MLB betting trends, odds and predictions for Monday, June 19th, 2017 from various handicappers and websites
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National League
Nationals @ Marlins
Roark is 0-2, 9.82 in his last two starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten. Washington is 4-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-6-1
Volquez is 3-0, 2.08 in his last four starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. Miami is 4-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-7-1
Washington is 11-3 in its last 14 road games, 9-3 in road series openers. Over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Miami won its last five home games, is 4-7 in home series openers. Over is 4-2-1 in their last seven home games.
Giants @ Braves
Cueto is 0-2, 5.94 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four road starts. Giants are 4-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-5-3
Dickey is 1-2, 8.10 in his last four starts; over is 7-2-1 in his last ten. Braves are 5-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-5-2
Giants lost eight of last nine games, are 6-6 in road series openers. Over is 6-1 in their last seven games. Atlanta won three of last four games, is 5-5 in home series openers. Under is 7-3 in their last ten games.
Pirates @ Brewers
Cole is 2-2, 8.31 in his last five starts; under is 10-2 in his last 12. Pirates are 2-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-10-3
Garza is 1-2, 7.20 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Milwaukee is 3-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-2-2
Pirates lost three of last four games, are 3-8 in road series openers. Four of their last five games stayed under. Milwaukee won five of its last six games; they’re 6-6 in home series openers. Five of their last six games went over.
Padres @ Cubs
Richard is 2-0, 2.57 in his last two starts; over is 7-3 in his last ten. San Diego is 3-1 in his last four road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-8-2
Lester is 1-2, 5.82 in his last four starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. Cubs are 5-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him:
San Diego lost seven of last nine road games; they’re 2-9 in road series openers. Over is 5-1 in their last six road games. Cubs are 4-7 in their last 11 games, 4-7 in home series openers. Over is 7-4 in their last 11 games.
Mets @ Dodgers
Wheeler is 0-2, 6.00 in his last four starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine starts. Mets are 3-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-5
Kershaw is 5-0, 1.94 in his last eight starts; over is 4-3 in his home starts. LA is 6-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-2-3
Mets lost four of their last six games, are 1-4 in last five road series openers. Five of their last six games went over. Dodgers won nine of last ten games; they’re 8-3 in home series openers. Over is 8-1 in their last nine games.
American League
Indians @ Orioles
Kluber is 2-0, 2.37 in his last three starts (over 2-0-1). Indians are 2-2 in his road starts; their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-5
Bundy is 2-4, 5.00 in his last six starts; under is 5-2 in his home starts. Orioles are 5-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-5-1
Indians won their last five games, are 2-6 in last eight road series openers. Under is 4-1 in their last five road games. Baltimore is 3-2 in its last five games, 10-2 in home series openers. Last six Oriole home games went over.
Blue Jays @ Rangers
Estrada is 0-3, 12.08 in his last three starts; under is 3-1-1 in his last five. Toronto is 3-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-7-3
Dirkx is 1-0, 3.09 in two starts (11.2 IP) this year (over 1-1). Rangers’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-0-2
Toronto is 2-3 in its last five games, 1-4 in last five road series openers. Three of their last four games went over. Texas won seven of last nine games; they’re 7-5 in home series openers. Over is 11-1-1 in their last 13 home games.
Red Sox @ Royals
Velazquez allowed six runs in five IP (101 PT) in his first ’17 start, May 18 in Oakland. Boston’s 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-1
Hammel is 2-0, 2.21 in his last three starts; over is 5-2 in his last seven. Royals are 2-6 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-8-1
Red Sox is 7-3 in its last ten games; they’re 4-8 in road series openers. Three of their last four games stayed under. Kansas City won seven of last eight games; they’re 5-6 in home series openers. Over is 10-2-1 in their last 13 games.
Astros @ A’s
Peacock is 2-1, 4.37 in five starts this year (under 3-2); Astros’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-2
Gossett allowed seven runs in 3.1 IP (62 PT) in his first ’17 start, at Miami. Oakland’s 1st 5-inning record with him: 0-1
Astros played a 4-hour game at home last night; they’re 4-8 in last 12 games- they won their last nine road series openers. Over is 7-2-1 in their last ten road tilts. Oakland won its last four games; they’re 6-5 in home series openers. Over is 9-4-1 in their last 14 home games.
