MLB Betting News and Notes Sunday, July 2nd, 2017

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National League

Giants @ Pirates
Samardzija is 1-2, 5.68 in his last four starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. Giants are 3-6 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-10-5

Williams is 0-0, 5.32 in his last four starts (over 5-4-1). Pirates are 5-5 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-3-1

Giants won their last five games, are 4-10 in last 14 road games; over is 6-4-1 in their last 11 road games. Pirates are 3-6 in last nine home games; six of their last seven home games stayed under the total.

Phillies @ Mets
Pivetta is 0-2, 5.66 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Phillies are 1-5 in his road starts; their 1st 5-inning record with him: 2-6-2

Montero is 1-1, 6.57 in his last three starts (over 2-1). Mets’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-2

Phillies are 3-12 in last 15 road games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine games. Mets won seven of last eight games; under is 4-2-1 in their last seven games.

Cubs @ Reds
Arrieta is 1-2, 6.30 in his last four starts; over is 10-5 in his last 15 starts. Cubs are 1-6 in his last seven road starts- their first 5-inning record with him: 7-7-2

Adleman is 1-2, 5.57 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Reds are 5-2 in his home starts- their first 5-inning record with him: 7-5-1

Chicago lost six of last eight games; under is 8-1 in their last nine games. Reds lost 15 of last 20 games; over is 10-4 in their last fourteen games.

Marlins @ Brewers
Straily is 1-0, 1.56 in his last three starts; under is 4-1 in his last five. Miami is 3-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-6-1

Guerra is 0-2, 6.67 in his last five starts (over 5-3). Brewers are 2-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 3-3-2

Miami lost six of last seven road games; under is 5-1-1 in their last seven games. Milwaukee won its last four home games; under is 7-3 in their last ten games.

Nationals @ Cardinals
Scherzer is 2-1, 1.64 in his last three starts; under is 7-1 in his last eight. Washington is 6-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 11-4-1

Martinez is 2-1, 2.00 in his last four starts; under is 6-2 in his last eight. St Louis 6-2 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-6-2

Washington lost five of last six road games; under is 6-1 in their last seven games. St Louis won six of last seven games; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games.

Rockies @ Diamondbacks
Marquez is 1-2, 5.87 in his last five starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Colorado is 4-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-4-2

Walker is 3-0, 3.42 in his last four starts (over 3-1). Arizona is 4-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-4-1

Colorado lost nine of its last ten games; under is 7-2-1 in their last ten road games. Arizona lost three of its last four home games; over is 9-6-1 in their last 16 home games.

Dodgers @ Padres
Maeda is 2-0, 0.75 in his last two starts; over is 7-3-1 in his last 11. Dodgers are 4-2 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-4-1

Chacin is 2-2, 2.67 in his last four starts; his last three stayed under. Padres are 4-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-10-2

Dodgers are 15-2 in last 17 games; over is 7-3 in their last ten road games. San Diego lost four of last six games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games.

American League

Rays @ Orioles
Cobb is 2-0, 1.95 in his last four starts; over is 4-2 in his last six. Rays are 5-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 10-4-2

Gausman is 1-3, 6.53 in his last four starts- over is 7-3 in his last ten. Orioles are 6-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-10.

Tampa Bay won five of last seven road games; four of their last five games stayed under. Orioles lost their last four home games; four of their last five games stayed under.

Red Sox @ Blue Jays
Pomeranz is 1-0, 2.04 in his last three starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Boston is 3-4 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-7

Biagini is 1-5, 6.19 in his last six starts (under 7-3). Toronto is 1-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-6

Red Sox won five of last six games; under is 6-2 in their last eight games. Toronto lost seven of last nine games; under is 6-2 in their last eight games.

Indians @ Tigers
Clevinger is 1-0, 2.40 in his last three starts (under 7-2). Indians are 4-1 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-3-2.

Verlander is 1-1, 3.74 in his last six starts; over is 5-3 in his last eight. Detroit is 6-1 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 7-6-3

Cleveland won four of its last six games; under is 9-2 in their last 11 games. Detroit won four of last six games; seven of their last ten games went over.

