If the San Diego Padres want to avoid being swept by the Philadelphia Phillies and losing their sixth straight game, they better have their A-game going today at Citizens Bank Park. Philadelphia boasts a 29-10 home record and will have one of the best on the hill, southpaw Ranger Suárez, whose numbers are scary. Suárez is 10-1 with a 1.77 ERA and a WHIP of only 0.88 which doesn’t bold well for a Padres team that is 0-8 in their last 8 road games against a left-handed starter. The Friars will turn to Matt Waldron to throw strikes and despite being 4-6 he has a decent ERA of 3.66 with a 1.18 WHIP. Even so, the Padres are no match for the Phillies and as they do every year, they underachieve. Philly has dominated San Diego, winning 9 of the last 10 meetings, and as long as Rob Thomson doesn’t do something stupid like rest some of his superstars, the Phillies will sweep the Padres.
TODAY’S PICK: PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
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Sunday MLB Pick
The Los Angeles Angels will go for a 3-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants today at Oracle Park and they won’t do it. The expected starter for the Halos is Ben Joyce and he should not be in the bigs. Joyce has a bloated ERA of 12.27 and a 3.00 WHIP over just 3-2/3 innings of work. Pathetic. Take the Giants.
TODAY’S PICK: SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Saturday MLB Pick
With yesterday’s win over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway, the New York Yankees have 50 wins and it’s only mid-June. Impressive. Tonight they will go for another one against their archrival and they should get it. Southpaw Carlos Rodón will be on the hill and he has been throwing flames. Rodón is 9-2 with an ERA of 2.93 and a 1.05 WHIP.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Friday MLB Pick
The Kansas City Royals were lucky to get a win yesterday against the Bronx Bombers and now they have to travel to Los Angeles to face one of the best in the majors, the Dodgers. Good luck.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Thursday MLB Pick
The New York Yankees will go for a 4-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals today at the K. The Bombers have outscored the Royals, 25-8, over the first three games and will have Nasty Nestor Cortes tapping the rubber. Cortes has a 3.68 ERA with a WHIP of 1.12 and that is enough to get the job done.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES
Wednesday MLB Pick
Are the St. Louis Cardinals going to lose two in row against the Pittsburgh Pirates at home? Not with Sonny Gray on the hill. He is 7-4 with a 3.21 ERA, a 1.07 WHIP, and he doesn’t lose at Busch Stadium.
TONIGHT’S PICK: ST. LOUIS CARDINALS