Tigers @ Mariners
33-year old Sanchez is making his first ’17 start; he allowed 26 runs in 21 IP in 11 relief stints this year. He’s started 245 big league games (87-87, 4.00).
Gaviglio is 4-0, 5.06 in his last four starts (under 2-1-3). Seattle’s 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-2
Tigers lost seven of last ten games, are 6-5 in road series openers. Over is 5-2 in their last seven road games. Mariners lost six of last nine games; they’re 9-2 in home series openers. Over is 4-1-2 in their last seven games.
Interleague
Reds @ Rays
Feldman is 3-1, 4.72 in his last five starts; over is 3-2-1 in his road starts. Reds are 2-4 in his road outings- their first 5-inning record with him: 6-6-2
Odorizzi is 1-1, 10.80 in his last three starts (over 3-0); Rays are 3-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-4-4
Reds lost their last nine games; they’re 5-6 in road series openers. Over is 10-5 in their last 15 games. Tampa Bay won five of last six home games; they’re 4-7 in home series openers. Rays’ last five home games went over the total.
Record with this pitcher starting
National League
Wsh-Mia: Roark 9-5; Volquez 5-8 (4-0 last 4)
SF-Atl: Cueto 8-6; Dickey 7-6
Pitt-Mil: Cole 7-7; Garza 5-4
SD-Chi: Richard 6-8; Lester 7-7
NY-LA; Wheeler 5-7; Kershaw 12-2
American League
Clev-Balt: Kluber 6-3; Bundy 9-5
Tor-Tex: Estrada 6-8; Dirkx 1-1
Bos-KC: Velazquez 0-1; Hammel 3-10
Hst-A’s: Peacock 3-2; Gossett 0-1
Det-Sea: Sanchez 0-0; Gaviglio 5-1
Interleague
Cin-TB: Feldman 5-9; Odorizzi 5-7
Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
Wsh-Mia: Roark 6-14; Volquez 6-13
SF-Atl: Cueto 5-14; Dickey 5-13
Pitt-Mil: Cole 3-14; Garza 2-9
SD-Chi: Richard 3-14; Lester 5-14
NY-LA; Wheeler 5-12; Kershaw 4-14
American League
Clev-Balt: Kluber 1-9; Bundy 1-14
Tor-Tex: Estrada 6-14; Dirkx 1-2
Bos-KC: Velazquez 1-1; Hammel 1-13
Hst-A’s: Peacock 1-5; Gossett 0-1
Det-Sea: Sanchez 0-0; Gaviglio 2-6
Interleague
Cin-TB: Feldman 3-14; Odorizzi 5-12
Interleague
Interleague play
NL @ AL– 38-21 AL, favorites -$46
AL @ NL– 37-35 AL, favorites -$629
Total: 75-56 AL, favorites -$675
Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 37-26-1
AL @ NL: Over 41-26-2
Total: Over 78-52-3
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Monday's Diamond Notes
By Joe Williams
VegasInsider.com
Hottest team: Indians (5-0 past five games)
The Indians were in a 3-7 tailspin from June 2-14, slipping two games behind the Twins for first place in the American League Central Division. A four-game sweep in Minnesota over the weekend has Cleveland flying high again all of a sudden. Now, they'll look to stay hot in Baltimore against the skidding Orioles. It's a pretty solid pitching matchup with Corey Kluber on the hill against O's fireballer Dylan Bundy. The Tribe are 21-6 over Klubot's past 27 starts, while going 7-3 across his past 10 road outings. The O's have pieced together four wins over their past five at Oriole Park, but they're just 3-8 over the past 11 overall. Baltimore has also dropped six in a row against teams with a winning overall record.
