Adieu Basketball, Bon Jour Baseball

Basketball has ended as we crown the Oklahoma City Thunder champions and mourn the untimely injury to Tyrese Halibuton.  We shift to baseball fulltime as we wait for the NFL season to kick off in Fall.  A couple of nationally televised games are on tap on a typically quiet Monday afternoon/evening.

📺 Today's TV Games

  • ⚾ Seattle Mariners @ Minnesota Twins – FS1
  • ⚾ Boston Red Sox @ Los Angeles Angels – MLB Network

🎯 Pick 10 (7:40pm ET/4:40pm PT)

⚾ Seattle @ Minnesota

Seattle arrives in Minnesota after taking two of three from the first-place Cubs at Wrigley Field. Cal Raleigh continues to dominate at the plate, leading the league with 31 home runs this season. While he hasn’t had much success historically against Bailey Ober, the Twins’ right-hander is struggling this year, carrying a 4.54 ERA and a three-game losing streak. Meanwhile, J.P. Crawford has found ways to solve Ober in the past and could be a key threat tonight.

  1. Ty France – Over/Under 0.5 strikeouts
  2. Bryan Woo – Over/Under 5.5 hits allowed
  3. Cal Raleigh – Over/Under 0.5 RBIs
  4. J.P. Crawford – Over/Under 1.5 hits+runs+RBIs
  5. Bailey Ober – Over/Under 2.5 earned runs allowed
  6. Byron Buxton – Over/Under 0.5 runs
  7. Matt Wallner – Over/Under 1.5 hits+runs+RBIs

⚾ Boston @ LA Angels

We’ve got a pitching matchup that almost guarantees offense tonight, with both starters carrying ERAs over 5.30. Walker Buehler, struggling in his first year with Boston, still boasts slightly better numbers than the Angels’ Jack Kochanowicz. Expect plenty of baserunners and run-scoring opportunities tonight. The Angels will be hoping for Mike Trout to build upon his recent games against the Yankees and Astros, collecting four hits and three runs across five games.

  1. Walker Buehler – Over/Under 2.5 earned runs allowed
  2. Mike Trout – Over/Under 0.5 runs
  3. Luis Rengifo – Over/Under 0.5 strikeouts

🏆 Pick 5 Margin (9:38pm ET/6:38pm PT)

⚾ Boston @ LA Angels

(See full game breakdown above)

  1. Jarren Duran – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  2. Wilyer Abreu – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  3. Abraham Toro – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  4. Mike Trout – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  5. Zach Neto – Hits+Runs+RBIs