MLB Underdog of the Day (Zac Gallen Hotter Than Summer in the Desert)

In baseball, the best teams in the league will lose about 60 games and the absolute worst teams will win about 60 games. It is one of the great things about the sport and about betting on the sport. 

That is why we can have a good underdog bet every single day in baseball, because sometimes a bad team just has a good matchup, or they have an absolute stud pitcher who is as hot as the Arizona sun. 

Let’s get right to the dog of the day and check out the odds from WynnBET Sportsbook. 

Diamondbacks vs. Giants Odds, Run Line and Total

Run Line

• Diamondbacks +1.5 (-175)
• Giants -1.5 (+145)

Moneyline

• Diamondbacks +128
• Giants -138

Total

• 7.0 (Over -115 / Under -105)

Best MLB Underdog Pick of the Day

Zac Gallen’s ERA reached a highwater mark of 3.62, but he recently put in a stretch of five great starts, and one average one, to get it back to under three, 2.94. In Gallen's last two outings he has gone seven scoreless innings and allowed three and two hits respectively. The Diamondbacks, who are 54-63 and a well below average baseball team, are 5-0 in his last five starts, he has taken the win in the last three and is now 8-2 on the season. 

Arizona is not a good team, but Gallen has nothing to do with that. He has faced San Francisco once this year and gone 6.2 innings and allowed two runs in a 4-3 loss, but that was right at the start of his hot streak. He has been pitching much better coming into this game than he was back then. 

Gallen ancillary numbers are not awe inspiring, but they are much better than his counterpart, Logan Webb’s. Webb has a below league average expected batting average in the 44th percentile and a strikeout rate in the 34th. His expected ERA is 3.53 almost identical to Gallen’s 3.56, but Gallen’s xBA is in the 69th percentile and his strikeout rate almost four percent better that Webb’s. 

Logan Webb is a good pitcher for San Francisco, but Zac Gallen has been pitching like a true ace for the past month. Gallen will continue the hot streak and lead the MLB Underdog of the Day

Pick: Diamondbacks +128

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