Parlay odds: +360<\/a><\/p>\nMarlins ML vs. Padres<\/p>\n
To be clear, this\u2019ll be a pretty chalky parlay since this is the longest pick of the bunch at -136. What can I say, I\u2019m a fairly risk-averse bettor. The Padres really aren\u2019t a great baseball team with a 50-53 record and a -30 run differential, relying on pitching to scrape by with one of the sport\u2019s worst offenses. Now, the Marlins aren\u2019t looking good lately after dropping nine consecutive games, but at some point, the losing will stop. Today\u2019s a great day for that streak to break, especially against German Marquez, who brings a 5.24 ERA and 1.54 WHIP across his somewhat-limited sample of 10 outings. Miami slashes .255\/.329\/.409 for a .738 OPS against right-handed pitching, and for what it\u2019s worth, the club\u2019s hitters who have faced him are 5-for-12 in that sample as well. Ryan Gusto does start for the Fish, but against a club with a .229 BA and .698 OPS against right-handers this year, it\u2019s not as worrisome.<\/p>\n
Cardinals ML vs. Reds<\/p>\n
The pitching matchup is key for the Cardinals today against the Reds. RHP Dustin May gets a date against fellow RHP Rhett Lowder, and while the former has been shaky at times, the latter has been plain bad. Lowder brings a 5.75 ERA with a 1.64 WHIP and conceded eight earned runs in his last outing without even allowing a homer. He has a low K% and a high BB%, which also helps against a Redbirds lineup that provides quality plate approach with a 20.5% K%, fourth best in baseball. They aren\u2019t likely to chase his pitches, but they could certainly chase him from the game, even if their own offensive numbers aren\u2019t stellar against right-handers. This hinges on a poor outing from the opposing starter, but that\u2019s not bad to bank on since Cincy\u2019s primary arm has an 8.27 ERA and 2.00 WHIP with a .321 BA for opponents when on the road.<\/p>\n
Giants ML vs. Angels<\/p>\n
The Giants aren\u2019t very good, and it\u2019s been a rough July for ace Logan Webb. The RHP has allowed 15 earned runs in 16.2 IP this month, but let\u2019s zoom out for a moment. He still has a 3.87 ERA and 1.11 WHIP on the full campaign over his 17 starts. The ceiling is sky-high for the 29-year-old and he provides a decent track record against the Angels\u2019 batters, allowing a .242 BA with 19 strikeouts and just two walks across 33 ABs. He\u2019s also been a little better at home this season with a 3.74 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP and just two home runs allowed over his 53.0 IP. San Francisco\u2019s offense ranks 15th in OPS at .723 and opposing starter Ryan Johnson has a 6.10 ERA with a 1.43 WHIP in 38.1 IP this year. This looks like a very winnable matchup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Friday, meaning we get plenty of weekend series kicking off across the MLB schedule tonight. Most of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-822696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822696","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=822696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}