New York @ Houston
Severino is 0-1, 5.21 in his last three starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. New York is 3-5 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 9-4-2

Fiers is 4-1, 2.68 in his last six starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Houston is 3-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-6-3

New York is 5-1 in game following its last six losses; over is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Astros won nine of last 12 games- over is 7-2 in their last nine games.

Rangers @ White Sox
Ross is 1-1, 6.14 in three starts this year (over 2-1). Rangers’ 1st 5-inning record with him: 1-1-1

Quintana is 2-0, 0.90 in his last three starts; under is 3-1 in his last four. Chicago is 3-4 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-9-1

Texas lost four of last six games; under is 12-5 in their last 17 road games. Chicago lost nine of last 13 games; over is 4-2 in their last six games.

Twins @ Royals
Santiago is 0-5, 9.51 in his last six starts; over is 8-2 in his last ten. Twins are 1-6 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 4-8-1.

TWood is 44-54, 4.37 in 133 major league starts, last of which were 9 starts for the Cubs in 2015. This year, he is 1-2, 6.25 in 25 relief stints (28.2 IP) for the Royals.

Minnesota lost five of last seven games; under is 8-4 in their last 12 games. Kansas City won five of last seven home games; over is 18-6-1 in their last 25 games.

Mariners @ Angels
Paxton is 0-3, 8.10 in his last four starts; over is 4-1 in his last five. Seattle is 1-3 in his road starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-4-3

Chavez is 0-2, 6.75 in his last four starts; under is 4-2 in his last six. Angels are 4-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 6-8-2

Seattle lost five of its last six games; over is 10-4-3 in their last 17 games. Angels lost four of last six games; six of last eight Angel games stayed under the total.

Interleague

Braves @ A’s
Teheran is 0-2, 9.58 in his last two starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Atlanta is won his last five road outings- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 8-6-2

Manaea is 6-1, 3.08 in his last eight starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Oakland is 4-3 in his home starts- their 1st 5-inning record with him: 5-4-5

Atlanta is 7-3 in its last ten road games; under is 7-1 in their last eight games. Oakland lost its last six home games; their last three games stayed under.

Record with this pitcher starting

National League
SF-Pitt: Samardzija 6-10; Williams 5-5
Phil-NY: Pivetta 2-7; Montero 2-1
Chi-Cin: Arietta 8-8; Adleman 6-7
Mia-Mil: Straily 8-8; Guerra 3-5
Wsh-StL: Scherzer 10-6; Martinez 8-8
Col-Az: Marquez 7-5; Walker 9-3
LA-SD: Maeda 9-3; Chacin 7-9

American League
TB-Balt: Cobb 8-8; Gausman 8-9
Bos-Tor: Pomeranz 9-6; Biagini 4-6
Clev-Det: Clevinger 4-5; Verlander 8-8
NY-Hst: Severino 7-8; Fiers 9-6
Tex-Chi: Ross 2-1; Quintana 8-8
Minn-KC: Santiago 5-8; TWood 0-0
Sea-LA: Paxton 6-6; Chavez 8-8

Interleague
Atl-A’s: Teheran 7-9; Manaea 8-6

Pitchers allowing a run in first inning:
National League
SF-Pitt: Samardzija 6-16; Williams 4-10
Phil-NY: Pivetta 3-9; Montero 1-3
Chi-Cin: Arietta 6-16; Adleman 3-13
Mia-Mil: Straily 3-16; Guerra 2-8
Wsh-StL: Scherzer 4-16; Martinez 3-16
Col-Az: Marquez 6-2-4; Walker 4-12
LA-SD: Maeda 5-12; Chacin 7-16

American League
TB-Balt: Cobb 3-16; Gausman 4-17
Bos-Tor: Pomeranz 5-15; Biagini 3-10
Clev-Det: Clevinger 1-9; Verlander 6-16
NY-Hst: Severino 3-15; Fiers 6-15
Tex-Chi: Ross 2-3; Quintana 3-16
Minn-KC: Santiago 3-13; TWood 0-0
Sea-LA: Paxton 1-12; Chavez 2-16

Interleague
Atl-A’s: Teheran 6-16; Manaea 3-14

Umpires

National League
SF-Pitt: Over is 6-3 in last nine Lentz games.
Phil-NY: Underdogs won five of last six DeJesus games.
Chi-Cin: Home side is 10-3 in Tumpane games this year.
Mia-Mil: Over is 3-0-1 in last four Wendelstedt games.
Wsh-StL: Over is 6-3 in last nine Segal games.
Col-Az: Over is 6-3 in last nine Hudson games.
LA-SD: Underdogs won seven of last eight Reyburn games.