Coldest team Giants (0-6 past six games, 4-15 past 19 overall)
The Giants find themselves in a strange spot, as they're mired in last place in the National League West Division and 19 1/2 games behind the first-place Rockies following their six-game losing streak and sweep in Denver. The Giants have a miserable minus-82 run differential, third-worst in the National League. They'll turn to Johnny Cueto against the equally disappointing R.A. Dickey in Monday's series opener at SunTrust Park in suburban Atlanta. The Giants are just 7-21 over their past 28 road games against a right-handed starter and they're 0-6 in their past six overall vs. RHP. If anyone is going to save the Giants it's Cueto, as San Francisco is 8-3 over his past 11 road outings against teams with a losing record, and 18-5 in his past 23 against teams with a losing overall mark.
Hottest pitcher: Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers (9-2, 2.23 ERA)
Kershaw was originally scheduled to start Sunday in Cincinnati, but he had his starts pushed back to Monday to start at home, lining him up for a pair of starts in the upcoming week. The Mets are probably not terribly pleased. The southpaw has posted a 2-0 record and 1.71 ERA with six walks and 27 strikeouts over 21 innings, lasting seven innings in all three of the quality starts. The Dodgers have posted an 8-1 record over their past nine series openers, and having Kershaw on the bump gives them a great chance to stay hot in regards to that trend. Los Angeles has managed a 42-11 record over his past 53 starts at Chavez Ravine.
Coldest pitcher: R.A. Dickey, Braves (4-5, 5.35 ERA)
The knuckleballer Dickey was tagged for eight earned runs over five innings in a loss June 13 at Washington in his most recent start, and he has won just once over the past eight starts. And that win came against the lowly Phillies, so don't get terribly carried away. If anything, Dickey has a chance to win because he faces a team actually colder than he is -- the Giants. They enter play with a lengthy losing streak to drop them into the NL West basement. However, San Francisco did rough him up for seven runs - six earned - and five walks over six innings in a loss May 28 in the Bay Area.
Biggest UNDER run: Rangers (7-3 past 10 games overall)
The Rangers were back to their 'under' ways after falling to the Mariners 7-3 in Sunday's series final, coming in by a half-run. The 'over' had cashed in three in a row for Texas, but that's mostly due to the struggles of the Mariners pitching staff. The under has cashed in six of the past eight vs. RHP, while going 13-5-1 in their past 19 series openers. The over is 9-3-1 in Texas' past 13 at Globe Life Park in Arlington, however. The Blue Jays might help Austin Bibens-Dirkx cash the under Monday, as the under is 6-1-1 in Toronto's past eight vs. AL West foes. The under is also 4-1-1 in their past six road contests.
Biggest OVER run: Orioles (8-2 past 10 games overall)
The 'over' has connected in six consecutive home games for the O's, and they found their offense against the Cardinals pitching staff over the weekend. Baltimore averaged 8.3 runs per game in the three-game set while their pitching staff was dinged for 7.7 runs per outing. The O's have given up at least five runs in 15 straight games dating back to June 3. That over will be put to the test, however, as the under is 12-4 over the past 16 meetings with the Indians, while going 7-0 in the past seven meetings at Camden Yards.
Matchup to watch: Dodgers vs. Mets
East meets West when the Mets invade Chavez Ravine to battle Kershaw and the Dodgers. L.A. aims for their fourth consecutive victory heading into a nine-game homestand. The Dodgers were awfully impressive sweeping the Reds at GABP in Cincinnati, although the way the Reds have been going it isn't very shocking. The Mets should give the Dodgers a much stiffer test, especially with Zack Wheeler on the hill. He was pounded for eight runs over just 1 2/3 innings last time out against the Cubs, but he has three quality starts over the past four outings and five starts with three or fewer runs allowed while going at least six innings in five of the past seven. The Dodgers have won 11 of Kershaw's past 13 starts against the Mets. The under is 6-0 in Kershaw's past six against the Mets, while going 5-1 in the past six at Dodger Stadium.
Betcha didn’t know: The top pitching prospect for the Athletics, Daniel Gossett, was torched for seven runs - six earned - while retiring just 10 batters in his major league debut in Miami on Wednesday. He'll give the home fans a look as the Astros check into O.co for a divisional series. Gossett was 3-3 with a 3.41 ERA and 54 strikeouts over 60 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level. Since that ugly outing in Miami the A's returned home for a surprising four-game sweep against the first-place New York Yankees. Oakland's offense has averaged 6.0 runs per game over the past five outings to back their pitchers with plenty of run support lately.
