Thursday 6/21/18 thread for free handicapping service plays and expert predictions for Wednesday’s WNBA, MLB and CFL games.
Jimmy Boyd
Jun 21 '18, 10:15 PM in 13h
MLB | Padres vs Giants
Play on: Giants -131 at BetOnline
Free pick on Giants -
I like the value here with San Francisco at what I feel is a very short line given who they have on the mound. The Giants will turn to their ace Madison Bumgarner, who is one of the elite starting pitching talents in the game. Bumgarner missed the first 2+ months of the season and has posted a mere 4.67 ERA and 1.385 WHIP in his 3 starts since returning from the DL.
He didn't have his best stuff in his last outing at the Dodgers, but still only gave up 3 runs in 6 innings of work. He's only made one of his three starts at home and in that outing he allowed just 2 runs in 6 innings. Now that he's got his feet wet, it's only a matter of time before he's back to dominating the opposition. Either way, I like his chances of out-performing Padres starter Tyson Ross, who has a 4.41 ERA in his last 3 starts. San Diego is also just 7-19 in their last 26 road games vs a left-handed starer and 1-5 in Ross' last 6 starts during game 1 of a series. Take San Francisco!
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Brandon Lee
Jun 21 '18, 10:15 PM in 13h
MLB | Padres vs Giants
Play on: Giants -131 at BetOnline
10* FREE MLB PICK (Giants -131)
I'll take my chances here with San Francisco at home against the Padres on Thursday. I just feel like this is a great price to back the Giants at home with their ace Madison Bumgarner on the mound. This is now the fourth start for Bumgarner since returning from injury and while he hasn't been putting up Cy Young numbers, he's been rock solid so far and should only keep getting better. His best start also came at home (other two on the road) and that's another big reason why I like him to pitch well here. The other thing is the Giants are swinging a hot bat right now. They have scored 6 in each of their last 2 and no fewer than 4 over their last 4. Give me the Giants -131!
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Brad Diamond
Jun 21 '18, 2:00 PM in 5h
Soccer | Croatia vs Argentina
Play on: OVER 2 -140
LATE AFTERNOON FIFA TOTAL.
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Steve Janus
Jun 21 '18, 1:10 PM in 4h
MLB | Red Sox vs Twins
Play on: Red Sox -125 at BMaker
1* Free Sharp Play on Red Sox -125
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Dustin Hawkins
Jun 21 '18, 10:05 PM in 13h
MLB | Blue Jays vs Angels
Play on: Blue Jays +146 at 5dimes
Free Play on Blue Jays +146
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Marc Lawrence
Jun 21 '18, 1:10 PM in 4h
MLB | Red Sox vs Twins
Play on: Twins +107 at Pinnacle
Play - Minnesota Twins w/Gibson vs Porcello (Game 914).
Edges - Twins: 6-1 home Game Three of a series this season; and Gibson 3.04 ERA with 1.14 WHIP last seven starts… Red Sox: Porcello 2-6 last eight team starts in this series; and 4-8 last twelve away team starts during June… With that we recommend a 1* play on Minnesota. Thank you and good luck as always.
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Red Dog Sports
Jun 21 '18, 2:00 PM in 5h
Soccer | Croatia vs Argentina
Play on: Argentina +112 at BMaker
Argentina +112
Take Argentina +112 over Croatia in World Cup soccer action on Thursday. Look for Lionel Messi to play well.
Croatia 1
Argentina 2
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Mike Lundin
Jun 21 '18, 8:10 PM in 11h
MLB | A's vs White Sox
Play on: A's -139 at BetPhoenix
#MLB FREE PICK FROM MIKE LUNDIN
The Oakland Athetlics have heated up and are gunning for their season-high fifth win in a row when they take on the Chicago White Sox Thursday night.
They slugged five homers in a 12-4 rout of the Padres on Wednesday and I think their bats will find plenty of success off White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito (4-7, 7.19 ERA) as well. He's 1-4 with a 11.05 ERA in seven home starts on the season and gave up five runs on six hits with a pair of homers in 5 1/3 innings his last time out.
Chris Bassitt (0-2, 2.45 ERA) will take the ball for Oakland for his third start of the season. He was it up by the Halos his last time out but here he'll face a White Sox team which has averaged just 3.70 rpg on the season.
Athletics are 13-3 in their last 16 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400. White Sox are 1-8 in Giolito's last 9 starts vs. a team with a winning record.
Free pick on Oakland Athletics.
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Larry Ness
Jun 21 '18, 10:05 PM in 13h
MLB | Blue Jays vs Angels
Play on: Angels -152 at Pinnacle
My free play is on the LA Angels at 10:05 ET. The LA Angels were once 13-3 but as the team's superstar Mike Trout gets sets to play his 1,000th career game, the Angels sit 39-35 and find themselves 10 games back of the first-place Houston Astros. The two-time AL Most Valuable Player leads the majors in HRs (23), runs (60) and on-base percentage (.469) and is 16-for-23 with four HRs, nine RBI and 11 walks during his eight-game hitting streak to boost his June batting average to a .448 (26-for-58. However, the Angels are just 2-6 during his eight-game hitting streak. LA opens a four-game series vs the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday. Toronto has answered a demoralizing 4-15 stretch by winning eight of its last 12 but the team's modest 35-39 record leaves them a whopping 16 games back of the first-place NY Yankees in the AL East.
Thursday night's pitching matchup features Toronto's Aaron Sanchez (3-5, 4.35 ERA) going up LA lefty Tyler Skaggs (6-4, 2.81 ERA). Sanchez is coming off striking out a season high-tying eight battlers while allowing three runs in six innings against Washington last Friday, failing to earn a decision in a 6-5 Blue Jays win. The Blue Jays are just 6-8 in Sanchez 2018 starts and Sanchez owns an 0-1 mark with a 2.03 ERA in three career appearances against the Angels. Meanwhile, LA's Skaggs improved to 3-0 with an 0.45 ERA in his last three starts after allowing two runs and striking out eight over seven innings in an 8-4 triumph at Oakland. The Angels are now 8-6 in all of his 2018 starts. Skaggs owns a 2-2 record with a 4.11 ERA in five career starts versus Toronto, including getting a no decision in a 5-4 Toronto win back on May 23 when he surrendered two HRs over five innings but just three runs.
Sure, Trout continues to make a strong case as MLB's best player but his team limps in just 2-7 in its last nine games and welcomes Toronto to Anaheim only 18-19 at home (minus-$564 vs the moneyline) on the season. The Blue Jays have played much better lately but note that in going 8-4 over their last 12 games, the breakdown is 8-1 at home and 0-3 on the road. Those three losses at Tampa Bay (June 11-13) leaves Toronto 1-8 in its last nine road games. Facing a red-hot Skaggs extends Toronto's road woes. Play the Angels.
Good luck...Larry
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