Good morning, Pickswise Nation, and welcome to another wonderful Wednesday of sports. We are still without basketball or hockey as the NBA Finals doesn’t start until Thursday and the Stanley Cup until Saturday, but luckily we still have plenty of MLB to keep us busy for the next few days, so let’s get straight to making your next bet better!
About Last Night
MLB Best Bets stay hot
We only had 1 MLB Best Bet on Tuesday night, but we made it count as our bet on the Mets ML cashed with New York defeating their divisional rival the Phillies by a score of 2-0. Kodai Senga was brilliant for the Mets as he threw 7-scoreless innings, allowed just 1 hit and struck out 9. Around the MLB, the Reds upset the Red Sox 9-8, the Cubs took down the Rays again 2-1 and the A’s once again shocked the Braves with a 2-1 win.
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Today’s Slate
Massive day in baseball
It’s a fully loaded slate on Wednesday with all 28 teams taking the field, and the Rangers and Tigers begin the day at 1:10 pm ET in Detroit. Read today’s MLB predictions.
Best Bet of the Day
MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Franciso Giants Under 8.5 (-120)
3:45 pm ET
Mitch Keller was working his way to an ERA around 2.00 before his implosion in Seattle last week. Overall though, the Pittsburgh ace has been great this season with a 3.02 ERA and a 3.03 xERA in 68.2 innings. Opposing Keller will be Alex Wood, and there are a lot of pros and cons to Wood, but one factor that I think will decide his outing is Pittsburgh’s offense against lefties. The Pirates rank 29th in wRC+ with the 2nd highest strikeout rate against southpaws, and they also struggle against Wood’s primary 2 pitches – a sinker and slider. Between a pair of above-average pitchers in a pitcher-friendly ballpark, I’ll lean towards the under in San Francisco. Read our full Pirates vs Giants predictions.
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Must-read
The NBA Finals is almost upon us, and you can get ready for the showdown between the Heat and Nuggets by checking out our NBA Finals Series predictions, which includes a +400 best bets. Plus, we have Prop Holliday’s NBA Finals MVP best bet as well as our Heat vs Nuggets Same Game Parlay for Game 1.
Be sure to also check Diane Knox Balas’ golf predictions for this week’s event, the Memorial Tournament, including a couple of big-priced picks at more than 100/1 odds. You can head over to the Analysis tab for all of today’s great betting content as it drops throughout the day.
Stat of the Day
The Reds rank 1st in batting average, on-base percentage and OPS in the last 7 days.
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