Wednesday 5-23-18 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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Sal Michaels

May 23 '18, 7:10 PM in 6h
MLB | Red Sox vs Rays
Play on: Red Sox -120 at BetPhoenix

Free Play on Red Sox -120

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Dustin Hawkins

May 23 '18, 7:10 PM in 6h
MLB | Red Sox vs Rays
Play on: Red Sox -122 at BMaker

Free Play on Red Sox -122

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Doug Upstone

May 23 '18, 7:10 PM in 6h
MLB | Marlins vs Mets
Play on: Mets -191 at betonline

On Wednesday night in baseball action, Play On NL favorites with a money line of -150 or more like the N.Y. METS, scoring 4.0 to 4.5 runs/game, against a good starter whose ERA is 3.70 or lower, with a starting pitcher whose ERA is 3.00 or better on the season. In the past five years, this spot is 66-14, 82.5 percent.

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Frank Sawyer

May 23 '18, 1:15 PM in 36m
MLB | Royals vs Cardinals
Play on: Cardinals -177 at betonline

Take the St. Louis Cardinals with the money-line versus the Kansas City Royals listing both starting pitchers Michael Wacha and Jakob Junis. Kansas City (15-33) won the second game of this series by a 5-1 score — but they have then lost 23 of their last 31 games after a victory. The Royals have also lost 20 of their last 27 road games against teams with a winning record. St. Louis (26-20) still won 13 of their last 19 games at home. The Cardinals have also won 39 of their last 54 games against teams with a winning percentage below 40%. Take St. Louis with the money-line listing both starting pitchers. Best of luck — Frank.

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Ross Benjamin

May 23 '18, 8:05 PM in 7h
MLB | Indians vs Cubs
Play on: Cubs -1½ +135 at 5Dimes

Indians (Plutko) @ Cubs (Lester) 8:05 PM ET
Game# 979-980
Play On: Cubs -1.5 (+135)
The Indians are coming off last night’s 10-1 blowout win at Wrigley Field. However, Cleveland has gone 1-10 during their last 11 following a win in their previous game. Conversely, the Cubs are 3-0 in its previous 3 following a loss.
Adam Plutko will be making just his 2nd career MLB start on Wednesday and his 1st on the road. There’s a high probability Putko will need to rely on his bullpen tonight for help and good luck to him with that. Cleveland’s relievers have a combined 9.00 ERA throughout their last 7 games.
The Cubs will turn to veteran left-hander Jon Lester for tonight’s game. Lester is a perfect 4-0 in his home team starts this season while posting a brilliant 2.01 ERA. Lester has also shown very good form during his previous 4 starts overall by compiling an excellent 1.59 ERA in those outings. Bet the Cubs as a run line favorite for my free pick on Wednesday 5/23.

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Sean Murphy

May 23 '18, 8:10 PM in 7h
NHL | Capitals vs Lightning
Play on: UNDER 5½ -125

Wednesday NHL Free play. My selection is on the 'under' between Washington and Tampa Bay at 8:10 pm et on Wednesday.
We won with the 'under' in Game 6 of this series and I won't hesitate to go back to the well with the same play in Game 7 on Wednesday night.
It was Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy that was in a serious groove leading up to Game 6 on Monday and truth be told, he played well again in that contest. However, Braden Holtby came up with arguably his best and certainly biggest performance of the season to keep the Capitals season alive, posting a shutout. I expect both goaltenders to play well with everything on the line on Wednesday night.
This has been an interesting series, with the road team winning the first four games but the home team coming up big in Games 5 and 6. One thing we know is that goals have been getting harder and harder to come by as the series has gone on. We were seeing 6's earlier in the series but now I feel a '5' wouldn't be unreasonable in Game 7.
I don't mind laying some juice to back the 'under' at 5.5 on Wednesday night as the winning team will be hard pressed to get north of three goals. Take the under (8*).

