two weeks, and send red-hot rookie Troy Melton to the bump. I'll back the team that has the advantage in both aspects today.
TB
@
SEA
Sun, Aug 9 • 4:10 PM ET
u7.5 (+100)
T-Mobile Park’s pitcher-friendly dimensions combined with Tampa Bay’s overworked bullpen favor a low-scoring, grinding contest. Emerson Hancock’s ground-ball profile (42.3% GB%) should minimize damage, keeping run creation quiet on both sides.
TB (+115)
LAD
@
AZ
Sun, Aug 9 • 4:10 PM ET
Two lineups that hit lefties well, and two starters with profiles begging for regression? Sing me up for the Over. Justin Wrobleski's xERA (4.51) is a full run higher than his actual ERA (3.31), and Eduardo Rodriguez's is two runs higher (4.88 xERA, 2.71 actual ERA). Both bullpens have been lousy, too ( L.A. 5.23 FIP in the last 14 days, Arizona 4.71)
Arizona is getting credit for hitting left-handed pitching well (112 wRC+), but that doesn't matter much against Justin Wrobleski, who has reverse splits (.220/.262/.354 against righties). L.A. has batted around Eduardo Rodriguez in the past (.986 OPS in 184 at-bats) and should do so again at Chase Field.
HOU
@
SD
Sun, Aug 9 • 8:20 PM ET
Jeremy Pena o0.5 Total Singles (-155)
Fernando Tatis Jr. o0.5 Total Singles (-110)
Cristian Javier has given up hits in bulk, allowing 10.28 per nine innings. He has struggled against righties in particular, allowing a .305 average. That's good news for Tatis Jr., who has singled in 55% of his games this season and 65% when isolating home dates. Bet to -133.
TEX
@
LAA
Mon, Aug 10 • 9:38 PM ET
LAA (+109)
ATL
@
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
@
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
@
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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