American League
TB-Balt: Over is 10-2 in last dozen Marquez games.
Bos-Tor: Three of last four Randazzo games stayed under.
NY-Hst: Over is 9-5 in Muchlinski games this season.
Clev-Det: Under is 3-1-1 in last five Hoye games.
Tex-Chi: Under is 9-4 in Cooper games this season.
Minn-KC: Over is 6-2 in last eight Everitt games.
Sea-LA: Last five BWelke games stayed under.

Interleague
Atl-A’s: Favorites won 10 of last 12 Scheurwater games.

Interleague play

NL @ AL– 41-27 AL, favorites -$442
AL @ NL– 40-40, favorites -$1,010
Total: 81-67 AL, favorites -$1,452

Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 42-29-2
AL @ NL: Over 43-32-2
Total: Over 85-61-4

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Sunday's Diamond Notes
By Joe Williams
VegasInsider.com

Hottest team: Mets (4-0 past four games, 7-1 past eight overall)

The Mets have rattled off four consecutive victories, outscoring the opposition 23-10 during the impressive span. The four-game run also has the Mets within 8 1/2 games of the National League East Division, which is the same deficit they find themselves out of a Wild Card spot in the NL. So the Mets need to keep winning, and that's what they'll be looking to do against the Phillies on Sunday. New York has posted a 4-1 record over the past five games against a right-handed starter, 5-0 in their past five against a starter with a WHIP over 1.30 and 5-0 in their past five against teams with a winning percentage under .400. The Phillies counter with Nick Pivetta, and that usually doesn't end well. The Phils are 2-7 in their past nine starts by Pivetta while going just 15-44 over their past 59 games overall.

Coldest team: Blue Jays (2-7 past nine games)

The Blue Jays were showing some signs of life near the end of May and into June, working their way back into the postseason picture. However, a rough road trip in Kansas City and some uneven results at home ever since have dropped them back into the basement in the American League East Division. In fact, after a Canada Day loss against the Red Sox on Saturday, Toronto now finds themselves one game under .500 at home while sitting with a minus-31 run differential overall. The Jays are just 1-5 in Joe Biagini's past six starts overall, including 0-4 in his past four at home. The Jays are also 2-10 over their past 12 home games vs. LHP.

Hottest pitcher: Max Scherzer, Nationals (9-5, 2.06 ERA)

Scherzer puts the league's best ERA on the line when the Nationals and Cardinals square off under the lights in the Lou on Sunday night. Scherzer also leads the National League with 151 strikeouts, walking just 24 batters over 113 2/3 innings while holding the opposition to an impressive .164 opponent batting average. You'd think he would deserve a better fate in terms of wins and losses, but he is just four games over .500 despite his dominance. Scherzer also enters play with a sparkling 0.78 WHIP across 16 starts. The Cardinals counter with Carlos Martinez, and he enters with a 6-6 mark, 2.88 ERA, 121 strikeouts over 106 1/3 innings and a .199 opponent average. It should be a fun pitcher's duel.

Coldest pitcher: Kevin Gausman, Orioles (4-7, 6.07 ERA)

Gausman is finally starting to trend in the right direction after an ugly season, going 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA over his past two outings. However, he still has a long way to go before he can be trusted at the betting window again. He has managed a 3-3 record and 3.77 ERA over 45 1/3 innings in eight starts and one relief appearance against Tampa Bay since the start of the 2014 season. The O's are 0-4 in their past four home games, but 13-4 over Gausman's past 17 at Camden Yards. Baltimore is also 19-9 over their past 28 at home against teams with a losing road record.

Biggest UNDER run: Indians (12-3-2 past 17 games overall)

The 'under' has been a popular play for Cleveland and total bettors lately. The under is an impressive 12-3-2 over their past 17 games overall, 4-0-2 in their past six against teams with a losing record and, for what it's worth, 4-0 in their past four games on Sunday. The under is also 23-6-2 over their past 31 games against divisional foes. The under has been a frequent happening when Mike Clevinger is on the mound, going 4-1 over his past five road starts, 12-3 in his past 15 starts overall and 6-1 over his past seven games teams with a losing overall mark. The under is also 4-0-1 in the past five meetings at Comerica Park.

