Author: Roger

The Toronto Blue Jays will try to make it 3 straight today against the struggling Minnesota Twins at Target Field. The Blue Jays’ bats are heating up and they will face Pat Dean, who makes his first major league start. In Dean’s 2 relief appearances this year, he yielded 14 hits in 8 innings of work. JA Happ will look to redeem himself after getting hammered by Tampa Bay on Monday. Happ has been dominant on the road this year. In 4 road starts, he has an ERA of 1.91. The Twins are 0-8 in their last 8 home games. The Jays’ should get to the youngster today.

Today’s pick:

Toronto Blue Jays

Two of the hottest teams in baseball square off in the Motor City tonight when the Detroit Tigers host the Tampa Bay Rays. Matt Andriese takes the hill for the Rays and he is 2-0 on the season with a stingy ERA of 0.56 and a 0.56 WHIP to match. Anibal Sanchez gets the nod for Detroit and he is 3-4 with an ERA of 5.91 and a WHIP of 1.59. The Rays bats have been scary. They had 44 hits and scored 31 times in their 3 game sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Tonight’s pick:

Tampa Bay Rays

The Chicago White Sox have lost 4 in a row but the lefty Chris Sale should put an end to that when they host the Houston Astros tonight at US Cellular Field. Sale is the best in the business, with an 8-0 record, an ERA of 1.67 and a WHIP of 0.76. The White Sox are 9-0 in Sale’s last 9 starts and 4-0 in his last 4 at home. How do you not take him?

Tonight’s pick:

Chicago White Sox

The Washington Nationals will try to end their 3 game skid tonight when they send southpaw Gio Ganzalez to the hill to face Bartolo Colon and the New York Mets. Gonzalez is 9-4 with an ERA of 2.66 lifetime against New York and the Nationals are 8-2 in his last 10 starts in Queens. On the flip side, Colon is 3-5 with an ERA of 3.17 lifetime against Washington and the Mets are just 1-5 in his last 6 starts against the National League East. Bryce Harper is due for a big night. He is 0-9 in his last 3 games.

Tonight’s Pick:

Washington Nationals

After suffering a rare loss to Pittsburgh on Sunday, the Chicago Cubs take their 13-3 road record to Miller Park tonight to take on the Milwaukee Brewers. Kyle Hendricks takes the mound for Chicago and he is 2-2 on the season with an ERA of 3.03. Hendricks has had success against the Brewers, posting a 4-1 record and a stingy 1.49 ERA against them. Chase Anderson takes the hill for the Brew. He is winless in his last 5 outings and is 1-5 on the season with an ERA of 6.11. The Cubs are 7-0 in their last 7 in Milwaukee and are 8-1 in their last 9 following a loss.

Tonight’s pick:

Chicago Cubs

The Toronto Blue Jays return home tonight, a little black and blue, to take on the Tampa Bay Rays. Two southpaws go at it tonight with J.A. Happ for the Jays and Drew Smyly for Tampa. Happ has been dominant for Toronto, posting a 2-0 record with an ERA of 1.61 and a WHIP of 1.12 over his last 3 outings. Smyly brings a 0-2 record to the plate with an ERA of 5.62 and a WHIP of 1.25 over his last 3. Toronto is 5-0 in Happ’s last 5 starts at Rogers Centre and the Rays are 0-4 in their last 4 north of the border.

Tonight’s Pick:

Toronto Blue Jays

Masahiro Tanaka will take the hill today for the New York Yankees in the Bronx and the Chicago White Sox will counter with Miguel Gonzales. Tanaka has an ERA of 3.32 and a stingy WHIP of just 0.88. On the flip side, Gonzales owns a 4.91 ERA with a WHIP of 1.73. Tanaka just needs to make it through 6 innings and then No Run DMC comes in – Miller, Betances and Chapman. Then its over.

Today’s pick:

New York Yankees