Category: Baseball

The Los Angeles Angels should snap their 3-game skid tonight when they host the Baltimore Orioles and this is why. Jeremy Hellickson will get the nod for the Orioles and the former Philly is 7-5, with an ERA of 4.45. Mike Scioscia will counter with Parker Bridwell. Bridwell is 5-1, with an ERA of 3.20. The Angels are 5-0 in his last 5 starts and 5-0 in his last 5 starts against the American League East. Paul Nauert will be calling the balls and strikes tonight and the Angels are 4-0 in their last 4 when he is pulling the strings.

Tonight’s Pick:

Los Angeles Angels

Jhoulys Chacín will tap the rubber tonight for the San Diego Padres when they open a 4-game set against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Chacín is 11-7, with an ERA of 3.99, a WHIP of 1.26, and San Diego is 6-0 in his last 6 starts. Tim Adleman will get the nod for the Reds. Adleman is 5-9, with an ERA of 5.42, a WHIP of 1.41, and Cincinnati is 1-5 in his last 6 starts. The Friars are 4-1 in their last 5 meetings with Cincinnati and 6-2 in their last 8 trips to Great American Ball Park. Edge San Diego.

Tonight’s Pick:

San Diego Padres

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the San Diego Padres will play an early one today at PNC Park. The pitching matchup today will be Jameson Taillon for the Pirates and southpaw Clayton Richard for the Friars. Taillon is 6-5 on the season, with an ERA of 4.74, and a WHIP of 1.53. Richard is 5-12, with a 5.40 ERA, a 1.60 WHIP, and has given up more hits than any other hurler in the Majors, with 175. The Padres are 2-6 in their last 8 trips to PNC Park. McCutchen and company should get to Richard today.

Today’s Pick:

Pittsburgh Pirates

The New York Yankees have now lost 4 in a row and tonight they will ask the southpaw Jordan Montgomery to pull them out of their funk. Montgomery is 7-6, with an ERA of 4.15, and a WHIP of 1.27. Cleveland is expected to counter with Danny Salazar. Salazar is 4-5, with an ERA of 4.63, a WHIP of 1.37 and last faced the Bombers in 2016 where he yielded 6 runs on 8 hits in 5-2/3 innings of work. The Yankees’ bats are heating up, racking up 11 hits last night to the Indians 8. New York is a good dog bet today.

Tonight’s Pick:

New York Yankees

The Houston Astros have lost 3 in a row and are a little banged up but they should get back on track tonight when they host the Toronto Blue Jays. The Jays will send César Valdez to the hill. Over his last 3 starts, his ERA has exploded to 7.50, with a WHIP of 1.75, and Toronto is 3-8 in their last 11 trips to Houston. Houston will counter with Brad Peacock. Peacock is 2-0 in his last 3 starts, with an ERA of 1.12, a WHIP of 1.12, and the Astros are 6-0 in his last 6 starts. Houston should get this one.

Tonight’s Pick:

Houston Astros

The Los Angeles Angels are hot, winning 4 of their last 5 contests, and will go for the sweep tonight over the visiting Philadelphia Phillies. The Angels blanked Philadelphia last night, 7-0, and held them to just 1 run on Tuesday in a 7-1 victory. The Angels will hand the ball to Parker Bridwell and he has been on his game. For the season, Bridwell is 5-1, with a 2.83 ERA, and was perfect in the month of July, going 3-0 and posting an ERA of 1.69. Philadelphia is 16-38 on the road and will send Jerad Eickhoff to the rubber. Eickhoff is 2-7, with a 4.56 ERA, a 1.48 WHIP, and is 0-5 in 8 starts on the road this season with a 5.36 ERA. The Angels have the Phillies’ number, winning the last 11 contests and I don’t see that changing tonight.

Tonight’s pick:

Los Angeles Angels

The Chicago White Sox have literally sold the farm and tonight they will host the Toronto Blue Jays in the first game of a 3-game series. Both hurlers today are mediocre at best, with Marco Estrada going for the Jays and James Shields for the White Sox. Estrada is 4-7, with an ERA of 5.43, and a WHIP of 1.49. Shields is 2-3, with an ERA of 5.86, and a WHIP of 1.66. The Blue Jays are by far the more talented team and with Chicago’s record of 1-9 in their last 10 home games, the Jays are the play here.

Tonight’s Pick:

Toronto Blue Jays