Biggest OVER run: Reds (10-4 past 14 games overall)

It was a rare 'under' result for Cincinnati in Saturday's game, but don't expect that to become a frequent happening. The over is still 10-4 in Cincinnati's past 14 games overall, 20-8 in their past 28 games against National League Central foes and 9-3 in their past 12 vs. RHP. The over is also 3-0-1 in Jake Arrieta's past four tries agaisnt the Reds, 4-0-1 in the past five meetings at GABP and 34-14-3 in the past 51 meetings overall in this series.

Matchup to watch: Cardinals vs. Nationals

The Nationals head into Sunday's series finale having won just two of their past seven games overall, and they're a dismal 1-5 in the past six road outings. It's a good thing they have Scherzer on the hill, as the Nats are 23-9 over his past 32 starts, 23-8 over his past 31 road outings and 9-2 in his past 11 starts on the road against teams with a losing overall mark. Washington is also an impressive 16-5 over his past 21 outings against a team with a losing overall record. The Cardinals have rattled off wins in each of the past four, including four in a row against teams with a winning overall record. They're also an impressive 16-5 in their past 21 tries against NL East clubs.

Betcha didn’t know: Dodgers 2B Logan Forsythe has back-to-back four-hit games to match a career high, raising his average from .208 to .247 in just a pair of games. He is on quite the roll offensively for a Dodgers team that seems to have a new face rise up every day. OF Chris Taylor belted a grand slam in Saturday's win in San Diego, and it's starting to become a regularity. He has four career grand slams, with three of them coming this season. Jhoulys Chacin will look to hold the Dodgers down. He is 9-8 with a 4.37 ERA over 21 starts and one relief appearance against the Dodgers in his career.

Biggest public favorite: Dodgers (-170) at Padres

Biggest public underdog: Rockies (+130) at Diamondbacks

Biggest line move: Athletics (-130 to -160) vs. Braves

MLB Picks of the Day
By Zabo Jones
Bangthebook.com

MLB Favorite of the day: Seattle Mariners -151

The Mariners to my mind have the second best chance of getting the second wild card in the American League. I think the Rays odds are a bit better, but Seattle has been getting healthier, and once healthy, they are certainly a top five team in the AL. James Paxton is going to be starting this afternoon in Anaheim against Jesse Chavez of the Angels.

Coming into the season, there were very few pitchers that I was higher on than James Paxton. At the beginning of the year it looked like my optimism would certainly payoff as he started as one of the best pitchers in the MLB. But then Paxton got hurt, which really hurt the Mariners who have no starting pitching depth. Since he’s returned, Paxton hasn’t been nearly as good as prior to his injury, but he still looks like a really good pitcher. Paxton is still striking batters out at an incredibly high volume, but unfortunately he has also started to walk far more batters than early in the season. But it’s worth noting that the Angels don’t have the most patient lineup, especially without Trout. And even though it’s worked so far without Trout, the Angels aren’t better without him regardless of recent performance. I think it’s likely that the Angels are going to start to fall down in the standings until Trout returns.

MLB Over/Under of the day: Cleveland Indians/Detroit Tigers under 9.5

I don’t have an underdog pick today, but this is probably my favorite pick of the weekend. Justin Verlander is going to be starting for the Tigers against rookie Mike Clevinger for the Indians. The Indians have hit Justin Verlander particularly well in the last few seasons, but I’m not convinced that they have some secret to hitting Verlander, rather than it just being semi random. As far as Clevinger goes, it remains unclear just how good he is, but I think there is a strong chance that he could replace Tomlin in the rotation once Danny Salazar returns from injury.

