#MLB Betting Pick

National League West rivals will square off in the first of three games at Chase Field on Tuesday when the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers (79-32) visit the Arizona Diamondbacks (63-48) as small road favorites on the MLB lines at the sportsbooks. The Diamondbacks enter the series opener 16 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West and a…

The Washington Nationals (57-36) will try to stay perfect since the MLB All-Star break when they wrap up a two-game interleague series against the Los Angeles Angels (46-50) as road favorites at the sportsbooks. The Nationals won the series opener 4-3 on Tuesday, handing the Angels their 10th loss in 14 games. Betting line: The Nationals opened as…

The Arizona Diamondbacks (80-58) may not catch the Los Angeles Dodgers (92-45) for the National League West title, but they will try to continue making a late-season statement when the teams meet again Tuesday as small road underdogs at the sportsbooks. The Diamondbacks are riding a season-high 11-game winning streak yet still trail the…

The World Series champion Houston Astros hope to stave off elimination and send the American League Championship Series back to Boston on Thursday, when they host the Red Sox as home favorites in Game 5 of the set. The Astros have lost the first two games of this series at Minute Maid Park, where they went 46-35 during the regular season. They lost…

The Los Angeles Dodgers (64-56) will try to break their four-game losing streak on Tuesday when they host the San Francisco Giants (60-60) as large betting favorites at sportsbooks. The Dodgers blew a 2-1 lead in the ninth inning en route to a disappointing 5-2 loss to the Giants in the series opener on Monday, as their struggles continued without…

The Philadelphia Phillies (68-57) will try to end a three-game losing streak on Wednesday when they visit the Washington Nationals (63-63) as large road underdogs at the sportsbooks. The Phillies dropped the series opener to the Nationals 10-4 on Tuesday, with their bullpen getting blown up for nine runs over three innings. MLB betting line: The…

The Los Angeles Dodgers (58-29) head into Friday's interleague series opener against the Kansas City Royals (44-40) off a three-game sweep, and they are listed as big home favorites at the sportsbooks. The Dodgers rallied to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Thursday by scoring four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning, increasing their lead…

The Atlanta Braves (68-52) will look to even their four-game series with the Colorado Rockies (65-56) on Friday, when they host them again as small home favorites at sportsbooks. The Rockies defeated the Braves 5-3 in Thursday's series opener, winning for the fourth time in six meetings, according to the OddsShark MLB Database. MLB betting…

A rematch of last year's American League Division Series between the Boston Red Sox (97-44) and defending World Series champion Houston Astros (87-53) will start up on Friday at Fenway Park, with sportsbooks listing the opener as a pick'em matchup. The Astros won four of five games with the Red Sox last October en route to winning it all and have…

The National League East-leading Atlanta Braves (71-55) will look to extend their winning streak to four games and continue building their lead atop the division on Thursday when they visit the Miami Marlins (51-77) as solid road favorites at the sportsbooks. The Braves are coming off a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates on the road to…

The National League Central-leading Chicago Cubs (69-50) begin a key divisional series against the Pittsburgh Pirates (61-60) on Thursday in what is listed as a pick'em matchup at sportsbooks. The Pirates will be trying to break a three-game losing streak to stay in the playoff race at home, where they have a 33-29 record this season. MLB betting…

The Los Angeles Angels (14-8) hit the road for the first of three games against the Houston Astros (16-7) on Monday as big road underdogs at the sportsbooks. The Angels completed a dismal six-game homestand at 1-5 following a 4-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, while the Astros have taken over the lead in the American League West with a…

The Minnesota Twins (40-36) will be going for a split in the finale of a four-game series against the Boston Red Sox (43-35) on Thursday when they wrap up their visit as big road underdogs at the sportsbooks. The Twins ended a two-game skid with a 4-1 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday to improve to 6-3 in their last nine games. Betting line: The…

Two teams hoping to make this year's postseason field will square off in Phoenix on Friday when the Arizona Diamondbacks (71-56) host the Seattle Mariners (72-56) as solid home favorites at sportsbooks. Despite having one more win, the Mariners find themselves 5.5 games behind the World Series champion Houston Astros in the American League West,…

The Washington Nationals (67-66) will go for their fourth straight win Wednesday when they visit the Philadelphia Phillies (70-62) as small road underdogs at the sportsbooks for the finale of this three-game divisional series. Following a 5-4 loss on Tuesday, the Phillies trail the Atlanta Braves by 4.5 games for the lead in the National League…

A pair of National League postseason hopefuls will meet again in the desert on Tuesday when the Arizona Diamondbacks (63-51) host the Philadelphia Phillies (63-49) as solid home favorites at the sportsbooks. The Diamondbacks edged the Phillies 3-2 in Monday's series opener and have now won nine of the past 11 meetings in the series and four…

The Chicago Cubs will host the opener of a key National League Central series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday as small home favorites at the sportsbooks. The Cubs (77-63)lead the Brewers and St. Louis Cardinals (both 72-68) by five games in the race for the division title with 22 games left to play in the regular season. Betting line: The…

The Los Angeles Angels (44-44) will try to continue their recent success against the Los Angeles Dodgers (47-39) on Friday, when they host them as home underdogs at the sportsbooks. The Angels have won six of their past nine meetings with the Dodgers, dating back to 2015, according to the OddsShark MLB Database, and will also try to halt their…

The World Series champion Houston Astros will try to continue their recent success at Fenway Park on Saturday, when they visit the Boston Red Sox as small road underdogs at sportsbooks for Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. The Astros have won six of their past nine games against the Red Sox at Fenway, according to the OddsShark MLB…

The Cleveland Indians (17-14) will have revenge on their minds when they visit the New York Yankees (21-10) on Friday in the series opener of a three-game set as road underdogs at the sportsbooks. The Indians led last year's American League Division Series 2-0 before losing three straight to the Yankees, who just took three of four from the…

The Miami Marlins (68-93) will host the Atlanta Braves (101-60) on Wednesday in the regular season finale. For Miami, Wednesday's affair represents their final game until 2023. For the Braves, they are just getting started with the playoffs right around the corner. The Braves clinched the NL East with their 2-1 victory on Tuesday. The series is now…

The Cleveland Indians (8-6) will try to overtake the Minnesota Twins (7-4) for first place in the American League Central on Tuesday when they face them for the first time this season in the opener of this two-game series in Puerto Rico. The last two games of the Indians' series against the Toronto Blue Jays and the Twins' previous three versus the…

The Baltimore Orioles (76-71) and Detroit Tigers (57-91) will go head-to-head on Wednesday. The Orioles were one of baseball's best stories through August. But they have fallen apart in September, and their playoff hopes are fading fast. The Orioles have dropped the first two games of this series against the lackluster Tigers. Baltimore needs to…

The New York Yankees (100-62) will host the Oakland Athletics (97-65) as clear home favorites at sportsbooks for Wednesday's American League Wild Card game. The Yankees will send righthander Luis Severino (19-8, 3.39 ERA) to the mound against the A's and reliever Liam Hendriks (0-1, 4.13 ERA). MLB betting line: The Yankees opened as -148 favorites…

Going into the weekend, the New York Mets were 0.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East. Two wins later and the Metropolitans are now 1.5 games above Atlanta in the table and their odds to win the division have shortened to -220. The Mets have a golden opportunity to add some more breathing room to their divisional lead on Monday night,…

The first two games of the late-summer series between the Mets and Dodgers have lived up to the billing. Neither game has featured a ton of offense, but they've both had a playoff-type feel, and that should be the case on Thursday afternoon for the rubber match. In the context of the season, Thursday's contest isn't all that important for the…