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Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Sunday’s Milwaukee Brewers at Pittsburgh Pirates betting odds and lines, with MLB betting picks, tips and best bets.

The Milwaukee Brewers (11-14) and Pittsburgh Pirates (6-17) wrap up a three-game set at PNC Park with a 1:35 p.m. ET first pitch. We analyze the Brewers-Pirates MLB betting odds and lines, with betting advice and tips around the matchup.

Brewers at Pirates: Projected starting pitchers

RHP Corbin Burnes vs. RHP JT Brubaker

Burnes, not to be mistaken with the dude actor from L.A. Law or Roger Dorn from Major League fame, has no decisions with a 3.00 ERA and 1.14 WHIP across 21 innings over two starts and three relief appearances to date.

  • Burnes is still being stretched out, as he hasn’t lasted longer than 5 1/3 innings in any of his appearances. He has allowed three or fewer runs in each outing.
  • Burnes has allowed a total of just 10 hits in his 21 innings of work, but he has also issued 14 walks, including at least three in four of his five appearances.

Brubaker also has a no-decision in each of his two starts or two relief appearances, turning in a 4.91 ERA with six walks and 10 strikeouts across 11 innings.

  • Brubaker has been able to limit the damage so far this season, serving up just one home run. However, his control has been an issue, as his walks have increased by one in every appearance this season.
  • Brubaker is more of an opener than a true starter, lasting just three innings in each of his two starts. That means it’s a bullpen game for the Bucs, and Pittsburgh’s bullpen ranks 25th in the majors with a 5.65 ERA.

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Brewers at Pirates: Key injuries

(List of injuries around the league)

Brewers

  • RP Justin Grimm (finger) probable
  • RP Corey Knebel (hamstring) out

Pirates

  • RP Nick Burdi (elbow) out
  • RP Kyle Crick (shoulder) out
  • RP Keone Kala (forearm) questionable

Brewers at Pirates: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated Sunday at 10 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Brewers 7, Pirates 5

Moneyline (ML)

The BREWERS (-154) strolled into the Steel City thinking they probably could get back on track against the cellar-dwelling Pirates (+140), but now they’re simply playing Sunday to salvage a game in the series. The Bucs can’t sweep them, right?

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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)

The BREWERS (-1.5, +100) should be able to do damage against a poor bullpen for the Pirates (+1.5, -121). Of course, they should have been able to win the first two games, too, but that’s baseball. Forget what you saw from the Brew Crew the past two days and bet them on the run line.

Over/Under (O/U)

OVER 9 (-110) is the play, as Pittsburgh is likely to have to turn to its bullpen from the fourth inning on. That’s not a good thing. And even if those relievers shockingly shut things down, the Pirates offense is suddenly alive, posting 19 runs over the first two games of this series.

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Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Saturday’s Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles betting odds and lines, with MLB betting picks, tips and bets.

The Boston Red Sox (9-18) and Baltimore Orioles (12-14) square off again Saturday at Camden Yards with a 7:35 p.m. ET first pitch. We analyze the Red Sox-Orioles MLB betting odds and lines, with betting advice and tips around the matchup.

Red Sox at Orioles: Projected starting pitchers

LHP Martin Perez vs. RHP Alex Cobb

The southpaw Perez is a subpar 2-3 with a 4.07 ERA and 1.27 WHIP while issuing 14 walks with 17 strikeouts across 24 1/3 innings in five starts.

  • The Venezuelan was on the receiving end of a 7-2 beating from the O’s on July 25 at Fenway Park, coughing up five runs – four earned – and six hits in just five innings.
  • Perez has factored into the decision in each of his five outings, including losses in each of his past two.

Cobb has posted a 1-2 record, 3.76 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 21 strikeouts across 26 1/3 innings over five starts.

  • Arguably Cobb’s best start of the season came July 25 in Boston, allowing just one solo home run, four hits and no walks with six strikeouts across 5 1/3 innings in a 7-2 victory.
  • Cobb is still searching for his first quality start of the season, and he hadn’t pitched more than 5 1/3 innings until his outing Monday against the Blue Jays when he worked 6 2/3 frames.

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Red Sox at Orioles: Key injuries

(List of injuries around the league)

Red Sox

  • OF Andrew Benintendi (ribs) out
  • 2B Dustin Pedroia (knee) out
  • RP Eduardo Rodriguez (COVID-19/heart) out

Orioles

  • 1B Chris Davis (knee) out
  • OF Trey Mancini (illness/non-COVID) out
  • SS José Iglesias (quad) out
  • CF Austin Hays (ribs) out

Red Sox at Orioles: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated Saturday at 11:10 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Red Sox 8, Orioles 6

Moneyline (ML)

The RED SOX (-112) have posted three straight victories, which wouldn’t be news in recent seasons, but this year it is their longest streak of success yet. They have humped up on the Orioles (+100) the past two nights, outscoring the Birds 15-6. They’ll continue the conga line around the bases Saturday.

