This is a play on the BOSTON RED SOX for our MLB Late Dominator. Boston came through last night and we will play the Red Sox again for pretty similar reasons. Boston was coming off two losses in its three games against the Orioles but those were at home where they have been awful but the win last night put it two games over .500 on the road. Ranger Suarez has been a solid pick up for the Red Sox as he has a 3.36 ERA and 1.16 WHIP through 11 starts and is coming off his first back-to-back poor performances after allowing one run or less in seven of his first nine outings. The Yankees are now 1-3 on this homestand as the offense has managed only 13 runs and is still overpriced being a losing profit team. Will Warren has improved his ERA by nearly a run from last season as it is 3.22 in 12 starts and in five road starts, he has allowed two runs or less in each game and has come off his two worst home starts. 10* (921) Boston Red Sox

This is a play on the ATHLETICS as part of our MLB Early Double Play. The Athletics are in a bit of a rut as they are 4-9 over their last 13 games to sit three games under .500 but have a nice bounce back spot today. We have an unfamiliar name pitching for the Athletics and it is not a bullpen game with a reliever as Kade Morris was recalled to make his Major League debut. Ranked as the No. 12 prospect in the Athletics organization, Morris is commended for his deep arsenal and command as he features a mid-90s sinker that can reach up to 97 mph, a mid-80s slider, a low-80s sweeper, and an improving curveball. Houston continues to be inconsistent as even with the win last night, the Astros are seven games under .500 and turn to Tatsuya Imai who has been inconsistent as well. He is coming off a pair of quality outings but has struggled at home with an 8.53 ERA and 1.58 WHIP and cannot be trusted as a favorite. 10* (919) Athletics

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This is a play on the CHICAGO WHITE SOX as part of our MLB Early Double Play. The Phillies have won four straight games and eight of 10 and are being priced as a better team than they really are as they are -20 in run differential, the worst among any team with a winning record. Andrew Painter looked like he was turning a corner but regressed again and now has a 5.74 ERA over 53.1 innings so it is a large sample size disaster and the Phillies have lost eight of his last nine starts. Chicago will go with an opener today as Brandon Eisert will start and go one inning and possibly into the second and he has allowed one run in two of his four openers but those were against the Dodgers and Athletics, Sean Burke will follow and will serve as the pseudo starter in what has been a great season with a 3.72 ERA and 1.13 WHIP in basically 12 starts, with two of those following an opener and both would have resulted in quality outings. 10* (925) Chicago White Sox

This is a play on the SAN ANTONIO SPURS for our NBA Signature Enforcer. We came up small with San Antonio in Game One as the Spurs shot a miserable 36 percent from the floor including 25.6 percent from long range which was a completely opposite result from their previous two games against Oklahoma City. This is a good bounce back spot historically and we are seeing a two-point jump in the number from Game One as the Knicks are a team no one wants to get in front of right now as they have won 12 straight games while failing to cover all but one of those. Home favorites off a Game One loss that are a top two seed going up against teams that are not a top two seed have gone 27-9 straight up and 21-14-1 ATS after round one so a bounce back is the typical result and this is obviously a must win for the Spurs. San Antonio is 29-7 following a game where it failed to cover the spread this season, Here, we play on home teams off an upset loss by 10 points or more as a favorite going up against an opponent off two or more consecutive road wins. This situation is 29-7 (80.6 percent) since 2022. 10* (504) San Antonio Spurs

This is a play on the WASHINGTON NATIONALS as part of our MLB Friday Triple Play. Washington hits the road after an off day following a sweep at the hands of the Marlins and the highway has actually kept the Nationals afloat as they are 19-12 away from home. The offense did nothing against the Marlins but they are still No. 6 in wOBA and No. 4 in Slugging Percentage and have a good matchup here against Merrill Kelly who has been pitching better after a bad start. He has a 2.36 ERA over his last five start but three of the best ones were on the road and he is back home where he has a 6.23 ERA and 1.50 WHIP and overall he is pitching to a 7.29 xERA and the -2.23 differential to his actual ERA in the highest on the entire Friday slate. Foster Griffin got off to a great start before a pair of bad outings against the Reds and Mets but has responded with a pair of solid starts against the Braves and Padres, both resulting in wins. 10* (961) Washington Nationals

