Scott Spreitzer, Andy Iskoe & Steve Fezzik preview 4 games from tonight's MLB card.
Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins
Some money is coming in on the Nats and that confuses Steve. Zimmerman is not a good pitcher on the road and Fernandez has won 14 straight home starts. He feels that it may be a better 5 inning play that a full game play though
Andy feels that money is coming in on the Nats because the public is still factoring in the loss of Stanton for Miami. He was a lot of their offense. If Andy does play it it would be Under in the first 5 as both starters should be very effective early. The Nats do have the better offense though and may be able to hang in there in a 2-1 type game.
Scott states that Zimmerman has a 4.70 ERA in 8 road starts and that Fernandez is 14-0 in his last 14 games here and has 168 Ks in 145 innings of work. Scott would lean Marlins here.
Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
Andy states that this is a tough game to cap if you use sabermetrics, because it doesn't include clutch in it's numbers. The Royals seem to make the clutch play when needed, while the Indians fail to do so. The teams are pretty faily even on the field, but the teams are headed in opposite directions. Andy does state that these two starters are a combined 10-21 to the under this year. The Only side he could look at here is KC.
Trevor Bauer has a solid 1.26 WHIP, but he has given up way too many homers of late, while Chris Young has struggled of late. Scott feels there may be some runs scored in this one.
LA Angels vs Houston Astros
Money is coming in on the Astros and Steve feels that that is because Wilson really struggles vs the Astros. Keep it simple. He expects more of the same in this one.
Scott states that the Halos are 2-15 the last 17 times that Wilson is a road dog. Mchugh comes in on a roll and has pitched well at home.
Andy stats that if ya like the Angels then you should also play the Under and if you like the Astros then look to the Over. Wilson has gone 14-6 to the Under in his 20 starts this year. Andy feels that the series is more important for Houston and if he made a play it would be on the Astros.
Steve isn't so sure about the Over/ Astros Parlay because you get one lest AB from the home team.
Pittsburgh Pirates vs Minnesota Twins
Both starters have struggled of late and Andy would like to take Pittsburgh as dog of around 115, but will stay away from that. With the current form of both pitchers though he may look to the Over.
Scott states that Morton has allowed 27 ERs in his last 31.33 innings of work, while Pelfrey has a WHIP well into the 1.40s, which means that his sub 4 ERA may be a bit deceiving. He also thinks it has a potential for some runs and Steve agrees.
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