Yesterday’s Best Bets were available via my Twitter, “@SpencerEdgell,” and they were good to us. Our only loss came in the Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Guardians game. My read on this game was that both starting pitchers have struggled to this point in the season. However, Noah Syndergaard and Alek Manoah decided that yesterday was the day to turn their season around, striking out a combined 11 batters. Our profit was slightly diminished later in the day when Masataka Yoshida was left out of the Boston Red Sox lineup, but I’ll take a 3-1 day.
Best Bets Aug. 11th
I wanted to try something different on this full slate Friday. The best thing in baseball betting is undoubtedly hitting dinger picks. So, why should we limit them to only Tuesday?
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Friday Dingers! How we will run this is five picks every Friday, spreading 1U across those five picks.
Today we are going with:
Kyle Schwarber 1+ HR (+310) 0.20U
Kerry Carpenter (DET) 1+ HR (+680) 0.20U
Shohei Ohtani 1+ HR (+285) 0.20U
Christian Yelich 1+ HR (+420) 0.20U
Nolan Jones 1+ HR (+460) 0.20U
Rockies @ Dodgers
Today’s main pick comes in a matchup between the Colorado Rockies and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers’ fresh new signing Lance Lynn will be taking the mound tonight, and he should make quick work of a weak Rockies’ lineup. A lineup that ranks 5th highest in strikeouts with 1074 through 115 games and is in the bottom third of the league for runs scored. If that wasn’t enough, Austin Gomber gets the start for the Rockies, and the Dodgers crush lefties.
The Pick: Lance Lynn 7+ Ks & Dodgers -1.5 (+110) 1U
Additional Best Bets
Nolan Arenado 1+ RBI (+105) 0.5U
Yordan Alvarez 1+ RBI (+140) 0.25U
Bobby Witt Jr. Stolen Base (+255) 0.25U
Best Bets Record
Day 26 Recap: Pretty, Pretty Good 3-1 (+0.21u)
TOR @ CLE o9 Runs ❌❌
Olson RBI ✅✅
Castellanos RBI ✅✅
Hit Parlay (-Yoshida Void) ✅✅
Overall: 62-70-8 (+1.91U)
Yesterday: 3-1-0 (+0.21U)
Main Photo Credits: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Players Mentioned: Noah Syndergaard, Alek Manoah, Masataka Yoshida, Kyle Schwarber, Kerry Carpenter, Shohei Ohtani, Christian Yelich, Nolan Jones, Lance Lynn, Austin Gomber, Nolan Arenado, Yordan Alvarez, Bobby Witt
