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Can Slade Ceccino continue to improve against a division rival? …

Bryce Miller looks to make it five straight starts clearing this player prop line. …

Jacob Misiorowski has a 0.60 WHIP over his last 10 starts. ...

The Rays go for their eighth straight win. ...

The Brewers have the lowest team chase rate, which should benefit on this prop today. …

The Rays have won seven straight, four of those vs. the Royals. ...

Marlins starter Ryan Gusto will only go 3-4 innings. ...

Algeria has never won a WC knockout match. ...

Both starting pitchers are question marks. ...

Switzerland got off to a slow start with a 1-1 draw against Qatar ...

Mexico has lost just twice at Estadio Azteca. ...

Switzerland are on a six-game unbeaten streak. ...

Croatia's 4-2 defeat to England suggests they struggle against the top teams. ...

Fade Conor McGregor after a 5-year layoff?...

Zac Gallen has been horrible lately but one of his best starts came at home against these Giants. On May 18, he tossed six innings and allowed two runs in a 12-2 win over San Francisco. That's part of Arizona's 8-0 record vs. the Giants this season. While it's hard to back Gallen, I have a lot more faith in the Diamondbacks lineup against Trevor McDonald. The rookie posted a 5.73 ERA in June and San Fran has dropped six of his last seven starts.

Seems like a potentially tricky spot for the Dodgers as it's the end of their longest trip of the first half with a monster homestand ahead of the All-Star break coming. Shohei Ohtani was supposed to pitch tonight but has been pushed back to keep him fresh. To quote the late, great Bob Uecker: Juuussssttt a bit of a downgrade to some dude named Charlie Barnes -- although looks to be a bullpen day overall. The Athletics' JT Ginn (6-4, 3.15) has been solid. No Dodgers have seen him.

The Marlins have scored 14 and 10 runs so far this series at Coors Field, winning by 11 and 3 runs. Don’t expect a shutdown here vs. the blowtorch known as Kyle Freeland, who is 1-7 with a 7.50 ERA in 14 starts. On the flip side we get Max Meyer, He’s 9-0 with a 2.60 ERA and the Miami bullpen has a 2.84 ERA the last 14 days. Miami is 13-4 in Meyer starts.

Josh Bell has been a game changer when it comes to facing the Houston Astros this season. He has hit three of his ten home runs against them, including two of today’s starter in Tatsuya Imai. Taj Bradley missed the original series in May when he was on the IL, but had two fantastic starts against Houston a year ago. This included his best strikeout performance of last year with ten strikeouts at Houston. Take the Twins.

Brice Turang has shown his ability to have extra base hits when he sees the Cincinnati Reds. His last ten starts against them has had seven different games with an extra base hit. He hit his 12th home run of the season against the Reds on Monday, and gets to see Andrew Abbott who has given up six home runs over his last four starts. Split prop here on Turang hitting combination line, and a home run.

Brice Turang has shown his ability to have extra base hits when he sees the Cincinnati Reds. His last ten starts against them has had seven different games with an extra base hit. He hit his 12th home run of the season against the Reds on Monday, and gets to see Andrew Abbott who has given up six home runs over his last four starts. Split prop here on Turang hitting combination line, and a home run.

Caesar’s. Andrew Abbott is under this line in 9/17 starts this season, including 6/9 on the road. He’ll face off against the Brewers who have hit lefties to the tune of a .776 OPS and 115 wRC+ over the last month. The Brewers also have the lowest team chase rate, which should bode well for our prop today. Abbott’s 10.3% walk rate has him in the 26th percentile, and his zone rate is in the 29th percentile. Expect an inefficient outing from Abbott today.

I hope the U.S. will ultimately advance in this match, but I expect Bosnia to make it extremely difficult for the Americans. Bosnia will likely sit behind the ball and look to counter when the U.S. loses its shape, and the Americans have been susceptible to giving up goals. Plus, the USA has lost 10 straight against European competition, hence why I'm backing Bosnia on the goal line tonight.

I think there’s going to be some buyback on this price, but the betting splits suggest the United States goal handicap is getting a little overvalued with 97% of the money on it. This line has been pushed all the way to -1.5, and while I’ll be the most patriotic person at the bar, I don’t think this is easy sledding. Bosnia and Herzegovina have gone unbeaten in 10 of their last 11, with the lone loss coming against a strong Switzerland side. The United States still lack the defensive intensity to keep a clean sheet over 90 minutes if Bosnia are having their day. This feels more like a 2-1 type of match, which gives value against the public money.

This game will take place in San Francisco, and home advantage could be crucial for Team USA. Mauricio Pochettino’s men beat Paraguay 4-1 and Australia 2-0 in their first two group stage games, before resting a bunch of players in a meaningless 3-2 defeat to Türkiye. Their star players will now be fresh for this game against Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Bosnians drew 1-1 with Canada, lost 4-1 to Switzerland, and beat Qatar 3-1 in the group stage, but this will be their toughest test so far.

Just eight days ago the Kansas City Royals scored twelve runs with today’s starter on the mound in Shane McClanahan. The run success is naturally going to come down, but a bat that provided a spark was Tyler Tolbert. He went 2 for 3 in the game and scored two runs. Take Tolbert to record at least one hit tonight.

Seth Lugo has to be shaking in his boots at the thought of facing Junior Caminero again. He just faced him last week in his last start, and Caminero had a career day, going 3 for 5 with 6 RBIs and 3 home runs. Caminero is the hottest player in baseball. Over the last 12 days, he's 10 of 19 with 8 home runs, 20 RBIs, and a .413 average. He's on fire and has hit a home run in his last five games. There's a good shot he hits another one today.

Shane McClanahan of the Rays and Seth Lugo of the Royals faced these opposing teams in a series last week. McClanahan allowed two earned runs, Lugo seven. I’m on the McClanahan train as he continues to get stretched out, and off the Lugo express, especially with a KC bullpen behind him with an ERA since mid-June close to 9. When the Rays ML is between -120 and -150, they’re 21-8.

Paul Skenes has had high end success against Kyle Schwarber, who is 0 for 9 in his career against Skenes. Yet, Skenes has seen the Pirates lose each of his last eight starts, which began against this Phillies team on May 17th. Take Schwarber to record an RBI at plus money.

If you have a 2026 Paul Skenes Cy Young ticket from earlier this season, I'm sorry but it's time to rip it up. The Pirates' ace is a measly 6-7 and Pittsburgh has lost his last eight starts. In May, he gave up five runs in five innings to this Philadelphia team. Meanwhile, the Phillies are 10-2 in Zack Wheeler's starts this season. He held the Pirates scoreless over seven innings in May. Look for another win by the home team on Wednesday evening.