Friday MLB Free Pick
(The Spread) – AL East rivals square off for Game 1 of a three-game series tonight in Toronto when the Blue Jays host the Tampa Bay Rays.
Oddsmakers from online sports book SBGGLOBAL.com have made the Rays –107 on the money line against the Blue Jays, who are +101 on the ML. The first pitch for tonight’s ball game is set for 7:07PM ET.
Jeremy Hellickson will take the mound for the Rays tonight. He’s currently 1-2 with a 4.50 ERA over 18 innings of work. In his last outing, he took the loss in a 4-2 defeat to the Twins in which he pitched seven innings of six-hit ball. He allowed four earned runs, struck out three and walked two.
The man who will oppose Hellickson tonight is Jo-Jo Reyes, who is 0-2 with a 6.75 ERA so far this season. Reyes has pitched just 13.1 innings this year and took the loss against the Red Sox in his last outing. He gave up four earned runs in only three innings of working, allowing seven hits and walking five.
MLB Free Pick: Take Tampa Bay, which is 8-2 in its lat 10 games overall and 5-1 in its last six road games versus a left-handed starter. Until Reyes proves that he can have a quality outing, bettors might as well take advantage of Rays team that is playing with way more confidence now than they were at the beginning of the year. According to latest MLB trends, the Blue Jays are just 1-4 in their last five games overall and 1-4 in their last five games as an underdog. They’ve also struggled recently against the AL East, dropping four of their last five games against division rivals.
FRIDAY MLB FREE PICK: TAMPA BAY RAYS –107
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