Month: August 2018

After last night’s victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the San Francisco Giants have now won 5 straight against the Snakes and their last 4 at Chase Field, but trends can be broken. Arizona will host San Francisco tonight for the second game of a 4-game set and will send their flame throwing lefty to the hill, Patrick Corbin. The New York native is 7-4, with a 3.26 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, and is 1-1 in his last 3 turns with a 4.26 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. The Giants will reach into the barrel and send Chris Stratton to the rubber. Stratton will be making his first start since being recalled from AAA Sacramento. His 2018 Big League numbers are 8-6, with an elevated ERA of 5.14 and a 1.46 WHIP. Over Stratton’s last 3 turns, his ERA is not good, at 8.62 with a 1.91 WHIP and the Giants are 1-4 in his last 5 starts. There is a pitching mismatch here.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

It appears the Washington Nationals clubhouse woes are behind them after sweeping the Mets in a 2-game series and outscoring them, 30-7. Tonight they welcome the NL Central last place Cincinnati Reds to Nationals Park for a 4-game set. The Nationals ace, Max Scherzer, will take the hill and he has been doing what he does best, deliver. Scherzer is 14-5, with a 2.30 ERA, a 0.90 WHIP, and he is a perfect 3-0 in his last 3 turns with a 2.14 ERA and a 0.95 WHIP. Now that is nasty stuff. Scherzer last faced the Reds on Opening Day and was lights out, fanning 10 in a 2-0 Washington win. The Reds are expected to counter with Tyler Mahle. Mahle has been struggling. He is 7-8, with a 4.53 ERA, a 1.52 WHIP, and is 0-2 in his last 3 turns with an ERA that soared to 14.00 and a 2.89 WHIP. With the way the Nats are clobbering the ball, that is not good. Cincinnati has lost all 3 meetings with Washington in the 2018 campaign. The Reds are a dismal 3-13 in the last 16 meetings overall and 2-6 in their last 8 trips to Washington. Everything indicates a Nationals win.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WASHINGTON NATIONALS

The New York Yankees disposed of the Baltimore Orioles yesterday, 6-3, which isn’t a difficult thing to do when you’re playing the worst team in baseball. Today the two teams will meet again in the Bronx for a matinee when they conclude a short 2-game set. The Orioles are expected to have Alex Cobb tap the rubber and his year has been a disaster. He is 2-14, with a 6.08 ERA, a 1.56 WHIP, and Baltimore is 3-16 in his last 19 starts. The Yanks’ Sonny Gray took a line drive off his pitching hand in his last turn but is expected to get the start today. He is 8-7, with a 5.08 ERA, a 1.47 WHIP, and is starting to deliver like New York thought he would. Gray is 3-0 in his last 3 turns, with a nasty ERA of 1.10, a 0.92 WHIP, and has been an Orioles killer this season, going 3-0 with a 2.00 ERA. The Yankees open a 4-game set on Thursday against the Red Sox at Fenway so they had better win today.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES