{"id":125016,"date":"2025-09-06T20:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125016\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T20:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:28:07","slug":"fantasy-baseball-lineup-advice-and-betting-tips-for-sunday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/125016\/","title":{"rendered":"Fantasy baseball lineup advice and betting tips for Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out all of our starting pitcher rankings and other lineup selection tools here to help you make smart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy baseball<\/a> lineup decisions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/chalk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MLB betting tips<\/a> for each day&#8217;s slate of games will also be added in the morning. MLB game odds are provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/espnbet.app.link\/uiWE8nPBnJb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN BET<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.espncdn.com\/i\/espnicons\/SVG\/external.svg?w=10&amp;h=10\" width=\"10\"\/>, and all fantasy advice is geared toward ESPN 10-team leagues with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/story\/_\/id\/43425955\/espn-playbook-inning-1-draft-kit-advice-how-play-fantasy-baseball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">standard scoring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Note: All information is accurate as of the time of publication. For updates, including what you might have missed from last night, as well as any breaking news that might impact today&#8217;s MLB slate, be sure to check out the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/story\/_\/id\/44288339\/espn-fantasy-baseball-buzz-injuries-promotions-demotions-trades-prospects-lineup-changes-mlb-news-analysis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy baseball news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Jump to: <a href=\"#Pitchers\">Pitching notes<\/a> | <a href=\"#Hitters\">Hitting notes<\/a> | <a href=\"#Betting\">Betting tips<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/flb\/story?page=REcloserorgchart&amp;addata=flb_mainnav_closers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reliever depth chart<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasy.espn.com\/baseball\/welcome?addata=flb_2025_context\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Start a new league<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pitchers to stream on Sunday<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"be1396f1-958a-6c37-0cb1-a78e75378a50\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/33263\/luis-severino\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Luis Severino<\/a> threw only 61 pitches in his first game back from missing nearly a month with an oblique strain, but it was enough to get through five scoreless frames though he wasn&#8217;t involved in the decision in the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c781e7c6-2c5b-beaf-55b8-999c76f76661\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/stl\/st-louis-cardinals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">St. Louis Cardinals<\/a> 2-1 win over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"1d8ed3a9-4c7d-0941-3677-bb6defe67c7a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/ath\/athletics-athletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Athletics<\/a>. Before getting hurt, the righty won his prior four starts. He&#8217;s in a favorable spot to pick up another victory with a road date against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"053868c7-8bff-5edb-3cb6-f5490f33ef99\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/laa\/los-angeles-angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a>. Heading into Saturday&#8217;s action, the Athletics are 24-20 since the break. Meanwhile, the Angels are 19-26.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"c6df06f6-785d-3900-4935-5fd13742e2ee\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/bos\/boston-red-sox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> have been unable to take full advantage of a relatively easy early September schedule, though <a data-player-guid=\"a9362008-8539-37fd-8b58-ca052db35e76\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/4720856\/brayan-bello\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayan Bello<\/a> has done his part. The club has won his last four outings and he&#8217;s picked up three wins along the way. He&#8217;s pitched at least six frames in 15 of his 25 efforts, yielding no more than three runs in each (14 quality starts). Bello will take the hill in the desert against a still productive <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"43e14a76-ff66-49ed-24fc-2835932f99dd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/ari\/arizona-diamondbacks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> lineup, even though they dealt their starting corner infielders at the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p><a data-player-guid=\"981bcb61-629f-464a-9360-5b71c042f6bd\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/28963\/clayton-kershaw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clayton Kershaw<\/a> posted a 2.67 ERA and 0.98 WHIP over his last six starts, and that includes a subpar effort against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"5b8fc9be-4020-52c6-aa28-9a0f2d4383e0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/pit\/pittsburgh-pirates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> last time out. He&#8217;s no longer a dominant force, but the lefty limits walks and keeps the ball in the yard. These traits will come in handy with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"fb7cf413-5156-9fc2-abe0-2273b89f70db\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/lad\/los-angeles-dodgers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> wrapping up a road seat with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9ca473b8-e73e-a33d-8ea0-b4d160be4be7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mlb\/team\/_\/name\/bal\/baltimore-orioles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Orioles<\/a>. Also in his favor is squaring off with the offense sporting the 10th worst wOBA and eighth highest strikeout rate facing lefties.<\/p>\n<p>Pitchers to avoid on SundayHitters to stream on SundayBetting tips<\/p>\n<p>Best\/worst pitcher\/hitter matchups and betting projections are generated by THE BAT X, a system created by Derek Carty using advanced methods like those used in MLB front offices, accounting for a variety of factors including player talent, ballparks, bullpens, weather, umpires, defense, catcher pitch-framing, and lots more. Betting projections for every player, team, and game can be found at EV Analytics.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Expected Value is a measure of how good a bet is, factoring the probability that it will win versus the odds the book is providing. If you were to wager $1.00 100 times on a bet with an Expected Value of $25, you would win some and you would lose some, but in the end you would expect to come away with $25 in profit on your $100 investment.<\/p>\n<p>Because odds typically do not get set until the previous day&#8217;s games are completed, betting tips will be added in the morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out all of our starting pitcher rankings and other lineup selection tools here to help you make&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":125017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-125016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}