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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)

Each of Boston’s wins during their streak has been by three or more runs, so back the RED SOX (-1.5, +125) at plus-money if you like them. In fact, each of their previous seven wins has been by two or more runs.

Over/Under (O/U)

OVER 10 (-110) is the way to be here. The BoSox are averaging 6.8 runs per game across the past four, and this pitching staff still ranks 29th in the majors with a 5.97 ERA and last with a 1.58 WHIP. The Orioles aren’t much better, posting 4.99 ERA, good for 21nd in the league.

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Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs odds, picks and best bets

Previewing Saturday’s Chicago White Sox vs. Chicago Cubs betting odds and lines, with NBA betting picks, tips and bets.

The Chicago White Sox (16-11) square off with the rival Chicago Cubs (16-9) Saturday at Wrigley Field for an 8:15 p.m. ET first pitch. We analyze the White Sox-Cubs MLB betting odds and picks, with betting advice and tips around the matchup.

White Sox at Cubs: Projected starting pitchers

RHP Reynaldo Lopez vs. RHP Kyle Hendricks

Lopez has made one appearance this season, and it wasn’t good. At all. He coughed up four earned runs, three hits and two walks while retiring just two Minnesota Twins on July 26, a 14-2 whitewashing.

  • Lopez was apparently injured in that ugly outing, landing on the 10-day injured list due to inflammation of the right shoulder.
  • Lopez was a dismal 4-9 with a 6.02 ERA and .296 opponent batting average in 89 2/3 innings over 17 road starts in 2019.

Hendricks has turned in a 3-2 record, 3.31 ERA and 0.92 WHIP with 25 strikeouts in his 32 2/3 innings across five starts.

  • Hendricks was on the short end of a 3-1 score against the Cardinals last time out despite a quality start.
  • In fact, four of Hendricks’ five outings have been quality starts with the exception of a six-run implosion in 4 1/3 innings on July 29 at Cincinnati.

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White Sox at Cubs: Key injuries

(List of injuries around the league)

White Sox

  • SP Reynaldo Lopez (shoulder) probable
  • 2B Yoan Moncada (rest) questionable

Cubs

  • 3B Kris Bryant (wrist) questionable

White Sox at Cubs: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated Saturday at 10:45 a.m. ET.

Prediction

Cubs 7, White Sox 4

Moneyline (ML)

The CUBS (-182) will bounce back behind Hendricks in this one after getting hammered 10-1 in the series opener Friday. The Pale Hose are just 3-7 in their past 10 sojourns to the north side, and 4-9 in the previous 13. Hendricks will get his side back on track.

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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)

The CUBS (-1.5, -106) are a sharp play on the run line, as six of their past seven victories have been by two or more runs. If you like the north siders on the moneyline, you should like them on the run line, too.

Over/Under (O/U)

OVER 10.5 (-110) has hit in three of the past four outings by Hendricks, but that’s a bit misleading. He has allowed just six earned runs in three August starts, but the Cubs offense is averaging 6.8 runs per game in his past four outings. The wind will be blowing from the south-southwest at 8 mph to the left-center field power alley. That mild breeze might be enough to help the Cubs hit the over themselves against the rusty Lopez.

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2020 American League Cy Young odds, picks and best bets

Previewing the American League Cy Young Award odds, with MLB betting odds, picks and best bets

Ordinarily, I avoid taking the low-return picks when you’re taking one player against the field, but the race for the 2020 American League Cy Young Award got interesting in a hurry with preseason injuries.

As a result, the options for picking the Cy Young winner have slimmed down with three weeks to go until the season’s first pitch.

As of 5 p.m. ET Sunday, March 8, BetMGM has 12 other pitchers with odds of less than +3000:

  • Gerrit Cole (+265)
  • Justin Verlander (+600)
  • Chris Sale (+650)
  • Mike Clevinger (+1000)
  • Blake Snell; Charlie Morton (+1100)
  • Shane Bieber (+1600)
  • Tyler Glasnow; Carlos Carrasco (+2000)
  • Lucas Giolito; Zach Grienke; Corey Kluber (+2500)

American League Cy Young: Breaking down the field

The field is going to shift like a pendulum with spring training injuries to Sale and Snell. Both are expected to miss significant time, which will likely take them out of the running.

And Sunday afternoon, the Astros pulled Verlander after two innings of a scheduled four-inning start due to triceps soreness. There is no word on whether Verlander could miss any time, but it’s yet another injury to keep an eye on.

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One thing that is crystal clear is that BetMGM has a lot of faith in the Tampa Bay starting rotation. Three of the top eight plays are Rays (Snell, Morton and Glasnow). I don’t share that opinion because they’re reaching on expectation for both Snell (injured) and Glasnow (unproven). The club is formidable, but that prevents the Rays from relying on one or two guys and occasionally pushing them up in the rotation when scheduled off days or rainouts bring an ace’s start time back up.

Clevinger and Bieber are another tandem that are intriguing, but the Indians may not provide the consistent run support needed to post the numbers that make a player stand out in the Cy Young race.

Astros ace Justin Verlander is off to a shaky start this spring. (Photo Credit: Troy Taormina – USA TODAY Sports)

Verlander remains a dominant pitcher and is coming off a 21-win, 300-strikeout year and was a whopping 7.8 games above replacement. But, at age 37, the wall for starting pitchers with his mileage numbers is getting closer (as evidenced by Sunday’s news).

But, if you’re betting on this race, you have to go with Cole, despite the small return on investment. He was a good in Pittsburgh but became elite when he went to Houston before the 2018 season. In two seasons with the Astros, Cole made 65 starts and posted a record of 35-10 with 602 strikeouts in 412 2/3 innings, a 0.962 WHIP and a 2.68 ERA. He now goes to the Yankees where he can expect a lot of run support every start and get the wins to match or surpass what he did with the Astros. New York has eyes on the Yankees 24/7 and he has the chance to be the big man in the Big Apple.

THE BET: Take Cole and don’t look back. If you’re looking for a long shot to drop a few bucks on, consider Minnesota’s Jose Berrios (+4000). He is the staff ace of a team capable of winning 100 games again this year. When he is on his game, he can be dominant. Consistency is all that’s missing and he will be playing from ahead. Don’t break the bank on him, but, at +4000, you don’t have to.

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2020 National League Cy Young odds, picks and best bets

Previewing the National League Cy Young Award odds, with MLB betting odds, picks and best bets

Can anyone prevent Jacob deGrom from winning the 2020 National League Cy Young Award — which would be his third straight? The gang at BetMGM isn’t making it easy on bettors who think not, installing the Mets ace as the clear favorite at +280.

As of 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday, March 8, BetMGM has 10 other pitchers with a line of less than +3000:

  • Max Scherzer (+450)
  • Walker Buehler (+1000)
  • Jack Flaherty; Stephen Strasburg (+1100)
  • Clayton Kershaw (+1200)
  • Luis Castillo (+2000)
  • Patrick Corbin; Aaron Nola; Yu Darvish; Trevor Bauer (+2500)

National League Cy Young: Breaking down the field

When it comes to projecting a Cy Young winner, you try to go through a process of elimination.

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You don’t get enough return from deGrom. Strasburg is coming the best season of his career, but he has too long an injury history to ignore. The same goes for Kershaw. Opponents have a .208 career batting average against him and he has a career 2.44 ERA, but he hasn’t thrown 180 innings in any of his last four seasons, which limits your opportunities to get wins consistently.

Flaherty has talent and could be primed for a breakout season, but in 66 career starts he has a record of 19-19, which makes winning the Cy Young a spring training stretch — despite him going 7-2 with a 0.91 ERA after the All-Star Break last year. Castillo showed great improvement in 2019, but walks too many players, which leads to too many cheap runs being scored.

When it comes down to placing a wager, I would split the money between two of the top candidates that have solid return rates — Scherzer and Buehler. Scherzer is 35 so there is a concern about age, but in an era dominated by strikeouts, few are better than him. In five seasons in Washington, he has posted a sub-3.00 ERA of each of them and has an astounding 1,371 strikeouts in 1,050 2/3 innings. Last year, despite battling through back problems, he posted 243 strikeouts in 172 1/3 innings and a WHIP of 1.03 (his highest total in five years). He has all the tools.

Dodgers starting pitcher and budding ace Walker Buehler. (Photo Credit: Gary A. Vasquez – USA TODAY Sports)

Put the other half of your bankroll on Buehler. At +1000, there are a lot of things to like about him. The Dodgers have dominated the National League West, winning the last seven division titles and leaving no reason to expect they won’t again in 2020. With concerns over Kershaw’s availability for a full season, Buehler will likely be asked to take on the role of the innings-eating ace. At 25, he is hitting his prime and, with that potent Dodger lineup behind him, 20 wins is a possibility.

THE BET: Scherzer if you’re only betting on one player; Scherzer and Buehler if you’re willing to split your bet.

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