Wednesday 9-6-17 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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Jack Jones

Sep 06 '17, 8:40 PM in 1h
MLB | Giants vs Rockies
Play on: Rockies -147 at betonline

Jack's Free Pick Wednesday: Colorado Rockies -147

The Colorado Rockies are clinging on to the second wild card spot by 2.5 games over the Milwaukee Brewers. They have won the first two games of this series with the Giants, who are 2-10 in their last 12 games overall. They now have the worst record in baseball and went on vacation a long time ago.

Kyle Freeland has held his own for the Rockies, going 11-9 with a 3.91 ERA in 25 starts this season. He has actually been at his best at home, going 6-6 with a 3.48 ERA in 14 starts at Coors Field. Freeland is also 2-1 with a 2.37 ERA in three career starts against San Francisco.

Johnny Cueto has finally started to show signs of wearing down as he is now past his prime. Cueto is 6-7 with a 4.54 ERA in 20 starts, 4-5 with a 4.78 ERA in 11 road starts, and 0-0 with a 6.46 ERA in his last three starts. Cueto allowed 6 earned runs in 5 innings in his last start at Colorado on April 21st.

Colorado is 11-1 in home games vs. poor power teams who average 0.9 or fewer HR's per game this season. The Giants are 22-51 in their last 73 road games. The Rockies are 21-7 in their last 28 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400. Colorado is 11-3 in its last 14 meetings with San Francisco. Bet the Rockies Wednesday.

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Bobby Conn

Sep 06 '17, 10:10 PM in 3h
MLB | HOU vs SEA
Play on: OVER 9½ -105

1* Free Play on Astros/Mariners over 9½ -105

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Micah Roberts

Chicago vs. Pittsburgh
Play: Pittsburgh +125

Gerrit Cole has faced the Cubs twice this season and has allowed only two earned runs between the starts with both staying Under. The Bucs are 10-4 behind him when facing the Cubs. This is a spot where the Bucs are trying to win the first three of the four game series. The Cubs have lost three straight after a six game win streak.

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The Prez

Cleveland at Chicago
Play: Under 8.5

The American League Central first place Cleveland Indians square off against the AL Central last place Chicago White Sox on Wednesday night. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET at Guaranteed Rate Field with the Tribe's Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.67 ERA) opposing the Pale Sox Reynaldo Lopez (0-2, 6.06).

The Cleveland Indians are in fine form and the primary reason for their current 13-game winning streak is the health of their rotation and bullpen. While they are looking to tie a franchise mark of 14 straight victories set by last season's team skipper Terry F. isn't going to focus on a win as much as he is resting some of his starters and managing the game to the strength of his team which is his pitching staff.

Carrasco has allowed fewer than two runs in four of his last five starts and is 2-0 with a 1.33 ERA in three starts against the White Sox this season. The Indians' right-hander is off a solid effort against the Detroit Tigers in which he surrendered one run over seven innings with no walks and eight strikeouts. Carrasco sports a 3.67 ERA, has an elite 13 percent swinging strike rate and is a nasty matchup for the aggressive White Sox lineup due to his 10.02 K/9 rate. He has pitched to his traditional numbers, his 3.67 ERA, with his 3.32 FIP, meaning he is in line to threaten 20 wins by the end of the regular season slate.

Lopez is off a loss to the Tampa Rays but threw a quality outing allowing three runs and five hits over six innings. The young prospect has punched out 19 across 16 1/3 innings of work and optimism is high for the former Washington Nationals right-hander. Lopez was 5-5 with 61 strikeouts in 60 1/3 frames in 11 appearances and six starts with Washington last season.

Carrasco has owned this current Chicago lineup and Lopez has an advantage the first two times through the Cleveland lineup tonight due the Tribe not having a lengthy book on his arsenal, which includes an elite change up that has induced a near 33 percent swing and miss ratio.

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Bruce Marshall

Rangers at Braves
Pick: Rangers

Will give Texas a shot in the nightcap of this DH tonight in Atlanta. The Rangers continue to hang in the AL wild card race and can expect Cole Hamels to begin bearing down in September after a couple of recent shaky starts. The Braves have tailed off over the past month and tonight's starter Julio Teheran has been erratic this season with a 4.75 ERA.

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OC Dooley

Indians / White Sox Over 8

For those into UMPIRE statistics you will see at the bottom of the analysis this is an excellent percentage wager. The OFFENSE of the White Sox is getting their "second" lift this week as rookie outfielder Nicky Delmonico is return from an 11-day stint on the disabled list where he was dealing with a wrist sprain. In his initial 22 games at the major league level Delmonico had an outstanding batting average (.307) to go along with his SIX HOMER count. The week began with the White Sox activating Yohan Monada from the disabled list and he is baseball NUMBER ONE rated minor league prospect. I am aware that Cleveland's Carlos Carrasco has owned Chicago this season (1.33 ERA) but tonight marks the FOURTH time that the White Sox are facing the hurler from a "divisional" foe. The Palehose go with Reynaldo Lopez who spent most of the campaign at the Triple-A level and already has had a major league stint on the disabled list. The UMPIRE tonight is Manny Gonzalez and for whatever the reason his games have gone a staggering 17-5 OVER the total