MLB 07/23 Premium Card

MLB - 959 Miami Marlins @ 906 Colorado Rockies

(Starting Pitchers: J. Fernandez vs J. Chacin)

NOTE: No writeup for this contest

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 906 Colorado Rockies RL -1 (w/ J. Chacin) @ -116 / 1.86 on 5Dimes

MLB - 965 Tampa Bay Rays @ 966 Boston Red Sox

(Starting Pitchers: R. Hernandez vs J. Lester)

Tampa Bay will start Roberto Hernandez tonight and he is coming from three runs allowed in six innings against Houston. This was his fourth start in a row where Hernandez allowed exactly three earned starts. However, he faced the Astros twice and Minnesota on his last three games, so he had an easy schedule. Things will be much tougher for him tonight against the Red Sox, who got shutdown yesterday. Hernandez's struggles against LH batters are well documented, as he is allowing .291 BA, .377 wOBA, 5.63 FIP and 4.02 xFIP versus LH batters this season! Boston knows this and they still start six players tonight who can hit from the left side! 

1. Shane Victorino (S) CF

2. Daniel Nava (S) RF

3. Dustin Pedroia (R) 2B

4. David Ortiz (L) DH

5. Mike Napoli (R) 1B

6. Mike Carp (L) LF

7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia (S) C

8. Stephen Drew (L) SS

9. Jose Iglesias (R) 3B

The Red Sox will start Jon Lester tonight, who is coming to this game with some extra rest, after being scratched from his scheduled start last Sunday because of "general wear and tear". This was just a precautionary move and Lester should be fine for tonight. He had two poor starts at Seattle and Detroit on his last six games, but these two teams are on fire right now. This will be the fourth game against the Rays this season for Lester, with him dominating in two of them and highly struggle in June at Tampa Bay. Now at home, I expect Lester to have a decent outing, while the Red Sox pound Hernandez on a nice bounce back spot for him. Therefore, I'll be taking Boston in here.

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 966 Boston Red Sox ML (w/ J. Lester) @ -136 / 1.74 on Betonline

MLB - 969 Baltimore Orioles @ 970 Kansas City Royals

(Starting Pitchers: J. Hammel vs B. Chen)

NOTE: No Writeup for this contest

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 970 Kansas City Royals ML (w/ B. Chen) @ -110 / 1.91 on Bovada

MLB - 975 Minnesota Twins @ 976 Los Angeles Angels

(Starting Pitchers: K. Gibson vs T. Hanson)

NOTE: No writeup for this contest

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 976 Los Angeles Angels RL -1 (w/ T. Hanson) @ -120 / 1.83 on 5Dimes