Biggest public favorite: Dodgers (-300) vs. Mets
Biggest public underdog: Royals (+115) vs. Red Sox
Biggest line move: Royals (+105 to -115) vs. Red Sox
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Toronto vs. Texas
Sportsbook.ag Odds: Toronto (-116), Texas (+106); Total set at 10.5
After an absolute brutal start to the 2017 season, the Toronto Blue Jays used a good month of May to scratch their way back near the .500 mark. However, since then, the Jays have been consistently inconsistent and dropping two of three at home to the White Sox exemplified that.
Toronto has done so much to get back to a 33-35 SU record, but seemingly every time they get close to .500, they slip up once again.
Tonight they begin a four-game set with an old rival in the Texas Rangers and you know that Toronto would love to leave town on Thursday night above that .500 mark.
Toronto and Texas have developed quite a rivalry after meeting in the playoffs the past two seasons and the bad blood tends to spill out in their regular season matchups as well. We all know about the Odor-Bautista fight during last year's regular season, but in the three-game set in Toronto earlier this year, things seemed to calm down in that regard.
All three-games were tight contests decided by two runs or less and Toronto was able to take two of the three games. Going back to last year's sweep of Texas in the ALDS, that makes it five out of six for Toronto against this Rangers team. VegasInsider.com shows that the home underdogs from Texas are receiving the bulk of the support tonight, but I'd be a little weary of backing a “public” underdog in a spot like this.
Instead, I'm looking towards the total, and after both teams played two of their three weekend games 'over' the number, I'm expecting another tight game between these two with minimal runs tonight.
Toronto sends Marco Estrada to the hill tonight and while many will want to focus on some rough outings he's had of late, I believe his strong history vs the Rangers will show up this evening. Estrada hasn't gotten out of the 4th inning in two of his last three starts (8-1 and 12-2 defeats), but that recent form actually presents a bit of line value on this 'under' tonight in a matchup where he will definitely feel comfortable.
It was two years ago when Estrada was called upon to save Toronto's season in the ALDS and he came up with a great performance in that game in a 5-1 Toronto win. Last year, Estrada had great outings against the Rangers in two of his three starts against them – including another one in the playoffs – and followed that up with a 3-1 win over Texas earlier this year. In six starts against Texas since joining the Jays, Estrada has allowed only one run in five of those six outings and overall the total has gone 2-4 O/U.
One of those 'overs' came in last year's playoff game because the Jays put up 10 runs in a 10-1 win, but the Jays offense is still inconsistent as ever this season as they've never been able to fully find a rhythm having so many injuries. If Estrada is up to his usual tricks against the Rangers, an outing of 6+ innings and two runs or less allowed should be in the cards.
Texas counters with Austin Bibens-Dirkx and the young righty is coming off a great outing of three-hit, one-run ball over seven innings against a high-powered Washington Nationals team. The former reliever does have minimal appearances vs multiple Jays in the past, but you've got to like his chances to hold down the fort for the Rangers – at least early on – against a Toronto team still trying to find their groove. Texas is on a 3-7 O/U run overall, and 14 of their last 19 series openers have either stayed at or below the posted total (5-13-1 O/U).
Given the heated history these two teams have, we likely see one of these four games turn into an offensive fireworks show, but it won't be tonight. Seeing more than 80% of bettors backing the high side of this total only strengthens this thought as Estrada bounces back in a big way tonight and we don't see more than 10 runs scored total.
Best Bet: Under 10.5
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Double-Play Picks
New York Mets at Los Angeles Dodgers (-300, 7)
The New York Mets are headed west and will open a tough four-game series in Los Angeles against the Dodgers on Monday night. The Mets are coming off losing three-of-four to the Washington Nationals while the Dodgers are fresh off a three-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds and have won nine of their last 10 games overall.
The Mets will send Zack Wheeler to the mound and he hasn't been great this season. In his last start, at home against the Chicago Cubs, Wheeler was lit up by a struggling Cubs' offense to the tune of eight earned runs over 1.2 innings of work. I'm sure the Dodgers have seen the tape of that start and will be looking to do similar things at the plate tonight.