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John Martin

May 23 '18, 7:05 PM in 6h
MLB | Angels vs Blue Jays
Play on: Angels -115 at pinnacle

1 Unit FREE PLAY on Los Angeles Angels -115
Tyler Skaggs is the better starter in this showdown with Aaron Sanchez and the Toronto Blue Jays. Skaggs is 3-3 with a 2.88 ERA and 1.24 WHIP in nine starts this season. He has done his best work on the highway, going 3-0 with a 1.14 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in four road starts. Skaggs is 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA and 1.29 WHIP in four previous starts against the Blue Jays. Sanchez is 2-4 with a 4.47 ERA and 1.51 WHIP in nine starts for Toronto, including 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA and 1.54 WHIP in five home starts. The Angels are 14-4 in their last 18 road games. Los Angels is 4-1 in Skaggs’ last five road starts. The Blue Jays are 1-6 in their last seven home games. Toronto is 1-5 in Sanchez’s last six home starts. Give me the Angels.

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Brandon Lee

May 23 '18, 1:10 PM in 31m
MLB | Tigers vs Twins
Play on: Tigers +157 at BMaker

10* FREE MLB PICK (Tigers +157)
I'll take my chances here on the Tigers as a big road underdog against the Twins. While Detroit has lost 5 straight, I just think there's too much value here to pass up with today's starting pitching matchup. The Tigers will send out Michael Fulmer, who has a disappointing start to the 2018 season. However, Fulmer is coming off a strong outing at Seattle last time out, allowing just 3 runs on 3 hits in 6 1/3 innings. Fulmer is also 3-0 with a 3.50 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in 3 career starts against the Twins and owns a sensational 1.39 ERA in 5 day starts this season. Minnesota will send out Kyle Gibson, who has not enjoyed taking the mound at Target Field. Gibson owns a 6.16 ERA and 2.001 WHIP in 4 home starts. Last time out Gibson allowed 5 runs on 8 hits (2 HRs) and 4 walks in just 5 1/3 innings at home against the Brewers. Give me the Tigers +157!

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Jesse Schule

May 23 '18, 10:10 PM in 9h
MLB | Rockies vs Dodgers
Play on: Rockies +1½ -145 at 5Dimes

Rockies vs Dodgers Free Pick May 23, 2018. The Dodgers have split the first two games of this home series versus Colorado, and they are a huge favorite in the rubber match. It seems pretty odd to see LA as such a heavy favorite when they have less than half as many home wins as the Rockies have on the road. Colorado is in first place in the NL West, 4.5 games up on LA. Kyle Freeland will toe the rubber for the Rockies tonight, and he's having himself a fine season. Freeland (4-4, 3.17 ERA) allowed one run on five hits, striking out five in 6 2/3 innings in a win at San Francisco his last time out. He's won his last three starts, and two of those wins came on the road. The Dodgers hand the ball to Kenta Maeda, who was brilliant in his last start. He tossed eight scoreless innings, striking out eight in a shutout win over Miami. Prior to that he had lost four straight starts. The Rockies have won five of their last six at Dodgers Stadium, and the Dodgers have lost five of their last six at home. Take COL +1.5. GL,

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Art Aronson

May 23 '18, 7:10 PM in 6h
MLB | Red Sox vs Rays
Play on: Red Sox -127 at 5Dimes

This is a 1* Free Play on the Boston Red Sox.
While David Price has been far from perfect this year, we still feel he’ll do more than enough to get the better of his erratic counterpart tonight. Price (4-4, 4.38 ERA) comes in off a complete game effort against the Orioles on Thursday, giving up two runs off five hits and striking out eight without a single walk in the victory. Price would appear to be back on track after a shaky couple of outings, note that he’s already a respectable 3-2 with a 3.90 ERA in all “night” games this season. Archer (3-3, 5.01) also comes in off a decent outing, going 6.2 scoreless against the Angels on Thursday. In his previous start he’d been shelled for six earned runs though and we think he’s going to struggle again here against Boston’s power line-up (note as well that Archer is already a poor 0-1 with a 5.32 ERA at home this year.) We had a play on the Red Sox yesterday and they’d go on to win 4-2. All signs point to another victory here as well. Consider the BOSTON on Wednesday night.