MLB Baseball Picks

Cleveland’s offense is 2-8 over its last ten games with a -21 run differential — ice cold heading into a Sunday afternoon start. The total is sitting at 8 (Under -115), a number carrying visible weight from Saturday’s 12-8 chaos rather than reflecting today’s pitching matchup. Find out which way this one goes.

Bradish’s 1.36 WHIP and 52 walks in 118 innings leave innings open against a Phillies order built to punish exactly that profile. The total is posted at 7.5 (Over -124) while the projected combined runs land closer to 8.8 — a 1.3-run gap that isn’t noise. The pick is inside.

Joe Jensen breaks down the final two rounds of the 2026 Rocket Classic at Detroit Golf Club with betting picks on the co-leaders, a past champion, and a longshot back-to-back play.

Wrigley Field’s near-neutral park factor (1.02) removes any environmental cushion from a Cubs lineup that already posts weak xwOBA numbers against elite left-handed pitching. The total sits at 6.5 (Under -122) despite a projected 9.4 combined runs — a gap that hinges entirely on whether Fried’s floor can offset Peterson’s volatility. The pick is inside.

Feltner’s 1.91 HR/9 rate is already alarming at a neutral park — at Coors Field’s 1.38 run factor, that fly-ball vulnerability becomes a multiplier. The total is posted at 12 while the numbers project 13.1 combined runs, with the over available at near-even juice of -104. The analysis is inside.

Mahle vs. Buehler is a clearer mismatch in context than the nearly identical ERA numbers imply. The total is posted at 8.5 with the under at -106 — nearly even juice for a run-suppressing park playing host to a hollowed-out Giants lineup. The edge is explained inside.

The bullpen gap between these two clubs is secondary to the starting pitching divide — Yamamoto’s 37.5% whiff rate on his slider is the kind of number that reshapes a lineup’s ceiling, and Boston’s projected order is already missing Contreras and Mead. The total is posted at 8 with the under sitting at -106, pricing this closer to a coin flip than the pitching profiles support. Find out which way this one goes.

The Angels’ .699 OPS ranks 26th in the league — a natural ceiling on how many runs a volatile starter actually surrenders. The total sits at 8.5 with the Under available at even money (+100), flat pricing on a number that a 3.29 ERA arm and a 0.95 park factor are both pushing in the same direction. See how this one plays out.

Sutter Health Park plays as a pitcher-friendly environment, yet Oakland is sending a starter with a 6.45 ERA and 11 home runs allowed in 68.1 innings against a Detroit lineup that just scored 13 runs on this same staff. The Tigers sit at -130 on the moneyline — a price that still treats this as a near coin-flip despite a 1.74-run organizational ERA gap and four of Oakland’s five best hitters sidelined. The breakdown is inside.

Baz’s 44 walks in 122 innings and a .404 xwOBA-against on his changeup put Philadelphia’s patient lineup in a favorable spot — and Pete Alonso is 1-for-22 with 11 strikeouts lifetime against Sanchez. The Phillies sit at -138, a price that accounts for the pitching gap but leaves little room for a full commitment. The breakdown is inside.