The 4th – Baseball & Barbeques

🎆 Happy 4th of July! A day filled with baseball, barbecues, and fireworks. We’ve got three fantastic matchups on deck today—two divisional rivalries (Cubs vs. Cardinals, Tigers vs. Guardians) and one thrilling crosstown showdown (Yankees vs. Mets).

đź“ş Today's TV Games

  • âšľ St Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs – Apple TV+
  • âšľ New York Yankees @ New York Mets – MLB Network

🎯 Pick 10 (2:20pm ET/11:20am PT)

âšľ St. Louis @ Chicago Cubs

An all-time classic rivalry headlines today’s early slate. Unfortunately for the pitchers, both have been struggling lately—Miles Mikolas and Colin Rea have posted ERAs over 6.00 across their last seven starts. With both averaging fewer than 6.5 strikeouts per nine innings and facing contact-heavy lineups, this could turn into a high-scoring affair in the Chicago heat.

  1. Miles Mikolas – Over/Under 3.5 strikeouts
  2. Colin Rea – Over/Under 3.5 strikeout
  3. Kyle Tucker – Over/Under 0.5 runs
  4. Seiya Suzuki – Over/Under 0.5 run

âšľ Detroit @ Cleveland

This matchup had more preseason hype, but now Detroit sits with a commanding 12.5-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central. That said, Detroit is coming off two losses to the rebuilding Nationals, while the Guardians enter this series on a seven-game skid. On the mound, Reese Olson holds the statistical edge over Slade Cecconi, boasting a 2.96 ERA and 9.4 Ks/9 (compared to Cecconi’s 3.64 ERA and 9 Ks/9). The offenses don’t have much history against today’s starters, but all eyes will be on José Ramírez, who is just 1-for-6 against Olson and needs to turn it around for Cleveland to have a shot.

  1. Reese Olson – Over/Under 4.5 strikeouts
  2. Riley Greene – Over/Under 0.5 runs
  3. Spencer Torkelson – Over/Under 1.5 hits+runs+RBIs
  4. Slade Cecconi – Over/Under 1.5 walks allowed
  5. Steven Kwan – Over/Under 1.5 hits+runs+RBIs
  6. José Ramírez – Over/Under 0.5 strikeouts

🏆 Pick 5 Margin (3:10pm ET/12:10pm PT)

âšľ Yankees @ Mets

Both teams have come back to Earth after hot starts, with near-identical records over the past 30 days—Yankees at 13–17 and Mets at 14–16. Marcus Stroman takes the ball for the Yankees in just his second start since returning from the IL. In his first outing, he allowed just one earned run over five innings but notched only one strikeout. Rookie Justin Hagenman will make his MLB debut for the Mets after being called up from AAA Syracuse.

Juan Soto and Pete Alonso have fared well against Stroman in previous matchups, while Francisco Lindor has been more contained.

  1. Juan Soto – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  2. Pete Alonso – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  3. Francisco Lindor – Hits+Runs+RBIs

âšľ Detroit @ Cleveland

(See full game breakdown above)

  1. Riley Greene – Hits+Runs+RBIs
  2. José Ramírez – Hits+Runs+RBIs