The Cincinnati Reds will turn to Sonny Gray tonight to help them snap their 3-game skid when they open a 4-game set against the Miami Marlins in South Florida. Gray has been delivering. He is 9-6, with a 2.92 ERA, a 1.12 WHIP, and over his last 3, it gets better. He is 3-0 with a nasty ERA of only 0.52 and a 1.00 WHIP. Pablo Lopez is expected to take the hill for the Marlins and he has been chugging along. Lopez is 5-5, with a 4.23 ERA, and a 1.12 WHIP. The Red Machine is 5-2 in Gray’s last 7 road starts and they get back on track tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CINCINNATI REDS
Sunday MLB Pick
When Aaron Nola takes the hill for the Philadelphia Phillies, good things happen. They win. Nola will get the nod today for Philadelphia when they wrap up their 3-game set with the Miami Marlins in South Florida. Nola has been throwing flames. He is 12-3, with a 3.51 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and the Phillies are 5-1 in his last 6 road starts. The Marlins are expected to counter with Elieser Hernández and his numbers are not good. He is 2-5, with a 5.18 ERA, and a 1.29 WHIP. Enough said.
TODAY’S PICK: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Saturday MLB Pick
There will be a pitching mismatch today at Busch stadium when Dakota Hudson takes the hill for the Saint Louis Cardinals and Chi Chi González gets the nod for the Colorado Rockies. Hudson is 12-6, with a 3.63 ERA and a 1.51 WHIP. On the flip side, González is winless at 0-4, with a 5.87 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP. The Cardinals are 6-1 in Hudson’s last 7 turns at home and 14-3 in his last 17 starts overall. Roll with the Cards.
TONIGHT’S PICK: SAINT LOUIS CARDINALS
Friday CFL Pick
The 7-2 Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the 6-3 Edmonton Eskimos will clash tonight on Edmonton’s home turf, The Brick Field. Winnipeg is 2-2 on the road, where they are averaging 26 points per game and allowing 22. Edmonton is a perfect 4-0 at home, where they are averaging 28.2 points per game and allowing just 15. The Bombers are expected to be without QB Matt Nichols and possibly star RB Andrew Harris. The Eskimos QB, Trevor Harris, can carve up a defense. He has thrown for 3,051 yards, with 13 touchdowns and just 2 interceptions. The Bombers won the last meeting in Winnipeg, 28-21, so it’s payback time for Edmonton.
TONIGHT’S PICK: EDMONTON ESKIMOS -6.5
Thursday MLB Pick
The Oakland Athletics will go for the series sweep over the New York Yankees tonight at the Coliseum but the Yanks’ Masahiro Tanaka might have something to say about that. Tanaka is expected to get the nod for New York. The Yankees are 11-1 in his last 12 starts and he is 2-0 in his last 3 turns, with a 3.20 ERA, and a WHIP of only 0.97. Tanner Roark is expected to take the hill for Oakland. Since being acquired from Cincinnati, he has pitched well but overall in 2019, his numbers are mediocre at best. He is 7-8, with a 4.01 ERA, and a 1.39 WHIP. The Bombers should be able to get to Roark tonight and if Tanaka can keep the ball in the park the Yanks head to Chavez Ravine with a victory.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Wednesday MLB Pick
The Washington Nationals took the loss yesterday, 4-1, to the Pittsburgh Pirates but they bounce back tonight when the two clubs meet again at PNC Park. Washington is a respectable 32-31 on the road and is expected to send southpaw Patrick Corbin to the hill. Corbin has been delivering as he usually does, with a 9-5 record, a 3.34 ERA, and a 1.18 WHIP. Pittsburgh’s probable starter will be Joe Musgrove. He is 8-11, with a 4.59 ERA, a 1.22 WHIP, and is winless over his last 3 turns, with a 7.31 ERA and a 1.44 WHIP. The Pirates are just 1-7 in their last 8 games following a win and, even with last night’s victory, they are still a pathetic 6-22 in their last 28 overall. The Nats have been a scoring machine, racking up 45 runs in their last 4 games, and it could be an early exit for Musgrove tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WASHINGTON NATIONALS
Tuesday MLB Pick
The Chicago Cubs return to Wrigley tonight to start a 6-game homestand and their first opponent will be the San Francisco Giants. Chicago has won two in a row and is expected to give the nod to the lefty, Cole Hamels. Hamels is 6-4, with a 3.69 ERA, and a 1.32 WHIP, but has looked shaky in his last two turns so he is due for a good showing. Chicago is 5-1 in his last 6 home starts and he has decent numbers in his career against the Giants, going 6-4 with a 4.33 ERA. San Francisco’s probable starter will be Tyler Beede and he has been getting roughed up. Beede is 3-7, with a 5.77 ERA, and a 1.60 WHIP. He is 0-4 in his last 5 starts, with an 8.49 ERA, and that is not good. San Francisco is a dismal 3-14 in their last 17 trips to Wrigley and, against a Cubs team that is 41-19 at home this year, that doesn’t bode well for the Giants.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CHICAGO CUBS