Month: August 2025

The Miami Marlins and the Atlanta Braves will open a 5-game set tonight at Truist Park with a doubleheader slated for Saturday. The 56-57 Marlins were a pushover early in the season but that has changed. The Marlins have won 10 of their last 14, are 6 back of the final wild card spot, and the rest of the NL had better start taking notice. The 47-66 Braves are doing just the opposite, losing 11 of their last 14, and their expected starter for tonight, Carlos Carrasco, is not the answer. Carrasco is 2-2 with an elevated ERA of 5.68 and a 1.53 WHIP. Miami will counter with Eury Pérez, who has been in the zone. Pérez is 4-3 with a 2.70 ERA, a WHIP of only 0.94, and over his last 6 starts, Pérez is 4-1 with a 1.06 ERA. It doesn’t get better than that. The Marlins have won 3 of the last 4 meetings this year with the Braves, play well on the road at 28-26, and are 5-1 in their last 6 road games against a team with a losing record.
TONIGHT’S PICK: MIAMI MARLINS

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Francisco Giants will play the rubber game of their 3-game set in an early one today at PNC Park. The Giants evened the score, cruising to an 8-1 victory last night, and will turn to southpaw Robbie Ray today to wrap up the series. Ray is 9-5 with an ERA of just 2.85 and a 1.12 WHIP. In his last turn against the Mets he was delivering, allowing only 1 run and 4 hits over 7 innings of work, and the Giants went on to a 4-3 victory. Ray will be opposed by another lefty, Andrew Heaney. Heaney, who is 5-9 with a 4.89 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP, was shaky in his last start against the worst team in baseball, the Colorado Rockies, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits over just 3-1/3 innings and the Rockies went on to a 17-16 win. At 57-57, the Giants still have a wild card shot but they have to beat teams like the 49-65 Bucs if they want to get in, and they know it. Ray should keep the Pirates’ bats in check, who are dead last in the league in scoring.
TODAY’S PICK: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS

The Milwaukee Brewers won their fourth in a row last night, beating the 47-64 Atlanta Braves 3-1 at Truist Park. Milwaukee owns the best record in baseball at 68-44. They have won 12 of their last 16 and hold a 3-game lead over the Chicago Cubs for the lead in the NL Central. Tonight in the middle game of their 3-game set with Atlanta, Milwaukee is expected to send Freddy Peralta to the bump. Peralta has been on his mark with a record of 12-5, a very good ERA of 3.08, and a 1.13 WHIP. Joey Wentz is expected to get the nod for Atlanta. Wentz is 2-2 with an elevated ERA of 5.02, a 1.38 WHIP, and Milwaukee’s hot bats should be able to do some damage to the southpaw. The Brewers have played well on the road, at 32-24. They are 5-0 in their last 5 against the NL East and 5-0 in their last 5 road games against a team with a losing record.
TONIGHT’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS

The AL Central-leading 65-48 Detroit Tigers will open a 3-game set tonight against the fourth place 52-59 Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park. Detroit is back to their winning ways, going 5-2 over their last 7, and will turn to Casey Mize to throw strikes. The 2025 All Star is 9-4 with a 3.44 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and the Tigers are 8-0 in his last eight home starts against a team with a losing record. The Twins’ road record is not good, at 22-35, and have just two wins in their last eight tries. Detroit is tough at home with a record of 36-21 and have won two straight against Minnesota and four of the six meetings this year. Minnesota has yet to announce a starter but it shouldn’t matter. Detroit is the better team on the field tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: DETROIT TIGERS

The 63-48 New York Mets and the 55-56 San Franciso Giants will play the rubber game of their 3-game set this afternoon in Queens. The Mets cruised to a 12-6 win yesterday and the reeling Giants have now lost 7 of their last 8. Today’s expected starter for San Franciso is southpaw Carson Whisenhunt, and Soto and company should send him packing early. Whisenhunt has just 5 innings of work under his belt with a bloated ERA of 7.20 and a 1.40 WHIP. Frankie Montas should get the nod for New York. Montas’ ERA is high at 5.46 and his WHIP is 1.45 but he has 3 wins to his credit and only 1 loss. The Mets have won 5 of the last 6 meetings with the Giants. They have the edge in runs per game, run differential, batting average, hits, homers, and boast a 38-17 record at Citi Field.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK METS

The Kansas City Royals will go for their fourth straight win when the Royals and the Toronto Blue Jays play the middle game of their 3-game set today at Rogers Centre. Kansas City lit up Toronto’s ace, Kevin Gausman, last night tagging him for 5 runs on 6 hits and the Royals went on to take Game 1, 9-3. Toronto is expected to give the start to veteran Max Scherzer. Scherzer is 1-1 with a 4.89 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP over 35 innings of work. Kansas City is expected to counter with rookie southpaw Noah Cameron, who is living up to all of their expectations. Cameron is 5-4 with an ERA of only 2.44 and a 0.99 WHIP over 81 innings of work. The Royals are just 3.5 games back for a wild card spot and newly acquired Mike Yastrzemski and Adam Frazier are already paying dividends, with both of them going yard last night. The Jays have lost 5 of their last 6 and over that span they have allowed a staggering 57 runs. The underdog Royals have owned the Jays, winning 6 of the last 7 meetings and have momentum on their side.
TODAY’S PICK: KANSAS CITY ROYALS

The 60-49 San Diego Padres are starting to heat up, winning five straight and now are just three games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the top spot in the NL West. Tonight the Padres will open up a 3-game set at Petco Park with the 55-55 St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals and Padres met just last week at Busch Stadium, splitting a 4-game set, with San Diego winning the last two. Since then, the Padres went on to sweep a really good New York Mets team in San Diego, outscoring them 19-7 over the three games. Tonight’s expected starters are Nick Pivetta for the Padres and Matthew Liberatore for the Cardinals. The Padres ace Pivetta has been in the zone, posting are record of 10-3 with a 2.81 ERA and a WHIP of only 0.98. Liberatore is 6-8 with a 4.04 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and took the loss the last time he faced San Diego. The Friars are hot and are tough at home with a record of 34-18. They are the side to consider.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES