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ANALYSIS: Willy Adames, Hunter Renfroe, and Josh Hader are all out tonight. Corbin Burnes has been pitching very well this season, although he has shown a few signs of a poor outing to come. He has allowed home runs in four straight games and 5 total in that span. Blake Snell was decent in his first start of the season, but he should be much better at home. The Brewers struggle against lefties and their bullpen is a little shorthanded with Josh Hader on the family emergency list. The Padres are on fire right now, I like the value on the Padres at home at plus money against a shorthanded Brewers team.

ANALYSIS: Admittedly, we do have a great pitching matchup tonight, but there's still value in the over at an even seven. The Cardinals have won four straight, and they have had seven straight games end with at least seven total runs. At home, they score an average of 5.16 runs per game. Even if they have trouble scoring on Kevin Gausman, the Jays bullpen should present more opportunities for runs. St. Louis' Jordan Hicks has been decent, but the Jays will probably get a couple off of him. Toronto's offense has been slow, but they'll need to turn it up tonight if they want to get a win against the Cards.

ANALYSIS: I was on the fence before DJ Lemahieu was scratched from the Yankees lineup, but now I see plenty of value to take a chance. The Orioles have been playing well lately now that they are finally healthy and they have an energy boost from top MLB prospect Adley Rutschman. The Orioles scored 5 runs on Gerrit Cole yesterday and I think they should have success again today against Jordan Montgomery who they hit well last week. I am a little worried about the Orioles against the lefty but they have plenty of right handed bats to hit Montgomery. I like the value on the Os here.

ANALYSIS: When we backed Noah Syndergaard last week near his hometown in Texas vs. the Rangers, well, that didn't go well. However, "Thor" is 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA in three home starts this year. Counterpart Dane Dunning has historically been worse outside of Arlington and is 0-1 with a 4.20 ERA on the road. It's payback time for the Halos after being swept in Texas last week. They are 14-8 at home and get top catcher Max Stassi (not that he hits much) back from the COVID list. 15

ANALYSIS: No Otto Porter Jr. tonight for the Dubs. Obviously that doesn't matter too much, but he was pretty good the first two games of this series and the Warriors aren't all that deep. I guess I'm just going to pick Dallas because Golden State has shown a propensity to let up in clinching games on the road in these playoffs: Lost Game 4 in Denver by five and was obliterated by 39 in Game 5 in Memphis. No question in my mind that GS finishes this off in Game 5 back at home, but we'll give Dallas one. Luka's supporting cast can't possibly shoot as bad as it did in Game 3.

ANALYSIS: After suffering another embarrassing loss last night, the Nats are now 5-16 at home. Their offense has not been able to figure it out in their home park this season, where they score an average of 2.71 runs per game. The Dodgers are 6-2 behind Walker Buehler this season, and I expect him to hold down the Nats. Josiah Gray has been worse at home and struggled lately, so I expect that to continue against his former team. All but three of the Dodgers' 28 wins have come by two or more runs. Back the Dodgers -1.5 (-130).

ANALYSIS: I wasn't going to play the Dodgers here because MLB runs scored leader and red-hot Mookie Betts was supposed to get tonight off per Manager Dave Roberts. Instead, Roberts is resting Cody Bellinger, who is way less important (Justin Turner is also in the lineup after getting Monday off). Now, I'll roll the dice even at this price behind Dodgers ace Walker Buehler, who is 3-0 with a 1.29 road ERA. Washington's Josiah Gray, acquired from the Dodgers last year, is 1-3 with a 6.43 ERA at home. If you bump this down to Dodgers -1, you save about 35 cents.

ANALYSIS: Tyler Mahle has been much better lately after his poor start to the season. He should have success against a righty heavy Cubs lineup that is missing Willson Contreras as well. The Reds are finally healthy, and you can tell with the depth in their lineup. Colin Moran is now hitting eighth after hitting fourth with everyone injured. Marcus Stroman has been very hit or miss all season bouncing in and out of the lineup. But I think he will struggle against a team like the Reds that hits a lot of home runs in a stadium as small as the Reds. Take the Reds at home.

ANALYSIS: We have to back the Rays at home at a solid price behind stud lefty Shane McClanahan, who is second in the majors with 65 strikeouts and has a 2.33 ERA. Yep, Miami's Pablo Lopez has a 1.57 ERA, but he's not that good obviously and comes off his worst start of the year vs. Washington. Tampa Bay young star infielder Wander Franco is back in the starting lineup after not starting a couple with a quad injury. Miami young star infielder Jazz Chisholm may not start with hamstring tightness that forced him out Sunday (update: he's not in the lineup). ⚾ By the way, not a single person living in Florida that I've ever met actually calls this the Citrus Series. That's LAME.

ANALYSIS: Over his last three starts, Nick Pivetta has been nearly flawless. He’s surrendered just two total runs and is coming off a complete game his last outing. He threw a season-high 112 pitches in that outing. Moreover, he received no run support when the Red Sox lost 3-1 against the White Sox on May 7. Lay the price with the White Sox.