Top MLB Picks and Predictions Today (Dodgers, Cardinals Among Four Favorites to Trust on Tuesday)
There are plenty of great matchup in Major League Baseball on Tuesday, and we're focused a bit more on the National League in today's top MLB picks.
BetSided's Iain MacMillan, Reed Wallach, Joe Summers and Matt De Saro have you covered with the top picks with all odds via WynnBET:
San Diego Padres vs. St. Louis Cardinals Prediction and Pick
Blake Snell has struggled in his first two starts since returning from injury. He's allowed six hits, five walks, and six earned runs in nine innings. Now they have to take on a Cardinals team that crushed left-handed pitchers. They rank first in the Majors in OPS vs. lefties at .824.
The opposite is true for the Padres, who rank 27th in OPS (.646) against right-handed pitchers, and now they face righty Adam Wainwright.
The Padres may be one of the most fraudulent teams in the Majors. They rank 28th in OPS in the month of May at .640. Their pitching has been the main reason for their success this year, but they won't have that support tonight with Snell on the mound.
Pick: Cardinals -120 -- Iain MacMillan
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Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Prediction and Pick
The Dodgers hope that Julio Urias can turn their fortunes around and avoid losing a second series to the Pirates this year.
Urias has been fantastic and has allowed just one earned run in his last 11 innings of work. He’s also dominated the Pirates once this season over six innings. Urias’ strikeout numbers are strong, he doesn’t walk many guys and is doing a good job of limiting hard contact. Aside from one disaster against the Phillies, Urias has been pretty lights out.
One guy who has not been sharp on the mound is Mitch Keller and gives LA a good shot at a revenge win tonight. Keller enters at 1-5 with a 6.05 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in 38 ⅔ innings of work. He did turn in two solid back-to-back starts. But, the Dodgers are beasts at the plate and Keller shut down the Rockies and Cubs. Keller also got crushed twice in a row by the Reds to the tune of 10 combined runs. If he can’t contain one of the worst offenses in the league, I can't imagine him succeeding against one of the best.
Pick: Dodgers -1.5 (-150) -- Matt De Saro
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Cincinnati Reds vs. Boston Red Sox Prediction and Pick
Despite getting shut out yesterday, Boston is still obliterating the baseball this month. The Red Sox are second in MLB in OPS in May behind only the Dodgers, and will easily be the best lineup Luis Castillo has faced this season.
Castillo has done a nice job preventing damage but has only made it through the sixth inning once, so the Reds' atrocious bullpen plays a huge role today. Cincy's relievers rank third-worst in MLB with a 4.82 ERA, so that's a dangerous proposition to trust them against such a potent Red Sox lineup.
Michael Wacha doesn't go deep into games either, and Boston's bullpen isn't much better than Cincinnati's. As a result, I'm a bit surprised to see this total so low. The under has hit in six of the last seven Reds games as their offense is faltering, but I could see either lineup having a big enough day to carry this total over.
Boston has won six straight Wacha starts, with five of them coming by multiple runs. I see the same happening today as the Red Sox lineup gets revenge for a lackluster performance yesterday.
Pick: Red Sox -1.5 (+130) and Over 8.5 (-120) -- Joe Summers
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Milwaukee Brewers vs. Chicago Cubs Prediction and Pick
Eric Lauer has been fantastic this season with improved strikeout metrics, sitting down more than 10 batters per nine innings this season. He'll face a Cubs team that is struggling in that department, posting the sixth highest K rate in the big leagues.
While the Brewers do struggle to hit lefties, like they are set to face in Cubs starter Justin Steele, I like the matchup for Milwaukee. Steele struggles with his control, walking almost five batters per nine and sometimes prone to getting chased early from starts. Steele has thrown four or less innings in six of nine starts this season.
Lauer has been rolling this season, 2.31 ERA, and I think this price is overrating the Brewers struggles against lefties given that they may be facing the Cubs bullpen for a majority of the game.
LEAN: Brewers ML -126 -- Reed Wallach
You can find all of Reed's bets HERE!