Justin Verlander has not been quite as good this season as he has been in the past, but it’s worth noting that Verlander has consistently been better in the second half of the season than in the first half. I’m not sure if that means anything significant, but it could. As far as Verlander’s struggles this season, it’s not too tough to figure out what’s gone wrong. His strikeout rates remain roughly the same, and his batted ball profile has not changed dramatically. What has changed is his walk rate, which has nearly doubled from last season. What’s odd though is that his zone rate is essentially the same, and his o-swing rate hasn’t fallen that significantly. This could point to some sequencing problems, but it also points to the fact that his contact rate has gone up. This extends innings, and of course gives Verlander more opportunities to walk batters. It’s hard to say why this is happening. At a point in time I had a fear that Verlander could end up turning into a Ubaldo Jimenez type of pitcher when he starts to lose some of his velocity, but it seems clear that Verlander is much more talented than that. I’m not sure how good Verlander is going to be for the rest of the season, but even still it’s hard to not believe he’s going to improve this season.

Mike Clevinger is a tough pitcher to figure out. His pitching style is pretty funky, and he doesn’t have a great secondary pitch developed yet. But his results have been pretty good regardless. The only real problem that’s clear right now is how many people he’s been walking, currently he’s walking 4.5 batters per nine innings. Plus it’s always worth mentioning just how good the Indians bullpen is. Andrew Miller and Cody Allen is one of the best bullpen duos in the MLB, so I still think the Indians pitching will improve throughout the season.

Sizzling Cardinals host Nationals
By: StatFox.com

The Cardinals will be going for their third straight win when they host the Nationals on Friday.

Washington has won two of its past three games coming into this one, and the team just split a series with the defending World Series champs. The Cubs won the first game of that series, and the Nationals won the next two before dropping the final meeting. The Cardinals, meanwhile, have won two straight games and four of their past five coming into this one. They most recently won two games in a three-game set against the Diamondbacks, and they’ll be hoping to stay hot against the Nationals here. The starters in this Friday night matchup are set to be RHP Tanner Roark (6-5, 5.15 ERA, 76 K) for Washington and RHP Mike Leake (5-6, 3.12 ERA, 68 K) for St. Louis. One trend that favors the Nationals in this game is the fact that St. Louis is a lousy 4-13 against the money line in home games after three or more consecutive road games over the past two seasons. Washington, meanwhile, is an unimpressive 10-15 against the money line when the total is 9 to 9.5 this season.

Tanner Roark is going to be on the mound for the Nationals on Friday, and that has been very bad news for Washington recently. Roark has really struggled for his team, as the righty has allowed at least six earned runs in three straight starts. And the outing before that streak wasn’t much better, as he gave up 11 hits and five runs but only two earned. The Nationals are obviously not in danger of missing the playoffs, but they are not going to go as far as they want with Roark struggling the way he has been. Offensively, the Nationals will be hoping for some big games from their big three of 1B Ryan Zimmerman (.337 BA, 19 HR, 62 RBI), 2B Daniel Murphy (.336 BA, 14 HR, 55 RBI), and OF Bryce Harper (.315 BA, 18 HR, 58 RBI). All of them are having insane seasons and can step up on any given night. They should be able to do some big things between the three of them on Friday.

The Cardinals are playing well coming into this game, but they have a lot of work to do if they want to get back into their divisional race. That starts with this series against the Nationals, and St. Louis should be happy to have Leake pitching here. Leake isn’t necessarily an ace, but he is as consistent of a pitcher that the Cardinals have. He also happened to shut down this Nationals team earlier in the year, as he pitched seven innings of shutout ball against them on Apr. 12. If he can do the same thing here then that would be huge for the Cardinals. Offensively, keep an eye on OF Randal Grichuk (.233 BA, 7 HR, 28 RBI) here. Grichuk has homered in three of the past five games he’s played, and he was 3-for-4 with a double, a homer, and five RBI on Thursday. He’s seeing the ball well and is providing a big spark for his team.

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Double-Play Picks

New York Yankees at Houston Astros (-120, 8.5)

The New York Yankees and Houston Astros wrap up their three-game series with a Sunday afternoon rubber-match. It's a bit surprising that these two entertaining teams from massive markets aren't playing in prime-time, but regardless, it should be an early Independence Day fireworks display at Minute Maid Park.

This game features, unquestionably, the top two offenses in the American League. The Yankees and Astros rank No. 1 and No. 2 in virtually every offensive category - runs scored, hits, batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. The only blemish is that the Tampa Bay Rays rank second in home runs, just two bombs ahead of the Yankees who sit in the No. 3 position.

Luis Severino and Mike Fiers will handle the starting pitching duties today. Both starters are more than capable of allowing some runs and they met head-to-head in a game back in May which turned into a shootout in an eventual 11-6 Yankees' win.