The Dodgers will counter with Clayton Kershaw...he's pretty good. Kershaw is doing his usual dominant things in 2017 with a team win/loss record of 12-2, ERA of 2.23, and a WHIP of 0.92.
Kershaw gets the ball tonight against the National League team that he has dominated more than any other in his career. He has made 11 career starts against the Mets and he has held them to a team batting average of .181 and a team OPS of a ridiculous .477 - both numbers are Kershaw's lowest career stats against any other National League opponent.
The team win/loss results are the numbers that we are most interested in for the purpose of picking this game. In Kershaw's 11 career starts against the Mets he is 7-0 and the Dodgers own a team win/loss of 9-2 in those games. In those nine wins by the Dodgers they covered -1.5 each and every time.
Obviously, -300 is a ridiculous moneyline and we would never suggest you lay that sort of chalk - but if ever a game screams runline, this is the one.
Pick: Dodgers -1.5 (-140)
Detroit Tigers at Seattle Mariners (-135, 9.5)
Just like the Mets, the Detroit Tigers are headed west for a four-game series against a tough opponent. The Tigers' west coast trip will start a little further north in Seattle against the Mariners. Detroit is struggling as losers of the final two games at home against the Tampa Bay Rays and losers of seven of their last 10 games overall. The Mariners return home to Safeco Field after a tough seven-game road trip and it must be nice to be back in Seattle where they own a tidy 20-13 record this season.
Rookie starter Sam Gaviglio gets the ball for the Mariners and he's off to a great start to his career. The M's own a team win/loss of 5-1 in his six career starts, including 3-0 at home with a very impressive 1.12 ERA.
The real factor in this game that left us giddy with excitement is the return to the starting pitcher ranks of the Tigers' Anibal Sanchez. One of our favorite fades from last season has lost 18 of his last 24 starting assignments (most as favorites or slim underdogs) and will be making his 2017 starting pitching debut tonight in Seattle.
To be given this opportunity, Sanchez must be throwing really well out of the bullpen for the Tigers...wrong! In 11 relief appearances this season, Sanchez owns an ERA of 10.71, an opponent's on base percentage of .415, and a WHIP of 2.10. And his splits on the road are even worse at 13.94 ERA, .474 OBP, 2.61 WHIP.
We can't believe Sanchez is back!
Pick: Mariners -135
Yesterday's Picks: 1-1
Season To Date: 66-56-7
Streaking and Slumping Starting Pitchers
Streaking: Jason Hammel, Kansas City Royals (3-6, 5.05 ERA, $-584)
It's difficult to believe that Jason Hammel would make it into our Streaking Starter section of the article, but here we are. The pickings are slim today and we don't like to use starting pitchers who are involved in our picks (above).
Over his last three starts, Hammel is 2-0 with a very tidy 2.21 ERA and he has only surrendered one walk to go along with 15 strikeouts. This is the pitcher the Royals were expecting to get when they signed him in the offseason.
Hammel and the Royals are -110 at home against the Boston Red Sox.
Slumping: Marco Estrada, Toronto Blue Jays (4-5, 4.54, $-258)
Blue Jays' starter Marco Estrada throws more change-ups than any other pitcher in Major League Baseball and opposing hitters have finally started to notice. Hitters are sitting on his change-up and if he misses his spot it is being clubbed a very long way.
It's been a problem for most of this season, but over his last three outings Estrada has been particularly bad at 0-3 with an ERA of 12.08. Over those three starts he's only lasted a total of 12.2 innings but has allowed 28 hits, including four home runs.
Estrada and the Jays are -125 favorites on the road against the Texas Rangers today.
Monday's Top Trends
* Over is 12-2 in the Baltimore Orioles' last 14 games vs. a right-handed starter. Indians/Orioles Total: 9.
* The Miami Marlins are 1-11 in Justin Nicolino's last 12 starts vs. a team with a winning record. +100 today vs. Nationals.
* The San Francisco Giants are 18-5 in Johnny Cueto's last 23 starts vs. a team with a losing record. -135 today @ Braves.
