Did the Mets call up Nolan McLean too late to win the Rookie of the Year Award? He’s sitting at just +10000. Anyway, let’s try to find some winners on today’s reduced slate.
Season record: 3-1, +1.65 units
Pirates at Cardinals
Pick: Pirates F5 ML (+100, bet365)
The Pirates are a bad team, especially on the road. They’ve gone a dreadful 20-45 away from Pittsburgh with a 73 wRC+, second worst in MLB. Backing them away from the Steel City has produced a -31.5% ROI, per VSiN.com , before yesterday’s win.
Still, I’ll roll with them today in St. Louis — but only for the first five innings. On the F5, they’re a more tolerable 17-28-19 with a -13.4% ROI. The key is the pitching matchup, not to mention how stagnant the Cardinals have looked.
Braxton Ashcraft, a converted reliever, has looke