Severino has been pretty good for the Yanks this season but over his last three outings his ERA is 4.74 and opponents are averaging seven total runs per game during those starts. Fiers is coming off a start where he allowed four runs over 5.1 innings at home against the Oakland Athletics and he has never performed well against the Yankees with an ERA of 7.59 in two career starts.

In the last four meetings this season between the Yankees and Astros the two teams have combined to average 16 total runs per contest. You get the two top offenses in the league together and they will do their best to put on a show.

Pick: Over 8.5

Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals (+110, 7.5)

The St. Louis Cardinals entertain the Washington Nationals for the final game of their three-game weekend series. The Cards took the first two contests over a struggling Nats' offense that has only scored three total runs over their last three games, and will look to convert the sweep on Sunday Night Baseball.

The Red Birds will send their ace, Carlos Martinez, to the hill on Sunday. Martinez is 4-1 (team win/loss 6-2) at home this season with a very impressive 1.85 ERA and a WHIP of 0.86. Carlos has, however, dropped his last two starts and will be facing an absolute bulldog tonight.

Anytime you can get the Nationals, especially when Max Scherzer is starting, at -130 you have to take it. "Mad Max" is 6-2 on the road in 2017 with an ERA of 1.62 and a WHIP of 0.74. Scherzer is also riding some hot momentum right now - over his last seven starts he has only allowed six earned runs (1.00 ERA) and 22 hits (0.56 WHIP) to go along with 75 strikeouts (12.5 Ks per 9 innings).

Each and every time that Scherzer takes the mound he is a threat to toss a no-hitter. This game should be tight but Washington's offense will wake up enough to give Max a couple of runs to work with.

Pick: Nationals -130

Yesterday's Picks: 2-0
Season To Date: 79-69-7

Streaking and Slumping Starting Pitchers

Streaking: Kenta Maeda, Los Angeles Dodgers (6-3, 4.15 ERA, $423)

Right-hander Kenta Maeda has been in-and-out of the Dodgers' starting rotation over the last couple of weeks. In games that he has started he has been tremendous.

Over his last three starts he is 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA and has only allowed nine hits in those three outings (0.81 WHIP).

Maeda and the Dodgers are huge road favorites in San Diego this afternoon at -200.

Slumping: Julio Teheran, Atlanta Braves (6-6, 5.30 ERA, $-164)

Atlanta Braves' ace Julio Teheran is coming off a horrible outing where he allowed seven earned runs in only three innings of work against the Milwaukee Brewers. Over hit last two starts (both losses), Teheran owns an ERA of 8.71 and has only recorded five strikeouts over 10.1 innings.

Teheran is not missing any bats recently and he and his Braves are +165 underdogs today in Oakland.

Sunday's Top Trends

* The Toronto Blue Jays are 15-1 in their last 16 after scoring two runs or less in their previous game. -115 today vs. Red Sox.
* The Chicago White Sox are 11-1 in Carlos Quintana's last 12 starts vs. American League West. -105 today vs. Rangers.
* Over is 13-3 in Alex Cobb's last 16 road starts. Rays/Orioles Total: 10.5.
* The Arizona Diamondbacks are 16-5 in their last 21 home games. -130 today vs. Rockies.

Weather To Keep An Eye On

Precipitation will not be a threat to postpone or impact any games across Major League Baseball today. It should be a perfect day across the league for beaches, barbecues, and baseball bets.

There are a few games this afternoon that will feature decent hitter's winds. The Tigers will entertain the Indians with a 12 mile per hour wind blowing out to left field and a betting total of 10, the Giants will take on the Pirates at PNC Park with a 10-12 mile per hour wind blowing out to left and a total of 8.5, and the White Sox will welcome the Rangers with a 10-11 mile per hour breeze blowing out to left field and an Over/Under set at 10.

Ump Of The Day

D.J. Reyburn will be calling ball and strikes this afternoon in San Diego and that is horrible news for the Padres - or any home team that he gets involved with for that matter.

The road team is 12-4 in games worked behind the plate by Reyburn in 2017 and he is currently riding a streak of 9-1 over his last 10 games for the road team.

The Dodgers are big road favorites today at -200.