MLB Best Bets Today (White Sox a Sneaky Play at Seattle on Labor Day)
The New York Mets and Pittsburgh Pirates are off this Labor Day. There are 12 games on the schedule, 10 of them after 4:10 p.m. ET. I'm picking a no-run-first inning down in Texas and a sneaky road favorite in the Pacific Northwest.
Tommy Edman is playing against Aníbal Sánchez. Edmen is hitting .440 since August 29. He has the third-highest isolated power (ISO) numbers in all of baseball.
On the first day of sports betting became legal in Kansas, I backed Texas Rangers starter Martín Pérez to show up on his end of the no-run-first-inning vs. the Astros at home. He failed to deliver, so I'll go back to the Rangers' left-hander in the early going on the road in Houston. Hunter Brown, a top 100 prospect for Houston, gets called up and makes his Big League debut.
Lance Lynn has been on a run of good form since returning from the injured list. Marco Gonzales is pitching better than his peripherals would indicate. The White Sox are good against left-handed pitchers. Seattle is a team with a bad record against right-handers.
