Category: Baseball

The San Franciso Giants will have their work cut out for them tonight when they travel to American Family Field to open a 4-game set with the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee has been clicking, winning 5 of their last 6. They are 35-21 overall and 19-11 in home games. The expected starter for Milwaukee is lefty Shane Drohan and he has good numbers, at 2-1 with an ERA of only 2.63 and a 1.10 WHIP. The 23-26 Giants sit in the fourth spot in the NL West, have just 1 win in their last 6 tries, and have been clunkers on the road at 11-20. They are expected to send Landen Roupp to the hill. He is 5-5 with a respectable ERA of 3.30 and a 1.18 WHIP. The Giants do not score runs, averaging only 3.9 per game. The Brewers average just under 5 per game and have one of the lowest team ERAs in the majors at 3.17. The side to consider here is Milwaukee.
TONIGHT’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS

The Athletics and the New York Yankees will play the rubber game of their 3-game set this afternoon at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. The 35-23 Yankees sit just 1.5 games back of the struggling Tampa Bay Rays for the lead in the AL East and will catch them. It’s just a matter of time. The Yankees have been hot, winning 5 of their last 6, and are 18-14 away from the Bronx. Will Warren is expected to get the start for New York and he has been delivering. Warren is 6-1 with a 3.55 ERA and an excellent WHIP of 1.17. The Athletics are under .500, at 28-30. They are a dismal 11-16 at home and are just 1-4 in their last 5 games in West Sac. Today’s expected starter for the A’s is southpaw Jacob Lopez. He is 4-2 with an elevated ERA of 5.73 and a 1.77 WHIP which is not good when you are facing the Bombers who are averaging 5 runs per game. New York has the edge in runs scored, run differential, homers, team ERA, and more times than not have success against a left-handed starter.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES

The 34-19 Tampa Bay Rays will be glad to return to the Trop tonight when they open a 3-game set with the 22-35 Los Angeles Angels. Tampa has lost 4 straight and went 1-4 on their 5-game road trip but they will get back on the rails tonight. The Rays own the best home record in the majors, at 19-5, and have won 4 straight in St. Pete. Tampa’s expected starter, Nick Martinez, has been in the zone. Martinez is 4-1 with an excellent ERA of 1.51 and a 1.11 WHIP. The Halos are expected to give the nod to Walbert Ureña who is 2-4 with a respectable ERA of 2.58 and a 1.36 WHIP. The Angels have been playing better of late but are still just 10-19 on the road. Mike Trout is on fire and proving once again he is the best player on the planet. The Rays score more runs than the Angels, give up less, and if they pitch around Trout they should be alright.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS

The Atlanta Braves and the Boston Red Sox will play the rubber game of their 3-game set this afternoon at Fenway Park. The best team in baseball, the 37-19 Atlanta Braves, were shut out yesterday 8-0 which is a rarity, but they will bounce back today. The Braves are expected to send the 2024 NL Cy Young winner and future Hall-of-Famer to the hill, southpaw Chris Sale. Sale is once again in the running for the coveted award and so he should be. He is 7-3 with a 1.89 ERA and a 0.87 WHIP over 62.0 innings of work. The 23-31 Red Sox are expected to hand the ball to fellow southpaw Payton Tolle and he has been delivering. Tolle is 2-2 with a 2.46 ERA and a WHIP of 0.82 but that is over just 36.2 innings of work. The Braves are 5-0 in Sale’s last 5 road starts against a team with a losing record and Boston is averaging just 3.9 runs per game which is not good when you are facing the Condor.
TODAY’S PICK: ATLANTA BRAVES

Since Aaron Judge snapped his 11-game home run drought on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Rays the New York Yankees bats have exploded. In their first 2 games of their 3-game set with the Kansas City Royals, the Bombers have outscored the Royals 19-4. Tonight they will go for a road sweep and are expected to have the future Hall-of-Famer on the hill, Gerrit Cole. Cole has not missed a beat since returning from Tommy John surgery. He returned to the rotation on Friday against Tampa and delivered, allowing only 2 hits and no runs over 6 innings of work. The Royals are expected to give the nod to southpaw Noah Cameron, and the Yankees crush left-handed pitching. Cameron comes in at 2-3 with a 4.72 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. New York has won 13 consecutive games against KC and has edge in runs scored, run differential, homers, team ERA and the list goes on.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES

With last night’s 6-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park, the Arizona Diamondbacks have won all 4 meetings with their NL West rival this season, outscoring them 29-10 over that span because the Giants do not score runs. The Giants are dead last in the league in scoring, averaging just 3.6 per game, and tonight they are expected to face southpaw Eduardo Rodríguez who has been throwing flames. Rodríguez is 4-1 with an excellent ERA of only 2.24 and a WHIP to match at 1.19. Tyler Mahle is expected to get the nod for the Giants and he has been just the opposite. Mahle is 1-6 with a bloated ERA of 6.10 and a 1.57 WHIP. The Snakes are one of the hottest teams in the league. They have won 3 straight and 8 of their last 10. With an offense that is averaging just under 5 runs per game, Mahle could be in trouble.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS

It was just a matter of time until Aaron Judge snapped his 11-game home run drought and it happened yesterday when he walked off the Tampa Bay Rays in the ninth with a blast to right center, sending the Rays packing with a 0-2 loss. Today that momentum will carry over when the Yankees take it on the arches to Kauffman Stadium to open a 3-game set with the Kansas City Royals. Today’s expected starters have both been dealing. The Yankees’ Will Warren is 6-1 with a 3.61 ERA and a 1.18 WHIP. The Royals’ Michael Wacha is 4-2 with a 2.70 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. The Yankees own the Royals. Back in April the Bombers swept KC in a 3-game set in the Bronx, outscoring them 24-6, and last year they swept both 3-game sets outscoring them 29-11 over the 6 games.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES