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

Previewing Friday’s Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox matchup, with MLB betting predictions, picks and best bets.

The Baltimore Orioles travel to meet the division rival Boston Red Sox Friday at Fenway Park for a 7:30 p.m. ET first pitch. We analyze the Orioles-Red Sox MLB betting odds and lines, with betting advice and tips around the matchup.

Orioles at Red Sox: Projected starting pitchers

LHP Tommy Milone vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi

The journeyman southpaw Milone posted a dismal 4-10 record with a 4.76 ERA and 94 strikeouts last season for the Seattle Mariners.

  • Milone hasn’t faced the Red Sox since 2016. That might be a good thing, as he was hammered for eight runs – four earned – on 10 hits in just 4 2/3 innings in a loss at Fenway Park as a member of the Minnesota Twins July 24, 2016.
  • The southpaw was actually better on the road than at home last season. Away from Seattle, he was 3-4 with a respectable 3.91 ERA across 50 2/3 innings over two starts and nine relief appearances. However, he was 1-6 with a 5.56 ERA at home.

Eovaldi struggled with a 2-1 record, 5.99 ERA and 1.58 WHIP with 70 strikeouts and 35 walks across 12 starts and 11 relief appearances in ’19.

  • Eovaldi was tagged for eight earned runs on six hits and seven walks with just four strikeouts in seven innings across two starts vs. Baltimore last year, going 0-1 with a 10.29 ERA.
  • He also didn’t fare well at Fenway Park last season, going 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA, 29 K’s and 22 walks across 30 innings over five starts and seven relief showings.

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Orioles at Red Sox: Key injuries

(List of injuries around the league)

Orioles

  • OF Trey Mancini had a malignant tumor removed from his colon, and is expected to miss the 60-game season. He starts out on the 45-day injured list.
  • OF Dwight Smith Jr. is on the 10-day injured list, as he recovers from COVID-19.

Red Sox

  • 2B Dustin Pedroia is on the 45-day injured list, as he had a setback during his left knee injury rehab.
  • Eovaldi gets the start thanks in large part to LHP Chris Sale (elbow) being out for the season.

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

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

Prediction

Red Sox 6, Orioles 4

Moneyline (ML)

The Orioles (+180) might be a tempting play on the road, but AVOID. The Red Sox (-209) are heavily favored for a reason, even if they’re expected to be a mediocre team overall. Boston is 14-6 in their past 20 at home vs. Baltimore, and 35-16 in the previous 51 meetings overall.

New to sports betting? A $10 bet on the Red Sox (-209) to win straight up nets a return of just $4.78.

Run line/Against the spread (ATS)

The RED SOX (-1.5, -115) are a better play, albeit make it just a small-unit wager. Boston is not expected to be a championship-caliber team, but Baltimore is likely to be terrible again. The BoSox might get off to a fast start against their overwhelmed rivals.

Over/Under (O/U)

OVER 9.5 (-110) is worth playing, but don’t get carried away with a big bet. The starting pitchers are pretty horrendous in this one, and we could see both sides go to the bullpen early. As such, the offenses for both sides could get off to a bit of a quick start.

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USC’s Tommy Milone gets Opening Day start for Orioles this Friday

A special honor for a USC pitcher.

Tommy Milone, age 33, made his first appearance in a Major League Baseball game in 2011. Nine years later, he is still going in the big leagues, now playing for his seventh different team, the Baltimore Orioles.

A select few players are great enough to be immortalized in Cooperstown, New York, at the Baseball Hall of Fame. A broader but still elite subsection of players is extremely good and memorably productive, enough to help their teams win pennants and World Series titles.

It is easy to focus on the all-time greats and the defining key cogs on baseball teams; they’re the ones whose stories are most prominently written about in the pages of history.

Yet, they are hardly the only players who carve out immensely successful careers.

By many central measurements, Tommy Milone has had an immensely successful career. Now that career will be rewarded with a special honor every pitcher dreams of: Getting the ball on Opening Day as a starter.

Milone will take the hill for the Orioles on Friday against the Boston Red Sox. John Means was the originally announced Opening Day starter, but he then came down with a case of “dead arm,” elevating Milone into the Opening Day spotlight against an A.L. East rival.

It is impressive for any professional athlete to enter a tenth season of competition. That is what Milone is doing, a feat he will share with justified pride when his playing days are over.

This season is short and precious, which makes every start and every pitch that much more urgent. The Orioles’ chances of making any kind of run at a playoff spot are remote, no matter how you slice it, but in an environment when merely one good month of baseball can put a team in playoff contention, the Orioles certainly have much more of a chance than they would have had in a normal 162-game season.

Milone could make Baltimore 1-0 on Friday, and if the Orioles can be 1-0, they can then be 2-0. If they go 16-14 in their first 30 games, they will legitimately be in the playoff hunt with only 30 games left in the regular season.

Stranger things have happened… you know, like a pandemic and a 60-game baseball season.