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This is a play on the BOSTON RED SOX as part of our MLB Friday Triple Play. The Yankees lost two of three against Cleveland to open their homestand as the offense managed only ten runs as the absence of Aaron Judge is an actual issue. New York is still just a half-game behind the struggling Rays as it is 12 games over .500 but still on the negative side of profits because of the overpricing which is the case again here. Ryan Weathers has been mostly solid but has had his blowups and he has allowed five runs in two of his last three starts. Boston is coming off two losses in its three games against the Orioles as it continues to struggle at home but hits the road where it is two games over .500. Sonny Gray has taken over the lead of the staff ace with Garrett Crochet on the shelf and he has posted a 2.12 ERA over his last six starts and he has put up only one bad game this season while having the better bullpen behind him. 10* (965) Boston Red Sox

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This is a play on the MIAMI MARLINS as part of our MLB Friday Triple Play. We are going to ride the Miami momentum and go against the lack of it for Tampa Bay which has dropped eight of its last ten games with both offense and pitching struggling. Miami snapped a five-game losing streak with a three-game sweep at Washington and the Marlins are back home where they are 18-15. Ryan Gusto is making his first start of the season following a not so good relief appearance against Washington on Tuesday but he had a very good run in Jacksonville as a starter prior to getting recalled. The Rays have taken advantage of their home field where they are 21-9 but are just one game over .500 on the road. Drew Rasmussen has been solid this season with a 3.36 ERA but is coming off his worst start of the season against the Angels and has a bullpen behind him that has regressed considerably that is No. 24 in xFIP. 10* (978) Miami Marlins

This is a play on the TORONTO BLUE JAYS as part of our MLB Late Double Play. The Blue Jays lost a tough one in the series opener 4-3 despite outhitting the Braves 9-6 and then allowed a pair of three-run home runs last night to make it four straight losses. They have their work cut out facing Chris Sale who has been dominant over his last eight starts as he has allowed no more than two runs in any of those and he has allowed that many only twice but this is not a horrible matchup for Toronto as it puts the ball in play. Toronto does not strike out as it is one of the best contact teams in baseball as it is No. 2 in K% at 19.3% which includes 19.4% against lefties. The Braves have now won five of six games and do not know what to prepare for tonight as the Blue Jays are going with a bullpen game with Spencer Miles likely to get a bulk of the action who struggled last time but that was a true start and he has been excellent out of the bullpen. 10* (913) Toronto Blue Jays

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This is a play on the ATHLETICS as part of our MLB Late Double Play. The Athletics have taken the first two games of this series by one run including a victory in ten innings last night and the Cubs are going to be a very popular pick especially at what is considered a short price. J.T. Ginn opened the season in the bullpen with three appearances and has been solid since entering the rotation as he has a 2.86 ERA in ten starts which includes only one bad outing so taking that out and his ERA drops to 1.86 in the other nine starts including a 1.48 ERA his last five outings. His best stuff has been on the road where he has a 2.08 ERA and 0.84 WHIP in seven games, six starts, across 34.2 innings. The Cubs counter with Shota Imanaga who is going in a different direction as he opened the season pretty solid but has posted an 11.49 ERA and 1.66 WHIP over his last three starts with the home runs piling up with eight allowed over this three-game stretch. 10* (915) Athletics

This is a play on the SAN ANTONIO SPURS for our NBA Playoff Game of the Year. The Knicks have been rolling as they have won 11 straight games in the postseason and have done so in historical fashion as those wins have been by an average of 23.8 ppg with only one of those being decided by single digits. Now what looks like an advantage because of the rest disparity, nine days versus four days for the Spurs, it might be beneficial here. Since 2002 from the second round on, 13 teams have been in this rest situation and while those teams have gone 10-3 straight up and ATS, the caveat is that 10 of those teams opened the series at home. The Knicks open on the road as underdogs despite the never seen 11-game run and this has not been a good spot as since 2005, underdogs in Game One of the NBA Finals are 3-18 straight up and 4-17 ATS and these teams playing with six or more days of rest are 1-10 straight up and ATS. The Spurs obviously had the tougher of the two Conference Finals Series as they had to go seven games similar to what Cleveland endured before facing the Knicks and it ran out of gas but it was playing with only one day off and San Antonio will have had four days off which is plenty to recover from. Here, we play against road teams after successfully covering the spread in six or more consecutive games, playing five or less games in 14 days. This situation is 46-17 (73 percent) since 1997. 10* (502) San Antonio Spurs

