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The case for Paul Skenes at Pick #1

The Pittsburgh Pirates have the first overall in the 2023 MLB Draft and they should take flamethrower Paul Skenes with that pick.

Sandy Alcantara looks to turn around a dreadful start to the season tonight in Boston

Picks of the Day, 6/27

Congrats to LSU for winning the College World Series. I bet the Over hoping for a high scoring, fun game, but got a really high scoring snooze-fest. But a win is a win.Spencer Strider and the Braves took care of business against the Twins. I bet on the Strider W, and stayed away from his […]

Looking back at the Mets ‘Big 5’ Rotation

After heartbreaking finishes to the 2007 and 2008 seasons, the New York Mets began a stretch of six straight seasons finishing under .500. Most of the core from the 2006 division champion team was gone, and the biggest highlights of this stretch included Johan Santana’s no-hitter and R.A. Dickey’s Cy Young season, but both would […]

Paul Skenes and the LSU Tigers play the Florida Gators for the National Championship tonight. His last college appearance before he becomes a Pirate or National Jay Biggerstaff/Getty

Picks of the Day, 6/26

I had a great week, only to go 2-4 over the weekend. i normally take Sundays off, and I wish I had. Eovaldi came up 1 K short, Brewers and Guardians Under was fine…until extra innings, and the Over in Cincy hit for the 3rd straight game. What a great series! The Reds proved they […]

Picks of the Days, 6/25

Happy Sunday. I’ve been taking Sundays off because I usually have baseball, but I was rained out for my first game. 1-2 yesterday. Not betting Overs on Cardinals games for a while, that lineup has either quit, or they are lost. Tough beat taking the DBacks and Merrill Kelly comes out and lays an egg. […]

Merrill Kelly and the Diamondbacks face the Giants and a bullpen day by the Bay

Picks of the Day, 6/24

The week keeps chugging along with another 2-1 day yesterday. Zach Eflin recorded the win in TB, Texas moneyline hit in extra innings, And, in Colorado I came up a run short on the over. I did however put half a unit on Ohtani, Renfroe, and Trout to go deep, and the two former MVPs […]

Trout gets to tee off on Kyl;e Freeland and the Rockies this weekend at Coors. Should be fun to watch

Picks of the Day, 6/23

Another day, another disappointing 2-1. I invested $300, and the payout was $397…so I made money and had fun, but losing $100 because Shane McClanahan left the game early with a back injury is frustrating as hell.Twins took care of business, as expected verse a minor leaguer that isn’t MLB ready, and the Padres stomped […]

As you can see, the runner was out by a million feet. This play was overturned and the runner was called safe. Blake Snell and the Padres exact revenge today

Picks of the Day, 6/22

Not a bad day yesterday. Invested $300, won two of three bets and the payout was $400. I lost the “Ohtani to win” bet even though he threw a 7-inning gem, because the Angels lineup couldn’t score one damn run off a Dodgers bullpen day. I placed the bet because I saw Michael Grove as […]

Lots of good pitchers going today including Shohei Ohtani and Zac Gallen

Picks of the Day, 6/21

I had a longer piece written but stupid WordPress didn’t save my draft.I was 2-1 on Monday, had to take yesterday off, and I’m 101-87 on the season.Games start at noon today:Pick #1Shohei Ohtani to record a win, +105This has less to do with Ohtani dominating the Dodgers, and more to do with Michael Grove […]

Cincinnati Red Young Star Cruising Early On

Blake Schuster

The Elly De La Cruz effect for the Cincinnati Reds

Since Elly De La Cruz got called up to make his big league debut the Reds are 11-2 and lead the National League Central