72 Expert Picks
It will be cold and the air not conducive for hitting when the Snakes visit the Bay. Plus Blake Snell should be tough for 5 and JMonty will make his debut knowing he will only be asked to go 5. Fade the 5th run.
About a month ago on my show (6-7pm est daily) Alex S. gave me the two sweetest words in prop betting: Daniel Gafford. He is a defensive stalwart who has held the opposing center under his points total EIGHTEEN STRAIGHT TIMES. This correlates to the fact the Mavs were 16-2 down the stretch. Play this
Giants starter Blake Snell hasn't looked good so far, but he's dominated Arizona in his career, going 5-1 with a 1.11 ERA. Diamondbacks starter Jordan Montgomery had a 10.57 ERA in two starts at AAA this month. He's ramping up slowly. Back the Giants in the first five innings.
Well, the CBS Sports research staff talked me into this on our work Slack channel. Man, if I had their knowledge and some free time! Obviously knew the Pelicans were 5-0 vs. the Kings this season and I probably was gonna pass with no Zion Williamson. Then the researchers told me that in the five games, New Orleans was plus-45 in the series when Zion was NOT on the court. The one game he missed, the Pels won by 33 in Sac-Town. If the Kings were fully healthy, I'm still not playing this. Remind me not to buy the research department an Edible Arrangement again this year if this loses ... check that. I shall send them some Schrute Farm Beets.
Playoffs means more minutes for KD! And he will make sure he gets his shots. Based on the shorter bench and matchup I project 26.5 so let’s grab this in case it creeps up. Rare over
There are two things my elderly mother loves to watch: The Tigers and golf. Well I don't care about the latter much other than majors. But yeah from Michigan I do know the Tigers well and Riley Greene is the engine to what little offense they have. He's sitting today. Detroit played a crazy back-and-forth game Thursday vs. Texas and used six relievers and then traveled. The Twins were off Thursday. #intangibles
Like Mike Barner, I am a lifelong Bulls fan. I mean, they could win here but it would be so out of character. Feels just like last year when the Heat beat the Bulls in the winner-take-all game in South Florida. Obviously no Jimmy Butler is huge but at least in this game I think the Heat have enough. Then they get swept by the Celtics. Shoot, the Bulls might lose in three vs. Boston if they advance. Yes, best of 7 I know.
Jaime Jaquez has no choice but to step up. While a lot of his props are too inflated, this is a great price for a line he has surpassed his last three games against Chicago. No Jimmy Butler and no Terry Rozier should mean more minutes and ball handling for Jaquez. Chicago also has one of the worst defenses in the league which should result in plenty of assists opportunities.
Paredes is one of the big Rays bats that is in good form, he sees Clarke Schmidt well and this ballpark plays well for him. Proven to be a legit run producer and gets up for these games against the Yankees. Tampa lineup will start to come around here and he's already driven in 12 runs in 15 games
Suns have won the last four meetings with the Timberwolves and they've covered the last nine meetings. That's a nine and 0 ATS trend that's hard to ignore. But Minnesota is better than both losses this year show. The two losses were at the end of the year, while for most of the year, the Suns were struggling but came on at the end of the season with 48 wins. The Timberwolves finished with 56 wins and slowed down towards the end of the season. I think the Timberwolves in the playoffs will be a problem for a tired Suns squad that never came together.
Sean Manaea had a couple fairly good starts to begin the season vs inferior opponents before being touched up by the Royals last time out. Now he faces a Dodgers lineup that will feature far better talent than the lineups of Cincinnati and Detroit where he found success. I'm not confident he can last all that long in this one, so I'm happy to play the under on the 5th/6th inning turn here. The one start this season where Manaea went over this line was his first start of the year, when he took a no-hitter into the 6th inning. As long as he doesn't have a nono going tonight, I think we see him done prior to that 6th inning.
Brewers ace Freddy Peralta has fanned 26 and walked two in 17.2 innings, and on Friday he faces a Cardinals lineup that ranks 23rd in OPS (.665) versus right-handed pitching. St. Louis has scored three or fewer runs in five straight games. Milwaukee ranks second in OPS (.815) against right-handers; the Brewers could tee off against Kyle Gibson (6.16 ERA). At 36 years old, it's fair to wonder how much Gibson has left. Back the NL Central leaders on the road.
I see lots of us have found this, but as a Red Sox fan you know I’m eyeballing Sale. Not the results but the pitches. I will fade his outs every time he is coming off a start with extra pitches as I think they will be cautious with him. Under.
Clark Schmidt is good, at home and the Rays sending Tyler Alexander to the bump. Give me the Yanks to be ahead after 5 (they get all 5 ABs) and we push if it’s tied.
The Lakers were swept but played the Nugs close in all 4 in last years playoffs. Nugs will struggle inside v AD and unless they shoot the lights out I like the under