Author: Roger

The Cleveland Indians send Josh Tomlin to the hill today at Kaufman Stadium to face Chris Young and the Kansas City Royals. Tomlin is 8-3 on the season with a 3.84 ERA and a WHIP of 1.13. The Indians are 9-0 in Tomlin’s last 9 road starts and 11-1 in his last 12 against the American League Central. Tomlin has faced the Royals twice this season winning both contests. The 6’10” Chris Young is 2-6 on the season with a 6.39 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP. Young has been giving up the long ball, yielding 17 homers in 41 innings. Young faced the Indians on June 5th and gave up 4 homers in 4-2/3 innings in a Kansas City loss. Jim Wolf is calling it tonight and Cleveland is 8-3 in their last 11 with him behind the dish. Indians tonight.

Tonight’s pick:

Cleveland Indians

Zack Greinke will face his old team for the first time tonight when the Arizona Diamondbacks host the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chase Field. Greinke was slow out of the gate but boy has he turned things around. He is 8-3 on the season with a 3.84 ERA and is 5-0 in his last 5 outings with a 1.98 ERA. Greinke has been throwing flames, yielding no runs in his last 16 innings of work. The D-Backs’ Paul Goldschmidt has been on a tear as well, going 12-27 in his 7 game hitting streak. Mike Bolsinger gets the call for the Dodgers. Bolsinger is 1-3 on the season with a 5.75 ERA. Los Angeles is 0-4 in his last 4 road starts and 1-6 in his last 7 overall. Diamondbacks tonight.

Tonight’s pick:

Arizona Diamondbacks

Baseball is a streaky game and the Toronto Blue Jays will try to take another one from the Baltimore Orioles today at Rogers Centre. The lefty JA Happ gets the call for the Jays. He is 6-3 with a 3.57 ERA and Toronto is 6-1 in his last 7 home starts. Mike Wright takes the hill for the Orioles. He is 3-3 on the season with a 5.14 ERA and the Birds are 1-4 in his last 5 road starts against a team with a winning record. John Tumpane is calling it today and the home teams are 4-0 with him behind the dish.

Today’s pick:

Toronto Blue Jays

Two of the best meet tonight when Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers travel north to take on Johnny Cueto and the San Francisco Giants. The dominating southpaw, Clayton Kershaw is 8-1 on the season with an ERA of 1.46 and a WHIP of 0.65, which is scary. The Giants counter though with Johnny C. who is 9-1 on the season with a 2.16 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. Impressive. The Dodgers have struggled at AT&T Park, winning just 3 out of their last 14 contests. The Giants can hit lefties. They are 6-0 in their last 6 against them. The Giants are 11-1 in Cueto’s last 12 starts and 4-1 in his last 5 home starts. With Posey expected back in the line up, I’m taking the home dog.

Tonight’s pick:

San Francisco Giants

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Colorado Rockies play an afternoon delight when they clash today at Coors Field. The red hot southpaw Jeff Locke takes the hill for the Bucs. He has won 4 straight and has not walked a batter in his last 2 outings. Locke has a record of 1-1 against the Rockies with an ERA of 3.98. Chad Bettis gets the call for the Rockies and he has been getting lit up. Over Chad’s last 3 outings, he is 0-3 with a staggering 11.48 ERA, a WHIP of 2.40 and has given up 17 runs on 25 hits in 13-1/3 innings of work. Bettis is 0-2 against Pittsburgh with an ERA of 5.40. The Pirates are 8-0 in their last 8 trips to Coors Field and 12-2 in their last 14 meetings. I like Cutch and company today.

Today’s pick:

Pittsburgh Pirates

Ricky Nolasco will face his old team for the first time when the Minnesota Twins host the Miami Marlins at Target Field tonight. Nolasco is 2-4 on the season, with an ERA of 4.93 and has struggled in his 2 starts at Target Field, posting an inflated ERA of 6.23. The lefty Wei-Yin-Chen takes the mound for the Marlins and he is 3-2 on the season with an ERA of 4.25. Chen has had success against the Twins, owning a 3-1 record and allowing just 1 run over 6 innings in his last encounter. Minnesota is just 1-6 in Nolasco’s last 7 starts and they are 3-8 in their last 11 interleague games. Jerry Lane is calling it tonight and Miami is 5-1 in their last 6 with him behind the dish. Taking the Marlins tonight.

Tonight’s pick:

Miami Marlins