The San Diego Padres will try to right the ship tonight when they host the San Francisco Giants. The Friars have lost 5 straight and Bell and Soto have yet to justify their huge salaries but they will tonight. The pitching matchup has Joe Musgrove against Alex Cobb. Musgrove is 8-5 with a 3.00 ERA and Cobb is 3-6 with a 4.08 ERA. Edge Padres.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES
Monday MLB Pick
The New York Mets are #1 in the East because they are loaded with talent and have the best skipper in the bigs, Buck Showalter. Tonight they will host the Cincinnati Reds. The expected starters are Chris Bassitt for the Mets and Justin Dunn for the Reds. Bassitt is 8-7 with a 3.02 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. Dunn just got called up from AAA and the Mets are licking their chops. New York has won 3 straight, 8 of their last 10, and will not lose tonight at home to an inferior Reds team.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK METS
Sunday MLB Pick
The Milwaukee Brewers will not lose the series to the Cincinnati Reds and this is why. Corbin Burnes is on the hill. He is 8-5 with a 2.49 ERA and a .095 WHIP. Done.
TODAY’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS
Saturday MLB Pick
The Tampa Bay Rays will have the best pitcher in the bigs on the hill today when they face the pathetic Detroit Tigers. Shane McClanahan gets the nod for the boys from St. Pete and numbers don’t lie. He is 10-4 with a 2.07 ERA and a nasty 0.82 WHIP. The Tigers will counter with Garret Hill. He is 1-3 with a 5.89 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. The Rays need to win, the Tigers don’t.
TODAY’S PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS
Friday MLB Pick
The New York Yankees will look to get back on track when they open a 3-game set with the St. Louis Cardinals tonight at Busch Stadium. The Bombers are in a bit of a funk but that never lasts too long. Tonight they will face Dakota Hudson and they can get to this guy. Hudson is 6-6 with a 4.18 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP. New York will send Nasty Nestor Cortés to the hill. The southpaw is 9-3 with a 2.53 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. Pitching wins baseball games and the Yankees have the edge in this one.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Thursday MLB Pick
The San Diego Padres are locked and loaded after their recent acquisitions and the LA Dodgers better be sleeping with one eye open. Today, in an early one at Petco Park, the Friars will look to wrap up a 5-game sweep of the struggling Colorado Rockies. Today’s expected starters are Joe Musgrove for San Diego and Kyle Freeland for Colorado. Soto and company should be able to get to Freeland. He is 6-7 with a 4.63 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. Musgrove is 8-4 with a 2.65 ERA, a WHIP of 0.99, and just got paid. He’ll deliver.
TODAY’S PICK: SAN DIEGO PADRES
Wednesday MLB Pick
The Boston Red Sox will go for a 3-game sweep of the Houston Astros today in a matinée at Minute Maid Park but put the brakes on. José Urquidy will take the mound for the Stros. He has good numbers, at 9-4, with a 3.86 ERA and a 1.21 WHIP. The Red Sox are expected to send the rookie, Brayan Bello, to the hill. With a record of 0-3, an ERA of 8.82 and a 2.27 WHIP, he won’t be in the bigs long.
TODAY’S PICK: HOUSTON ASTROS