Today's picks: Why the Giants will beat Marlins, plus more MLB and Masters plays for Friday, April 8
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Friday, April 8.
Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure, Larry Hartstein and John Bollman on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for MLB and golf on Friday, April 8 and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
The guys are largely on Major League Baseball today but Coach has a Masters play: Tiger Woods at +0.5 strokes at -115 in a head-to-head Round 2 matchup vs. Kevin Na. Tiger tees off at 1:45 p.m. ET from Augusta and Na at 1:08.
Larry is on the San Francisco Giants (-140) at home in their opener over the Miami Marlins at 4:35 p.m. ET: "This price is a bit short. Logan Webb went 6-0 with a 1.96 ERA at home last season. Many are down on the Giants after the departures of Buster Posey and Kevin Gausman, and the injuries to Evan Longoria and LaMonte Wade. But I love the way Gabe Kapler plays matchups and think this team is undervalued again."
John is backing Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays at -175 as they open at home vs. Texas at 7:07 p.m. ET even though the Jays are on an unusual 10-game Opening Day losing streak: "This will be the first actual Toronto Opening Day since 2019 and you know that city is fired up about their team. The Blue Jays also swept the Rangers when they played in Toronto last season. Jays starter Jose Berrios didn't allow a hit in his first start last season and he pitched a quality start when he faced them last June. Berrios went on a ridiculous run pitching seven straight quality starts to end the season as well. Former Rockies right-hander Jon Gray starts for Texas. Some might think getting away from Coors Field will pay immediate dividends, but Gray was actually worse on the road at 3-7 5.22 ERA last season. His career ERA is also slightly worse on the road."
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