This is a play on the TORONTO BLUE JAYS as part of our MLB Late Double Play. The Blue Jays lost a tough one in the series opener 4-3 despite outhitting the Braves 9-6 and they have now lost three straight games since the Jeff Hoffman debacle. Toronto signed Patrick Corbin to fill in its injury plagued rotation and the Blue Jays have gotten more than expected as he has a 3.65 ERA through nine starts. This includes six road outings where he has pitched better than at home with a 2.97 ERA and 1.22 WHIP and overall after allowing two home runs in his season opener, he has allowed only three since then. Atlanta has won four of five games and holds a comfortable 9.5-game lead in the National League East. Grant Holmes is putting together a good season with a 3.95 ERA but is pitching to a 4.10 xERA which is only slightly better than that of Corbin. He has a 3.90 ERA at home with just two quality starts. 10* (971) Toronto Blue Jays

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This is a play on the TEXAS RANGERS as part of our MLB Late Double Play. Texas has won five straight games including the first two in this series and the Rangers now come in as a very slight underdog and we will ride the streak with Mackenzie Gore who has a 3.96 ERA and 1.19 WHIP through 12 starts while pitching to a 3.95 xERA. He has been outstanding of late with a 1.69 ERA over his last four outings and while his home and road splits are not ideal, he was hurt by a pair of bad starts against the Mariners and Yankees on the highway. The Cardinals got off to a surprisingly good start but they are now struggling with a 2-7 run and have gone from two games out on May 23rd to 6.5 games out in the National League Central. Andre Pallente has been up and down and he has really struggled at home with a 5.52 ERA and 1.61 WHIP in six starts and this includes a 6.58 ERA in his last five in St. Louis. 10* (973) Texas Rangers

This is a play on the NEW YORK METS for our MLB Afternoon Dominator. We are coming back with the Mets as three pitches accounted for five runs last night to give Seattle its eighth straight win. It was some uneasy going early on for Freddy Peralta who had a 4.05 ERA through his first five starts but has settled into his role as the ace of the staff as he has a 3.20 ERA over his last seven outings. He has allowed more than two runs only twice over this stretch and overall, he has solid reverse splits with a 3.13 ERA and 1.13 WHIP on the road and now we get him in by far the biggest underdog role of the season. We went against Logan Gilbert last night because of his reverse splits and he was very average and George Kirby fits the same mold to a lesser degree as he has a 3.23 ERA on the road and a 4.15 ERA at home and while it is not an extreme difference, it is a big variance from his prior three season splits. 10* (967) New York Mets

This is a play on the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS as part of our MLB Tuesday Triple Play. The Giants ruined our sweep last night but we will come back with them as they are bigger underdogs tonight with a line that is normally set for a big favorite being an elite starter against a nobody. That is not the case here as Kyle Harrison is off to a sensational start with a 1.57 ERA and 1.03 WHIP through 10 starts but this is not going to last based on the past and his xERA which is double that. Trevor McDonald is making his sixth start of the season and his last game was a solid bounce back from a start after he allowed seven runs in 3.2 innings against the White Sox and overall he has allowed three runs or less in four of his five outings including three quality starts. He does not walk anyone and prevents the longball thanks to an elite 61.4% ground ball rate which is No. 3 in baseball among 206 starters that have tossed at least five innings. 10* (905) San Francisco Giants

