Thursday MLB Free Pick
(The Spread) – AL East rivals will clash tonight at 7:05PM ET when the Florida Marlins host the Atlanta Braves.
Oddsmakers from online sports book Bodog have made the Braves –116 money line favorites over the Marlins, who are +109 on the ML. The over/under total for this game is currently 7.5 runs.
Tonight’s pitching match up features Jair Jurrjens versus Chris Volstad, who is having a brutal year thus far. He’s 2-5 on the year with a 5.67 ERA over 60.1 innings of work. Meanwhile, Jurrjens is 7-2 on the year with an outstanding 1.75 ERA over 72 innings. He did get touched up for three runs and six hits over 6.1 innings in his last start – a 5-0 loss to the Mets.
Of the 3,100-plus wagers on tonight’s game, 64% of MLB public bettors favor the Braves –116.
MLB Free Pick: Take the under. According to latest MLB trends, the under is 7-1 in the last eight meetings between these two teams and 5-1-1 in Volstad’s last seven starts versus the Braves. The under is also 4-1 in the last five games between these two teams in Florida and 4-1 in Jurrjen’s last five road starts versus the Marlins.
THURSDAY MLB FREE PICK: BRAVES/MARLINS UNDER 7.5
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