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ATL
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CIN
Sat, May 30 • 7:15 PM ET
Eugenio Suarez o0.5 Total Home Runs (+402)
Suarez's power upside makes him an intriguing value play against Martin Perez. The slugger is 6-for-11 with a homer lifetime versus the left-hander, who allows plenty of airborne contact. All three of Suarez's homers this season have come at home, where he's been most dangerous.
Matt Olson o0.5 Total Home Runs (+254)
Olson draws a favorable matchup against Brady Singer, who has surrendered six homers across his last two starts and struggles badly against left-handed hitters. The Braves first baseman has 15 long balls this season, including six in May, and owns two career homers against Singer.
CHC
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STL
Sat, May 30 • 7:15 PM ET
u8.5 (-130)
The Cardinals' six-run outburst on Friday looks like an anomaly. Nelson Velasquez, called up earlier in the day, hit St. Louis' first home run this week. He's a platoon slugger, however, who'll likely be on the bench against a right-hander. That leaves the Cardinals' batters who have produced 0 or 1 runs in five of the last 10 games.
The Cubs have been hitting and should score against Leahy, but it takes two to hit the Over, and St. Louis doesn't look capable of producing against Brown and a Cubs pen that has a 0.66 ERA in the last three.
CHC -1.5 (+128)
A converted reliever, Brown started his last four, never allowing more than three runs. All Brown's stuff ranks in the top third of MLB, including a 99th-percentile breaking ball. He'll face St. Louis, which scored two runs in three games before Friday. The Cardinals start Kyle Leahy, who ranks in the bottom third in every pitch and is worse than 92% of MLB pitchers in overall run value.
SF
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COL
Sat, May 30 • 9:10 PM ET
NYY
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ATH
Sat, May 30 • 10:05 PM ET
Ben Rice o0.5 Total Home Runs (+336)
Rice continues his breakout campaign with 17 home runs and enters Saturday red-hot after collecting nine hits in his last three games. Oakland starter J.T. Ginn has been far less effective at home and has struggled against left-handed hitters, creating a strong opportunity for Rice's power.
u9.5 (-105)
While I expect the Yankees to score enough to cover the run-line, Ginn will still be decent. He does a great job limiting hard contact with a hard-hit rate that ranks in the top 14% of baseball, which is essential against the Yankees. On the other side, we've already spoken about how Weathers whiff-inducing stuff should carry him. I'd play this to -122.
PHI
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LAD
Sat, May 30 • 10:10 PM ET
Jesus Luzardo has superb underlying metrics and strong prior results against LA's lineup (.168 AVG, .558 OPS). Both pens have been dominant (Philadelphia 2.07 SIERA, LA 2.96 FIP in the last 20 days) and are very well rested.
Roki Sasaki allows loud contact (11th percentile barrel rate, 11th percentile hard-hit rate), which is a concern against a Philadelphia lineup with the fifth-highest hard-hit rate (35.6%) in the last 20 days. His four-seamer has been crushed (.348 xBA, .614 xSLG), and Philadelphia (fourth-most WAR against fastballs) will be happy to oblige.
AZ
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SEA
Sat, May 30 • 10:10 PM ET
Bryan Woo has been generating plenty of strikeouts lately, recording 34 punchouts in 31 home innings and surpassing his strikeout mark in three of his last four starts. Arizona has been more prone to strikeouts on the road, while Julio Rodríguez enters hot with a five-game hitting streak. Meanwhile, Ryne Nelson's 4.65 ERA gives Seattle an edge.
SD
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WAS
Sun, May 31 • 1:35 PM ET
WAS (+115)
MIL
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HOU
Sun, May 31 • 2:10 PM ET
MIL (-182)
TB
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NYY
Tue, Sep 22 • 1:05 PM ET
Junior Caminero o0.5 Total Home Runs (+401)
TB (+115)
Drew Rasmussen vs. the New York Yankees is a mismatch on paper — the righty is 4-1 with a 1.03 ERA and 51 punchouts in eight career games against New York. Coming off a thrilling comeback win on Friday, the division-leading Tampa Bay Rays are primed to keep the foot on the gas behind their dynamic arm to create more separation in the AL East.
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