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This is a play on the BALTIMORE ORIOLES as part of our MLB Tuesday Triple Play. The Orioles are coming off a solid 7-3 home stand and while they hit the road with a 9-17 record, Boston counters that with a 9-19 home record. Connelly Early is having a stellar rookie season after his four-start debut in 2024 as he has a 2.95 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 11 starts and he has been the one of the home bright spots of late as he has nearly identical starts over his last two at Fenway Park as he has gone seven innings and allowed no runs on four hits in each. There are concerns with his low ground ball rate and his below average home run rate and he is pitching to a 4.62 xERA. There were projections out there of a breakout season for Shane Baz and while overall it has not been there, the recent results are showing big progress as he has a 2.25 ERA and 1.15 WHIP over his last three starts, all being quality outings with two of those on the road. 10* (911) Baltimore Orioles

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This is a play on the NEW YORK METS as part of our MLB Tuesday Triple Play. Seattle has now won seven straight games after the extra inning win last night and are a big favorite again with Logan Gilbert on the hill. He has not allowed a run in two straight starts but those were on the road where he has a 1.19 ERA compared to a 5.67 ERA in seven home starts. Huascar Brazoban is enjoying a stellar 2026 season, serving primarily as a high-leverage relief pitcher while occasionally excelling as an opener which is the role he takes on tonight after the Mets had a successful opener game last night. He has a 1.86 ERA and 0.93 WHIP in 25 appearances, four of which were as the opener and only one was poor where he allowed two runs but did not allow a hit as his command was off, walking three. The bulk relief will be given to Jonah Tong who has flourished in two appearances in this role but still could get the start so this is a definite action play. 10* (929) New York Mets

This is a play on the MIAMI MARLINS as part of our MLB Monday Triple Play. The Marlins had won four straight games which included a sweep of the Mets but they have now lost five straight games including a return sweep by the Mets over the weekend. The offense has scored one run in four of the five losses and looks to get back on track against Cade Cavalli who is having a surprisingly good season following a 2025 season that was up and down after missing two seasons because of Tommy John. He has a 3.62 ERA but a 1.41 WHIP through 12 starts while pitching to a 3.96 xERA, still good but with regression. Sandy Alcantara has been really good or really bad this season as he has allowed three runs or less in eight of his 12 starts including two runs or fewer six times while giving up a total of 28 earned runs in his other four outings which includes 14 runs in his last two. He shut Washington down three weeks ago and expect a similar bounce back. 10* (951) Miami Marlins

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This is a play on the SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS as part of our MLB Monday Triple Play. The Giants snapped a five-game losing streak with a 19-6 win at Colorado and while it comes with an asterisk being played at Coors Field, it added confidence and momentum heading to Milwaukee. San Francisco turns to Landen Roupe who has a 3.30 ERA and 1.18 WHIP through 11 starts while pitching to a 3.03 xERA so it is not a fluke as it is an added improvement from his decent 3.80 ERA in 22 starts last season. He has a 2.67 ERA in six road starts and that includes two games where he allowed four runs in each but those were against the Dodgers and Rays, No. 4 and No. 5 in home wOBA while Milwaukee is just No. 21. The Brewers counter with Shane Drohan who made one bad start, was sent down and recalled two weeks later and has only been coming out of the bullpen. He is priced as a top level starter here which he is not and is just based on team records. 10* (953) San Francisco Giants

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This is a play on the COLORADO ROCKIES as part of our MLB Monday Triple Play. Jose Soriano came out of the gates strong as through his first six starts, he opened 6-0, allowing just one run over 37.2 innings for a 0.24 ERA but that is well in the past as he has been inconsistent since then. Over his last six starts, he has a 5.35 ERA that includes only two quality outings and while his overall ERA is still a solid 2.65, he is pitching to a 3.78 xERA. He was favored twice at -154 but now is a 2-1 chalk and against a team that is only one game worse so this is time to sell high with enormous value. Colorado took two of three against San Francisco over the weekend and a main reason the Rockies are such big dogs is because of Kyle Freeland who has been lit up in four of his last five starts. Two were at home against Arizona and Atlanta and two on the road against the Dodgers and Phillies and we are backing the contrarian side against a big strikeout team. 10* (965) Colorado Rockies