{"id":643020,"date":"2026-05-01T15:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/643020\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T15:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:49:08","slug":"mlb-pick-odds-best-bet-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/643020\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB pick, odds, best bet Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tGambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting-editorial-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editorial standards<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep it up my friend. Been riding ($$$) most of your MLB picks so far in \u201926.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick Santry, Naples, Fla. (formerly of Allendale, N.J.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s official. We are deep enough into the 2026 campaign where you have warranted the shedding of the moniker \u2018Lovable Loser.\u2019 Though I miss the Scamdicapper. Kudos to your hot streak.\u201d \u2014 Digger<\/p>\n<p>Keep your sweaters handy, my friends. <\/p>\n<p>The cold front can\u2019t be far off. <\/p>\n<p>Snakes and Cubs at Wrigley. Colin Rea goes for the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Bet $50 on Zac Gallen and the D\u2019backs.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.45248227;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39250795\" width=\"857\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Colin-Rea.jpg\" alt=\"Colin Rea\" class=\"wp-image-39250795\"  \/>Colin Rea Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Right team. Wrong day. <\/p>\n<p>Took the MLB-best Braves, and they had the Tigers by the tail when they took a quick 2-0 lead. <\/p>\n<p>The Cats bit back. Not on Bryce Elders\u2019 watch, as the Atlanta starter allowed one run over six innings. <\/p>\n<p>\u2019Twas the pen that killed the Bravos. <\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>They gave up two runs in the eighth inning and two more in the ninth. <\/p>\n<p>Tigers won 5-2. Loser, but April was kind to us. <\/p>\n<p>We lean into the month of May up +526 ricocartys.<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there\u2019s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post\u2019s NFL Best Bet crown last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[592,64,63,615,5158,591,77554,85,77555,299488,6109],"class_list":["post-643020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-betting","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-betting","tag-sports","tag-sports-picks","tag-stitches","tag-zac-gallen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}