Month: June 2017

After winning 11 straight games, the Houston Astros have lost 2 in a row to the Kansas City Royals. Tonight they will face the Royals in the final game of a 4-game set at Kauffman Stadium. Lance McCullers Jr. gets the nod for the Astros and he has been outstanding. McCullers Jr. is 6-1, with an ERA of 2.71, a WHIP of 1.11 and the Astros are 5-0 in his last 5 starts. Jason Hammel takes the hill for the Royals and he has been shaky. Hammel is 2-6, with an ERA of 5.93, a WHIP of 1.60 and Kansas City is 2-9 in his last 11 starts.

Tonight’s Pick:

Houston Astros

Two of the league’s best will face off in an early one today at Chavez Ravine when the Los Angeles Dodgers send Clayton Kershaw to the hill to face the Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg. Both of these flamethrowers have been on their mark. Kershaw is 7-2, with a 2.28 ERA, and a 0.90 WHIP. Strasburg is 7-1, with a 2.91 ERA, and a 1.05 WHIP. Kershaw has dominated the Nationals. The Dodgers are 12-1 in his last 13 starts against Washington and 6-0 in his last 6 home starts. Strasburg has struggled against the Dodgers. Washington is 1-4 in his last 5 starts against LA. The Dodgers get back in the win column today.

Today’s pick:

Los Angeles Dodgers

The Toronto Blue Jays will send Marco Estrada to the hill tonight at the Coliseum to face Jesse Hahn and the Oakland Athletics. Over Estrada’s last 3 starts, he is 2-1, with an ERA of 4.67, a 1.27 WHIP, and the Jays are 4-0 in his last 4 starts against the American League West. Oakland will send Jesse Hahn to the rubber. Hahn is 0-2 over his last 3, with an ERA of 5.79, a WHIP of 1.50, and Oakland is 1-5 in his last 6 starts. Toronto is just the better team here and their heavy bats should get to Hahn tonight.

Tonight’s Pick:

Toronto Blue Jays

The St. Louis Cardinals were swept over the weekend by the Chicago Cubs but I like their chances for a victory today when they open a 4-game set at Great American Ball Park against the Cincinnati Reds. The Cards will send Carlos Martínez to the rubber today. Martínez has been solid, with a record of 4-4, a 3.08 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. The Reds will counter with Asher Wojciechowski and he is 1-0, with a 5.62 ERA, a 1.00 WHIP, and in his last outing against Toronto, he gave up 4 runs on 4 hits with 3 homers, in 4 innings of work. Cincinnati is 1-5 in their last 6 overall and St. Louis is 5-1 in Martínez last 6 starts against the Reds.

Today’s pick:

St. Louis Cardinals

There will be a lopsided pitching duel today at Camden Yards when the Boston Red Sox send the flamethrowing Chris Sale to the hill to face the Baltimore Orioles’ Chris Tillman. The southpaw Sale is 6-2, with an ERA of 2.77, a 0.91 WHIP, and the Red Sox are 5-1 in his last 6 starts. Tillman is 1-2, with an ERA of 5.87, a 1.87 WHIP, and the Orioles are 2-6 in his last 8 home starts. Watch your back, Machado.

Today’s pick:

Boston Red Sox

The Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals opened a 3-game set yesterday at Kauffman Stadium with the Royals taking the opener 4-0. I like the Indians chances today to even the score. The Indians will start Carlos Carrasco and the Royals will counter with Jason Hammel. Carrasco has been delivering, with a record of 5-2, a 2.89 ERA, a 0.92 WHIP, and the Indians are 7-1 in his last 8 starts in Kansas City. Hammel has been getting lit up. He is 1-6, with an ERA of 6.18 and a 1.71 WHIP. The Royals are 0-4 in his last 4 starts and 1-5 in his last 6 home starts. In the last 15 games between these two teams, Cleveland has won 11 of them. Edge Indians.

Today’s pick:

Cleveland Indians