Dan Kaiser

Cleveland has lost 10 in a row and could have probably used the day off yesterday having played 15 days in a row. This will be the first game of a double-header and I expect their best lineup. The Sox will go with All Star Shane Smith on the mound. He is 3-7, with a 4.20 ERA, The Guardians will counter with Logan Allen. He is 5-7, with a 4.07 ERA. The Guardians swept the Sox back in April. The White Sox have lost six of nine. Both teams are struggling but the Indians are the better overall team. They take game one this afternoon.

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Chicago avoided a sweep by the Twins with a win last night and will send Chris Flexen to the mound. He has been good out of the pen and has played the second guy of the opener position well. In 17 relief appearances he’s 5-0 with a 0.83 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, and one save.  The Yankees won their fourth straight, despite being no-hit through seven and trailing 5-0. Carlos Rodon gets the start for the Yankees. He is 9-6 with a 3.30 ERA and a 1.03 WHIP. The Yankees are 1-5 in his last six starts. The Yankees have an advantage in the starter, but Rodon has posted a 7.20 ERA in his last two starts over 10 innings. He will be facing a Chicago lineup that is putting up 5.38 runs per game, the best in baseball. NY is 7-9 in its last 16 games. Chicago has the better bullpen and you are getting a nice price on Chicago.

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The Tigers won two of three games back in April and are 7-3 in their last ten meetings with the Mariners. The Mariners are 6-5 in their previous eleven games and lost last night to the Yankees  6-5, despite getting 7 no hit innings from Woo. Luis Castillo gets the call tomorrow. He is 5-5 with a 3.31 ERA and 1.22 WHIP in 18 starts,  overall and he is 2-2 with a 4.67 ERA and 1.53 WHIP in eight road starts. Detroit took two of three against Tampa Bay in its previous series and have won seven of their last 10 overall. Tarik Skubal gets the start tomorrow. He is 10-2 with a 2.02 ERA and 0.81 WHIP in 18 18 starts. He is 8-0 with a 2.06 ERA and 0.82 WHIP in 10 home starts. The Tigers are sixth in baseball in team OPS and are putting up 4.98 runs per game while the Mariners are tied 12th place in team OPS while scoring 4.47 runs per game. I am all over Skubal at home in this one. 

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Toronto had their 10-game winning streak with a 2-1 loss to the White Sox. They rank third in batting average. The Blue Jays will go with Max Scherzer on the mound. He is 0-0 with a 4.76 ERA in 4 starts this season. Toronto ranks 21st in team ERA at 4.13.  The A's are set to start Luis Severino. He is 2-10 with a 5.30 ERA, at home, he is  0-8 with a 7.04 ERA. The A’s have a team ERA that ranks 39th at 5.28. They rank 13 in batting average. Severino has been terrible at home. Scherzer has looked better in each start and should be able to have a good outing against the A’s offense. Toronto’s lineup ranks top three in team batting average and top ten in scoring. Too many things have to go right for the A’s to win this one.

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