Today's picks: Why the Mets will beat the Brewers, plus more MLB best bets for Thursday, June 16

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure, John Bollman and Larry Hartstein on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for the X, the Y, Z and A for Thursday, June 16, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.

Coach starts things off with a SportsLine play of the day: the Mets and Brewers combining for Under 7.5 runs in today's game (7:10 p.m. EST). He highlights the "great hitting conditions" in New York today. 

McClure's play is the Texas Rangers Team Total Over 4.5 (-115) against the Detroit Tigers (7:10 p.m. ET), largely thanks to the fact that Texas is facing Tigers starter Beau Brieske. "He's getting barreled up in 10 percent of his plate appearances," McClure says, "Making him basically the worst starting pitcher in Major League Baseball so far." 

Bollman is also playing the Mets game, and he likes the Mets to beat the Brewers outright (-135). "[Milwaukee starter] Aaron Ashby has struggled lately and he's coming off arguably his worst start of the season," Bollman says. 

Coach has two Cash With Coach plays. The first is Over 9 runs (-115) in the Philadelphia Phillies - Washington Nationals game (7:05 p.m. ET). "I like the matchup," Coach says. "I like the pitching matchup, like the weather." 

His second play is Chicago Cubs Under 2.5 Runs Scored in the first five innings against the San Diego Padres (2:20 p.m. ET). "[Padres starter Joe] Musgrove has been dynamic," Coach says. 

Hartstein is also playing the Cubs game. He's going with the Padres runline of -1.5. "The Cubs' ERA during their nine-game losing streak is over eight runs per game," Hartstein says. 

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