Today's picks: Why Hawks' Trae Young will score at least 30 points vs. Cavaliers, plus more NBA and MLB plays for Friday, April 15
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Friday, April 15.
Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure, John Bollman and Alex "PropStarz" Selesnick on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for the NBA, MLB and golf on Friday, April 15 and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
The NBA's final two play-in tournament games are tonight, and PropStarz is big on Hawks All-Star point guard Trae Young scoring more than 29.5 points against the Cavaliers: "I typically stay away from superstar points totals in the NBA, but I like Young here. He averaged 32.5 points vs. Cleveland in the regular season. While Young comes off a bit of a struggle in the play-in win over Charlotte in scoring 24 points on 8-for-24 shooting, the Hornets were absolutely blitzing him in the first half. The Cavs are not likely to deploy the same strategy because the other Hawks stepped up big vs. the Hornets. Trae is going to be in single coverage quite a bit, get his 25-plus shots and play likely at least 40 minutes. He rarely has two bad games in a row and is a proven playoff performer."
In Major League Baseball, John is on the White Sox -140 at home vs. Tampa Bay: "Drew Rasmussen has been very good for the Rays each of the past two seasons, but he doesn't get deep into the game. That's a problem considering the Rays bullpen has pitched 26.2 innings in the past four games. This bullpen is more than worn down. The White Sox essentially had yesterday off resting all their starters and not using any of their top bullpen arms, and they were one of the best home teams in the league last season. I honestly think Dylan Cease will win a Cy Young sometime soon, his stuff is that good."
Mike is on a first five innings play: Houston -120 in Seattle for the Mariners' home opener.
Coach is tackling a PGA Tour head-to-head Round 2 play from the RBC Heritage: Patrick Cantlay -121 vs. Justin Thomas.Â
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