You know Tommy Milone will appreciate each pitch he throws in this most unusual year and this most unusual circumstance for Major League Baseball and the Orioles.

2020 MLB Futures Odds: How many games will the Baltimore Orioles win?

Looking at 2020 MLB futures odds for how many games the Baltimore Orioles will win in the 60-game MLB season.

How many games will the Baltimore Orioles win in the 60-game 2020 MLB season? We look at the Orioles’ MLB futures odds, including their projected 2020 win total and Over/Under odds at BetMGM, and make our best bet.

Baltimore Orioles’ 2019 recap

Despite an abysmal 2019 for the Baltimore Orioles, going 54-108 and finishing last in the AL East, it was a seven-win improvement in Brandon Hyde’s first season as manager. That’s the silver lining in the Orioles’ 2019. At one point, they were 51 games out of first place and had the second-worst record in MLB. The Orioles’ 72-90 run line record was the third-lowest mark in baseball, and their Over/Under record was 80-71-11. It was the third consecutive season the Orioles finished Under their season win total.

Baltimore Orioles’ offseason

Ranked dead last in team payroll, the Orioles don’t have a lot of news to be excited about in this section. The added SS José Iglesias and SPs Wade LeBlanc, Tommy Milone and Kohl Stewart. Notable departures include SP Dylan Bundy and 2B Jonathan Villar. 

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Baltimore Orioles’ 2020 schedule

It’s an all-East regional format for the Orioles, which includes 40 games against AL East foes (10 games vs. each) and the other 20 games against NL East teams. Last season the Orioles’ 24-52 division record was the third-lowest mark in the MLB. 2020 figures to be a tough season for the Orioles, which already plays in a tough division, and slated to play a competitive NL East featuring reigning World Series champion Washington Nationals.

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How many games will the Baltimore Orioles win in 2020?

Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Sunday, July 5 at 3 p.m. ET.

The Orioles’ regular-season win total is 21.5 games (second-lowest on the board behind the Detroit Tigers’ 20.5 wins). The Under is a favored at -125 with the Over at +105. We’ve already discussed Baltimore’s horribleness last season and noted there wasn’t any talent acquired this offseason. The O’s suffered a major blow last month when RF Trey Mancini — their leader in doubles, home runs, runs batted in, on-base percentage and slugging percentage — was placed on the 60-day IL to recover from colon cancer surgery. Also, only one starting pitcher — ace John Means — had an above .500 record last season at 12-11.

2019 was a year-over-year improvement from 2018, but still, they finished Under their regular-season win total for a third straight season. BET ORIOLES UNDER 21.5 WINS (-125).

Baltimore Orioles’ World Series odds

Forget everything I said in their season wins handicap above because as the great Kevin Malone from “The Office” once said, “If anyone gives you 10,000 to 1 odds on anything, you take that bet.”

If you have a spare $10, why not pretty much throw it away on the ORIOLES +100000 TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES? It pays out $10,000.

Baltimore Orioles’ playoff odds

The Orioles going off at +8000 to win the AL East doesn’t meet that +10000 must bet minimum and Baltimore winning the division, even in a COVID-shortened regular season, would be similar to the Cleveland Indians’ miraculous run in the movie “Major League.” PASS ON THE ORIOLES TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. 

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Trey Mancini Opens Up About Cancer Diagnosis

Baltimore Orioles 1B/OF Trey Mancini revealed his colon cancer diagnosis that will keep him out for the 2020 baseball season.

Former Notre Dame baseball star and current Baltimore Orioles first baseman and outfielder Trey Mancini today revealed that if baseball ends up being played in 2020 he won’t be a part of it. That’s because Mancini is going through chemotherapy to fight the Stage III colon cancer he’s been dealing with.

Mancini wrote a a lengthy piece today for The Players Tribune that’s worth your time if you have a few minutes.  In it he details his spring training in which things just felt off, fighting cancer in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and the importance of surrounding yourself with good people.  It’s all there in full-detail.

Mancini also details the six months of treatment he’ll undergo to treat and ultimately beat the cancer.

Mancini was a bright spot for an otherwise forgettable 2019 Orioles squad as he had a career best season in 2019 as he led the Orioles with 35 home runs, a .291 average, .364 on-base percentage, .535 slugging and .899 ops.

All the best to Trey during this fight.  We can’t wait for next spring training, either.

 

Watch: Trey Mancini Thankful for Support Post-Surgery

Saturday the Orioles outfielder released the following video on Twitter, thanking fans for all their well-wishes and messages during this tough time

Former Notre Dame baseball player and current Baltimore Orioles outfielder Trey Mancini underwent surgery this week to remove a malignant tumor from his colon. There is no word on how long he’ll be sidelined, not like that feels important at this point.

Saturday the Orioles outfielder released the following video on Twitter, thanking fans for all their well-wishes and messages during this tough time.

Mancini last played on March 2 before exiting the Orioles vs. Rays game after two at bats.

Mancini’s 35 home runs and 99 RBI in 2019 both led the Orioles.

Get well soon, 16!