Author: Roger

Sunday NFL Pick

The Buffalo Bills head south today to take on their hated rival, the Miami Dolphins. Buffalo is 5-1 ATS in their last 6 meetings with Miami and the Dolphins are 1-9 ATS in their last 10 games against the AFC East. The Dolphins have been sputtering at home, going 3-11 in their last 14 at Hard Rock. The Bills’ LeSean “Shady” McCoy was questionable for today’s game but is expected to play. With the money line at -140, I’m going to skip the -2.5 points and take the boys from Western New York, money line.

Today’s pick:

Buffalo Bills -140

Saturday MLB NLCS Game 6 Pick

The Los Angeles Dodgers will try to even things up at Wrigley Field today when they send their ace lefty, Clayton Kershaw to the hill. Kershaw is 6-2 in his last 8 against the Chicago Cubs and the Cubs are 2-5 in their last 7 against southpaws. I’m going with Kershaw in this one.

Today’s pick:

Los Angeles Dodgers

Friday CFL Pick

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats will take their 6-9-0 record to Canada’s Capital tonight to take on the 7-7-1 Ottawa Redblacks. The Ticats are second in the East, with a road record of 3-5-0, and when away from Tim Horton’s Field, they are averaging 27.8 points per game and giving up 27.9. The Redblacks are first in the East but are 2-4-1 at TD Place Stadium, averaging 24.3 points per game at home and allowing 26.4. Ottawa is 3-8 ATS in their last 11 overall and 1-6 ATS in their last 7 home games. I like Hamilton in this one, plus the 3.5 points.

Tonight’s pick:

Hamilton Tiger-Cats +3.5 points

Thursday NLCS Game 5 Pick

The Chicago Cubs will try to take a 3-2 lead back to Wrigley when they send their left-handed flamethrower John Lester to the mound tonight at Chavez Ravine to face the Dodgers’ Kenta Maeda. Maeda is 16-12 on the season, with an ERA of 3.70, a WHIP of 1.17 and has not performed well in his 2 post-season starts. In Game 1 of the NLCS, he yielded 3 runs on 4 hits over 4 innings of work and in Game 3 of the NLDS, he gave up 4 runs on 5 hits in just 3 innings of work. John Lester is 20-5 on the season, with an ERA of 2.33, a WHIP of 1.00 and has been lights out in his career in post-season play, with an ERA of just 2.57 in 18 appearances. The Dodgers are 0-4 in Maeda’s last 4 starts and 0-5 in their last 5 games against lefties. I like the Cubs in this situation.

Tonight’s pick:

Chicago Cubs

Wednesday ALCS Game 5 Pick

The Toronto Blue Jays looked sharp yesterday by dominating the Cleveland Indians and will try to send this series back to Progressive Field for Game 6 on Friday. Marco Estrada takes the hill for the Jays today in an early one at Rogers Centre. Estrada has been delivering over his last 3 outings, going 1-1, with an ERA of just 1.69, and a stingy WHIP of 0.80. Cleveland will send the rookie southpaw Ryan Merritt to the mound, who will be making his second Big League start and is 1-0, with an ERA of 1.64, and a WHIP of 0.55. The Jays are 8-3 in Estrada’s last 11 starts on 4 days’ rest and 5-1 in their last 6 home games against lefties. The Jays should get to the rookie today.

Today’s pick:

Toronto Blue Jays

MLB ALCS Game 3 Pick

The Toronto Blue Jays can’t afford to go down 0-3, or its probably lights out for our friends from Ontario. John Gibbons will send Marcus Stroman to the hill to try to right the ship. Stroman is mediocre at best, with a record of 9-10, an ERA of 4.33 and a 1.27 WHIP, but the Jays are 6-2 in his last 8 home starts. Trevor Bauer gets the nod for the Tribe and he is 12-8, with an ERA of 4.30 and a 1.31 WHIP. With numbers like that, the Jays sluggers should be able to pounce on Bauer tonight.

Tonight’s pick:

Toronto Blue Jays