The Pittsburgh Pirates have come back down to earth and are showing who they really are – a mediocre team at best. After getting blanked 4-0 by the Detroit Tigers yesterday, the Bucs are now 2-12 over their last 14 games. It won’t get any easier for Pittsburgh when they play the second game of their 3-game set with Detroit in an early one today at Comerica Park. The Tigers ace, Eduardo Rodríguez, is expected to get the nod and he has been throwing flames. Rodríguez is 4-2 with an ERA of just 1.57, a 0.79 WHIP, and over his last 6 starts he has yielded only 2 runs. Now that is dominance! Detroit has won 2 straight and is 7-0 in their last 7 interleague home games.
TODAY’S PICK: DETROIT TIGERS
Month: May 2023
Tuesday MLB Pick
The AL home run king, Aaron Judge, belted two homers yesterday as the New York Yankees went on to defeat their AL East rival Toronto Blue Jays, 7-4. Tonight in game 2 of their 4-game set at Rogers Centre, the Yankees will have Domingo Germán tapping the rubber and the Jays will start Kevin Gausman. Germán has been dealing, posting an ERA of 1.89 over his last 3 starts with a 0.79 WHIP. Gausman over his last 3 turns has an ERA of 4.41 with a 1.29 WHIP. The Yankees are starting to get healthy and are a different team since the return of Harrison Bader and Aaron Judge. The Bombers are 7-3 in their last 10 overall and 12-4 in their last 16 in Toronto. Depending on where you do your shopping, New York is around +160 and are well worth a consideration.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Monday MLB Pick
The San Diego Padres should get back in the Win column tonight when they open a 3-game series at Petco Park with the Kansas City Royals. The Padres have lost 5 straight and are 19-22 on the season, which should not be happening with all their talent. The Royals own the second worst record in baseball, at 12-30, and are 6-13 on the road. KC will send Brad Keller to the hill. Over his last 3 starts, Keller is 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA and a 2.25 WHIP. Michael Wacha will be tapping the rubber for the Friars. Over his last 3 turns, Wacha is 1-0 with a 2.12 ERA and a nasty WHIP of 0.88. The Padres’ bats have been ice cold but with a lineup that consists of Manny Machado, Juan Soto, and Fernando Tatís, Jr. that will change, starting tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES
Sunday MLB Pick
The 20-19 Seattle Mariners will go for a 3-game series sweep of the 17-24 Detroit Tigers this afternoon at Comerica Park. Seattle won the first two by a combined score of 14-2. The Mariners are also 6-0 in their last 6 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 in the Motor City. Today’s expected starter for Detroit is lefty Joey Wentz. He is 1-3 with a 6.08 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP which doesn’t bode well for Detroit, with Seattle at 5-1 in their last 6 against a left-handed starter. Seattle is expected to have Logan Gilbert tap the rubber. Gilbert is 1-2 with a respectable ERA of 3.79, a WHIP of only 0.99, and over his last 2 turns he has allowed just 4 runs on 6 hits.
TODAY’S PICK: SEATTLE MARINERS
Saturday MLB Pick
The Boston Red Sox will look to even their 3-game series with the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon at Fenway. Boston is 22-17 overall and 13-8 at home. St Louis is 14-25 overall and 8-12 on the road. Two southpaws are expected to oppose each other, with Chris Sale tapping the rubber for the Red Sox and Steven Matz for the Cardinals. The 7-time all star, Sale, gets better each time he takes the mound so disregard his 3-2 record and elevated 6.37 ERA. Matz has struggled, still winless at 0-4 with a 5.70 ERA. The Red Sox are 6-1 in their last 7 at Fenway and 4-0 in their last 4 games against a left-handed starter.
TODAY’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX
Friday MLB Pick
The Baltimore Orioles and the Pittsburgh Pirates will open a 3-game set tonight at Camden Yards. Pittsburgh is in a major slump, losing 9 of their last 10. Tonight they are expected to turn to Johan Oviedo to get them back on track and he is not the answer. Oviedo is 2-3 with a 5.59 ERA and a 1.62 WHIP. Over his last 3 starts, he has surrendered 17 earned runs over 12-2/3 innings of work – not good. The Orioles have won 2 straight, taking 2 of 3 from the best team in baseball, the Tampa Bay Rays. Tonight they are expected to hand the ball to Kyle Bradish, who is 1-1 with a 5.95 ERA and a 1.73 WHIP. The O’s are 8-2 in their last 10 home games and 9-1 in their last 10 meetings with the Bucs at the Yard.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Thursday MLB Pick
After getting swept by the New York Yankees by a combined score of 28-10, the Oakland Athletics return home tonight to open a 4-game series with the AL West leading 22-14 Texas Rangers. The 8-30 A’s have just 3 wins at the Coliseum and will be facing right-hander Nathan Eovaldi, who has been dialed in. Eovaldi is 4-2 with a 3.22 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP. In his last two starts, he pitched a complete game against the Yankees, blanking them 2-0, and then pitched 8 scoreless against the Angels in a 10-1 Texas win. Oakland has yet to announce a starter but whoever it is doesn’t matter. Texas is averaging 6.31 runs per game, which is the best in the majors, and Oakland’s combined ERA is a bloated 7.43.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TEXAS RANGERS