* The Chicago Cubs are 21-5 in Jon Lester's last 26 home starts. -230 today vs. Padres.
Weather To Keep An Eye On
Rain and thunderstorms will likely be an issue today in Baltimore where the Orioles will welcome the Cleveland Indians. There is a 90-100 percent chance of rain this evening but will taper off after the t-storms move out late in the evening. Officials may just decide to push this one until Tuesday.
There is also a chance of thunderstorms developing in Atlanta for tonight's game between the Braves and the San Francisco Giants. It's looking like only a 45-50 percent chance of rain at SunTrust Park but the threat will remain all evening.
There isn't much in the way of wind across Major League Baseball on Monday, so we'll just take our daily look at Wrigley Field on the North Side of Chicago. Good news for the Rizzos and Schwarbers of the world as there will be a 7-10 mile per hour wind blowing out to right field tonight. The total for this evening's game against the visiting Padres has been set at 8.5.
Mets, Dodgers meet
By: StatFox.com
The Dodgers will be looking for their fourth straight win when they host the Mets on Monday.
The Mets had lost three straight games before beating the Nationals 5-1 on Sunday, and they really need to put together a big winning streak in order to get back into the thick of things. A sweep over Washington would have made things pretty interesting for New York, but dropping three in a four-game set was very demoralizing. The Mets will need to find a way to regroup, but that is not going to be easy against a red-hot Dodgers team. Los Angeles has won three straight and nine of its past 10 coming into this one. The team also has the edge on the mound here, as LHP Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 2.23 ERA, 105 K) is going to be starting on Monday. For the Mets, it will be RHP Zack Wheeler (3-4, 4.48 ERA, 59 K) trying to hold his own against the lefty superstar. Wheeler has had some good outings this season, but that is a lot of pressure to put on a guy that just allowed eight earned runs in only 1.2 innings of work against the Cubs on Jun. 13. One trend that favors the Mets is that they are an interesting 31-11 against the money line when playing on Mondays over the past three seasons. They’re also 25-14 against the money line in road games after having lost three of their past four games over the past three seasons. The Dodgers, however, are a ridiculous 32-7 against the money line with Kershaw on the mound over the past two seasons.
Zack Wheeler is arguably coming off of the worst start of his career, and he’s going to need to find a way to move on and be ready for this one. This Dodgers offense is similarly as dangerous as the Cubs, so Wheeler must avoid the mistakes that plagued him in his most recent outing. He walked three batters and allowed two homers in that game, and that was in only 1.2 innings of work. If he can’t throw strikes and stop putting runners on then the Mets are going to lose this one. Offensively, two Mets to keep an eye on in this game are OF Jay Bruce (.273 BA, 18 HR, 47 RBI) and 3B Wilmer Flores (.296 BA, 6 HR, 20 RBI). Bruce and Flores are two of the only players on this team that have been able to get to Kershaw in the past. Bruce is 5-for-20 with two homers and three RBI against the lefty in his career, and Flores is 3-for-9 with an RBI. It’d be big for New York if both of them can find a way to produce here. It’s hard to imagine runs coming from anywhere else, as the rest of the Mets roster is just 18-for-126 (.143 BA) against Kershaw.
It might be odd to say that Clayton Kershaw is struggling this season, but he honestly is. His 2.23 ERA is ridiculous by anybody else’s standards, but Kershaw has had an ERA of less than 2.00 in three of the four seasons before this one. Still, the Dodgers will gladly accept what the lefty is giving them right now. Even with this being his worst season in the past five, he is still the best pitcher in the National League and could very well win another Cy Young Award. Shutting down a banged up Mets lineup likely won’t be a problem for him either. The run support for Kershaw could come in a number of ways, but keep an eye on SS Corey Seager (.281 BA, 9 HR, 32 RBI) and OF Cody Bellinger (.261 BA, 19 HR, 43 RBI) in this one. Both of these youngsters are some of the best hitters in baseball right now, as Seager has raised his average from .271 to .281 over the past nine games and Bellinger has hit seven bombs in the past eight games. Going against Wheeler should not be much of a challenge for either, so expect them to continue to produce on Monday.