Category: Baseball

It’s been a long time but the Seattle Mariners will finally see post-season play but have one more regular season game today against the Detroit Tigers at T-Mobile Park. Two lefties are expected to get the nod, with Tyler Alexander for the Tigers and Marco Gonzales for the Mariners. Alexander is 4-11 with an ERA of 4.72 and Gonzales is 10-15 with a 4.14 ERA. Seattle will want to go into their series with the Toronto Blue Jays on a winning note, so this game matters. The Mariners are 6-0 in their last 6 home games against a left-handed starter and 5-1 in their last 6 meetings with Detroit.
TODAY’S PICK: SEATTLE MARINERS

The New York Yankees will play a doubleheader today against the Texas Rangers in Arlington. The first game will have Jameson Taillon tapping the rubber for the Yankees and Jon Gray for the Rangers. Taillon is 14-5 with a 3.84 ERA and a 1.11 WHIP. Gray is 7-7 with a 3.93 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, and the Rangers are 0-6 in his last 6 starts.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES – GAME 1

The New York Mets can still win the NL East but they will have to take care of business in Queens tonight against the inept Washington Nationals. Tonight’s expected starters are Carlos Carrasco for the Mets and Cory Abbott for the Nats. Carrasco is 15-7 with a 3.95 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP. Abbott is 0-4 with an ERA of 5.11 and a 1.36 WHIP. The Mets are 7-3 in their last 10 against the Nationals and should light up Abbott like a Christmas tree.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS

The Atlanta Braves have a one game lead over the New York Mets for the top spot in the NL East and will go for a 3-game sweep over their archrival tonight at Truist Park. But not so fast. New York will send Chris Bassitt to the hill and Atlanta with start Charlie “The Curve Ball” Morton. Morton is 9-6 with a 4.29 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP. Bassitt is 15-8 with a 3.27 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP. Plus, the Mets are 5-0 in his last 5 in the third game of a series and they are 8-2 in their last 10 Sunday games.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS

The New York Yankees will play an early one today with the Baltimore Orioles in the Bronx. Today is the 61st anniversary when Roger Maris hit his 61st homer to pass the Babe so the stars are aligned for Aaron Judge to hit his 62nd at The Stadium. The expected starters are nasty lefty Nestor Cortés Jr. for the Yankees and Austin Voth for the Orioles. Cortés is 11-4 with a 2.56 ERA and a nasty 0.95 ERA. Voth has great numbers, at 5-3, with a 2.77 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP. The Orioles have struggled against left-handed starters, going 0-4 in their last 4, and Yankee Stadium will be electric.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES

The Toronto Blue Jays have clinched a Wild Card berth but not the #1 spot which would give them home field advantage, so be assured this weekend series with the Boston Red Sox at Rogers Centre will not be taken lightly. Toronto will send their ace, Alek Manoah, to the rubber tonight and he has been throwing flames. Manoah comes in at 15-7 with a 2.31 ERA and is 2-0 this year against the Red Sox, with an ERA of only 1.35. Nick Pivetta is expected to get the nod for Boston. He is 10-11 with a 4.48 ERA, is 0-1 this year against the Jays with a 5.52 ERA, and Boston is 0-4 in his last 4 turns against a team with a winning record. The Jays have won the last 6 meetings with the Red Sox, outscoring them 58-20, and tonight should be no different. The Young Guns get it done.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO BLUE JAYS

The Philadelphia Phillies had better be sleeping with one eye open because the Milwaukee Brewers are just a half game back of them for the third and final Wild Card spot in the NL. Milwaukee has 7 games left on the slate, with all of them being played at American Family Field, and will open a 4-game set tonight with the Miami Marlins. Two lefties are expected to get the nod tonight, with Eric Lauer for the Brewers and Braxton Garrett for the Marlins. Lauer is 10-7 with a 3.96 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP. Garrett is upside-down at 3-6 with a 3.52 ERA, a 1.16 WHIP, and Miami is 0-5 in his last 5 turns against a team with a winning record. The Brewers are 43-31 at home, 5-1 in their last 6 against a team with a losing record, and 4-1 in their last 5 home games against a left-handed starter.
TONIGHT’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS