The Best Bets managed to make some profit last night through the fire and the flames. Our night began with the announcement that Adley Rutschman would not be in the starting lineup for the Baltimore Orioles. Simultaneously killing one bet and weakening another. Dean Kremer and the O’s managed to make it through the fifth inning tied at one with the Philadelphia Phillies, despite a minor blowup from Kremer in the bottom of the frame. Resulting in another refund of our wager… Meh.
Arigato Kenta Maeda-San! In Minnesota, things went much smoother. Maeda wheeled AND dealt, striking out eight batters through six and one-third innings. Additionally, both teams kept this game extremely close, needing extra innings to decide a winner. So, our juice reducer was never in jeopardy.
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Officials: 1-0-1
Orioles F5 ML PUSH ⚠️
Kenta Maeda 6+ Ks & Mariners +3.5 ✅✅
Fun Plays: 0-2-1
Adley Rutschman 2+ Bases PUSH ⚠️
Eddie Rosario & Christian Yelich 2+ Bases ❌❌
José Ramírez 1+ RBI ❌❌
Best Bets Record
Overall: 33-35-3 (+2.33U)
Official Plays: 14-10-1 (+2.75U)
Fun Plays: 19-25-2 (-0.42U)
On to Today’s Best Bets!
Dinger Tuesday
“Dinger Tuesday” is a promotion that can be found exclusively on FanDuel. It allows us to throw some money on our favorite home run hitters, with the chance to make back some money in the form of free bets. I will put out four picks for a total risk of $100. This means we only need one home run bet to hit, and we will make our money back, plus all of the free bets accrued.
Francisco Alvarez 1+ HR (+360) 0.25U
Lane Thomas 1+ HR (+400) 0.25U
Bo Naylor 1+ HR (+460) 0.25U
Freddie Freeman (+450) 0.25U
Pirates @ Padres
For today’s first matchup, we head to sunny California, where the San Diego Padres host the Pittsburgh Pirates for the second meeting of this three-game series. Last night the Buccos surprised the Padres, lighting up Yu Darvish for eight hits and seven earned runs in innings three through five. They would go on to steal the first game eight to four. Tonight’s matchup smells ripe for revenge. Blake Snell will be manning the bump for the Friars, and I like him to bounce back from a lackluster performance against the Toronto Blue Jays in his last outing. Another thing we have going for us is that the Pirates love to strike out.
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The Pick: Blake Snell Over 7.5 Ks & Padres +1.5 Runs (-113) 1U
Fun Pick: Fernando Tatis Jr. 1+ RBI (+110) 0.5U
Additional Best Bets
NRFI Parlay: Mariners @ Twins & Reds @ Brewers (+200) 0.25U
Brandon Nimmo 2+ Bases (+125) 0.25U
Photo Credit: © Lon Horwedel-USA TODAY Sports
Players mentioned:
Adley Rutschman, Dean Kremer, Kenta Maeda, José Ramírez, Francisco Alvarez, Lane Thomas Bo Naylor, Freddie Freeman, Yu Darvish, Blake Snell, Fernando Tatis Jr., Brandon Nimmo
