MLB Premium Card 08/13

MLB - 965 Tampa Bay Rays @ 966 Texas Rangers

(Starting Pitchers: C. Archer vs. M. Mikolas)

Play #1

Only one play for today as I don't see much value on the card. The Rays are losing a ton of close games lately but for tonight I think that they have a substantial pitching edge vs. TEX. Chris Archer is relatively fresh as he threw only 86 pitches on his last start. He has been pretty consistent since the All Star Break, so I expect him to be decent tonight.

Even though Miles Mikolas is coming from a decent start @HOU in which he allowed “just” one run, note that his pitch count was atrocious w/ 21.0 P/IP! No wonder he didn’t went deep in that game despite throwing 105 pitches and finishing w/ 6.53 FIP & 5.94 xFIP numbers, so I expect him to be in some trouble tonight.

Pick: 3 units (Single Dime Play) on 965 Tampa Bay Rays ML (w/ C. Archer) @ -140 / 1.71 on 5 Dimes