Let’s hope for no lightning delays on today’s MLB slate. These are our top betting picks for Friday, September 5th, 2025.

Season Record: 9-4-1, +5.09 Units

Mets at Reds

Pick: Over 9 (-110 BetMGM)

It’s a last stand of sorts for the Reds, who trail the Mets by five games in the NL Wild Card race , with the Giants now a game ahead of them. We get a battle of lefties in David Peterson for the Mets and Andrew Abbott for the Reds, and the two have an awful lot in common.

Both made the All-Star Game on the heels of excellent bottom-line results that advanced metrics suggest were a bit better than their actual skills. And both have tailed off a bit in the second half thanks to some clunker outings.

Peterson turned into the workhorse the Mets desperately needed this season and still has an

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