MLB Picks - Pittsburgh vs. San Diego 
Take San Diego Padres 
1 Unit on San Diego -165 (listing Young) The Padres are playing to ensure that they stay in the NL Wild Card lead. Their 5 straight wins indicates that they want it badly. Young has been the league’s ERA leader most of the season, but he hasn’t won now in close to 2 months. He’s due and we’ll take him against this struggling Pirates team. Young is 3-0 with a 0.76 ERA in three career starts against Pittsburgh. Pound the Padres.

MLB Picks - New York (N) vs. Washington 
Take New York (N) Mets 
1 Unit on NY Mets -145 (listing Pelfrey) The Mets are overdue for a win and with Philly inching to within 1.5 games, NY will finally play with some urgency tonight. NY is 11-2 against the money line in road games off a one run loss versus a division rival over the last 3 seasons. Pelfrey has been dominant his last 2 starts and the Mets have been dominant behind him. They won both of those starts by a combined score of 16-4. Take NY.

MLB Picks - Baltimore vs. New York (A) 
Take Baltimore Orioles 
1* on Baltimore Orioles +270 (List Burres) Baltimore is worth a shot today as a huge underdog to the Yankees. Yes, New York is playing great baseball right now, but this line is too much to pass up. Brian Burres is no pushover as a starter for Baltimore. He is 6-5 on the season and 2-1 over his last 3 starts with only a 3.86 ERA. Andy Pettite has a 5.94 ERA in his last 3 starts while giving up 27 hits in 16 innings. He is very hittable and the linesmakers should not be giving the Yankees the win just quite yet. The Orioles are 12-4 in their last 16 games when their opponent allows 2 runs or less in their previous game. The Orioles’ bats will come to life today. Take Baltimore. 

MLB Picks - Chicago (A) vs. Kansas City 
Take Kansas City Royals 
3* on Kansas City Royals -136 (Listing Bannister and Contreras) Brian Bannister has had a breakout season for the Kansas City Royals. Bannister is 12-8 with a 3.39 ERA on the year. He has given up just 144 hits in over 159 innings pitched. Jose Contreras has had his worst season as a starter. He is 9-16 with a 5.81 ERA this year. Contreras has given up a ridiculous 212 hits in just 167 innings. Hitters are picking up on Contreras because he just doesn’t have the same movement on his pitches that he used to. The Sox are 5-23 in their last 28 games as an underdog. The White Sox are 1-8 in Contreras’ last 9 road starts. The Royals are 8-0 in Bannister’s last 8 starts vs. a team with a losing record. Kansas City is 8-1 in Bannister’s last 9 starts against the AL Central Division. Bet the Royals. 

MLB Picks - Seattle vs. Oakland 
Take Seattle Mariners 
1 Unit on Seattle -140 (listing Hernandez) Seattle is 21-12 against the money line when playing against a marginal losing team (Win Pct. 46% to 49%) this season. Oakland is just 10-20 against the money line vs. teams whose hitters strike out 6 or less times/game in the second half of the season this season. Seattle is 7-1 against the money line in road games off an upset win vs. a division rival as an underdog of +130 or higher over the last 2 seasons. Hernandez is 7-3 on the road this season and the M’s have won each of his last 3 starts. Take Seattle. 

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