Category: Baseball

The red hot New York Mets will be in DC tonight to open a 4-game set with the Washington Nationals. The NL East leading Mets are the real deal and will go for their 8th straight win after sweeping a really good Phillies team in 3 and prior to that they swept the Cardinals in 4. New York is expected to send Kodai Senga to the hill and his numbers are off the charts. Senga is 3-1 with a hardly visible ERA of 0.79 and a 0.97 WHIP. Washington is expected to give the nod to Jake Irvin and he had better be in the zone or the Mets will make him pay. Irvin has good numbers, at 2-0 with a 3.68 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP. New York has won the last 6 meetings with Washington and are hot. Ride them until they are not.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS

The Los Angeles Angels are on the verge of being swept at home by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Bucs won the first 2 games, outscoring the Halos 12-3 over that span, but the Angels will have Tyler Anderson on the hill tonight and he will stop the bleeding. Anderson has been in the zone with a record of 2-0, an ERA of only 2.08, a 1.02 WHIP, and the Angels are 4-0 in his last 4 starts. Pittsburgh is expected to give the nod to Carmen Mlodzinski and he has been awful. He comes in at 1-3 with a bloated ERA of 7.41 and a 2.00 WHIP. If Mike Trout, who is batting a pathetic .169, can’t break out against this guy, throw in the towel.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES ANGELS

The Baltimore Orioles will look to rebound from their 0-7 shellacking by the Washington Nationals last night when they play the middle game of their 3-game set tonight at Nationals Park. The Orioles are loaded with young talent and should not be 9-13 on the season but they will turn it around and tonight should be that night. Trevor Williams will get the nod for the Nationals and Baltimore will be able to get to him. Williams is 1-2 with an elevated ERA of 5.95 and a 1.63 WHIP. Not good. The Orioles will counter with Tomoyuki Sugano who is 2-1 with a 3.43 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and was sharp in his last turn against Cleveland when he pitched 7 strong innings, yielding just 2 runs on 5 hits with no walks, and Baltimore cruised to a 6-2 victory.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BALTIMORE ORIOLES

The Tampa Bay Rays will limp into Chase Field tonight to open a 3-game interleague set with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Tampa is winless on the road, at 0-3, and have lost 5 of their last 6. Their expected starter for tonight is Zack Littell and he has been getting lit up. Littell is 0-4 with a 5.48 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and the Rays are 0-5 in his last 5 starts. The Snakes have been just the opposite, winning 6 of their last 8, and are expected to send Brandon Pfaadt to the bump. Pfaadt is 3-1 with an ERA of 3.04 and a 1.10 WHIP. Tampa has won the last 5 meetings with Arizona but trends end.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

The New York Mets will open a 3-game set tonight at Citi Field with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Mets are hot. New York is coming off a 4-game sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals and is expected to have Tylor Megill on the hill. Megill is 2-2 with an excellent ERA of only 1.40, a 1.34 WHIP, and is 3-1 lifetime against Philadelphia with a 2.51 ERA. The Phillies are expected to send Aaron Nola to the hill. The once dominant hurler is no more. Nola is 0-4 with a bloated ERA of 6.65 and a 1.66 WHIP. The Mets have won the last two meetings with the Phillies and are 9-1 in Queens this season.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS

The New York Yankees will go for a series win over the Tampa Bay Rays today when they wrap up their 4-game set at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Due to the hurricane that ripped off the roof at the Trop, Tampa’s home games will be played at Steinbrenner Field which is the Yankees Spring Training facility and their turf, not Tampa’s. Today’s expected starter is Ryan Pepiot for the Rays. He comes in at 1-2 with a 4.01 ERA and a 1.59 WHIP. The Yankees are expected to counter with southpaw Max Fried and he has been delivering. Fried is 3-0 with a 1.88 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, and New York is 4-0 in his last 4 starts. The Bombers are 5-0 in their last 5 in game 4 of a series and should come out on top.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES

The San Diego Padres and the Chicago Cubs will play the rubber game of their 3-game set today at Petco Park. The Friars are the side to consider in this one. The Padres are 11-1 at home and will have Nick Pivetta on the hill, who is 2-1 with a WHIP of only 0.82.
TODAY’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES