Friday 8-24-18 Free Plays / Trends / Betting Info / Etc

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Jimmy Boyd

Aug 24 '18, 10:15 PM in 5h
MLB | TEX vs SFO
Play on: OVER 8 -101

1* Free Pick on Rangers/Giants OVER 8
These two teams should have no problem eclipsing the total set here by the books. San Francisco's offense will be up against Drew Hutchison, who has a 7.43 ERA and 1.800 WHIP over his last 3 starts. All 3 of those games saw a combined score of at least 8 runs and two of them reached double-digits.
The OVER is 24-11 in the Giants last 35 home games as favorite of -150 to -120 and 5-1 in their last 6 interleague home games vs a team with a losing record. OVER is also 13-6-3 in their last 22 interleague road games vs a team with a losing record and 8-2 in their last 10 during game 1 of a series. Take the OVER!

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Info Plays

Aug 24 '18, 7:10 PM in 2h
MLB | WAS vs NYM
Play on: OVER 9 -105

1* Free Play on Nationals vs Mets over 9 -105

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Bobby Conn

Aug 24 '18, 9:40 PM in 4h
MLB | Mariners vs Diamondbacks
Play on: Diamondbacks -153 at BMaker

1* Free Play on Diamondbacks -153

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Jack Jones

Aug 24 '18, 8:40 PM in 3h
MLB | Cardinals vs Rockies
Play on: Cardinals -105 at pinnacle

Jack’s Free Pick Friday: St. Louis Cardinals -105
The St. Louis Cardinals are the hottest team in baseball. They have gone 20-6 in their last 26 games overall to get to 71-57 on the season and in prime position to not only get a wild card, but to also overtake the Cubs in the NL Central.
I like the fact that the Cards had yesterday off following a 3-game sweep of the Dodgers in Los Angeles for the first time in 12 years. Meanwhile, the Rockies needed some late heroics to beat the Padres 4-3 yesterday. The Cards will be the fresher team and feel like they simply cannot lose right now.
I also give the advantage to the Cards on the mound in this one. Miles Mikolas is 13-3 with a 2.80 ERA and 1.042 WHIP in 25 starts this season. He faced Colorado on August 2nd earlier this month, giving up just one earned run in 7 innings of a 3-2 victory. Antonio Senzatela is 2-2 with a 3.60 ERA in six starts for the Rockies this year. He can’t be trusted with such a small sample size.
The Cardinals are 10-1 in their last 11 road games. St. Louis is 7-0 in its last seven road games vs. a right-handed starter. The Cardinals are 5-0 in Mikolas’ last five starts. The Rockies are 1-4 in Senzatela’s last five starts vs. NL Central opponents. St. Louis is 37-16 in the last 53 meetings. Bet the Cardinals Friday.

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Doug Upstone

Aug 24 '18, 8:40 PM in 3h
MLB | STL vs COL
Play on: UNDER 11 -114

On Friday night, Play Under on teams like St. Louis when the total is 10 or higher, on a streak where they have hit a home run in 10 consecutive games, against an opponent after four straight games where they stranded seven or fewer less runners on base. In the last two decades, this rare system is 42-15.

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Kenny Walker

Aug 24 '18, 8:15 PM in 3h
MLB | Indians vs Royals
Play on: Royals +191 at BMaker

Free Pick on Royals

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Ross Benjamin

Aug 24 '18, 7:30 PM in 2h
NFLX | Patriots vs Panthers
Play on: UNDER 46 -105

New England Patriots @ Carolina Panthers 7:30 PM ET
Game# 257-258
Play On: Under 46.0
Both teams will enter this game with identical 2-0 preseason records. During recent years, teams with winning records that square of in preseason game have gone under the total at enormously high rate. As a matter of fact, since the 2015 NFL preseason, any team with a winning record facing another winning team, and there’s a total of 35.5 or greater, resulted in those games going a remarkable 44-6 (88%) under the total. Bet on this game to go under the total for my Friday 8/24 NFL free pick of the day.

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Marc Lawrence

Aug 24 '18, 7:30 PM in 2h
NFLX | Broncos vs Redskins
Play on: Broncos +3 -113 at pinnacle

Play - Denver Broncos (Game 255).
Edges - Broncos: 6-0 SUATS preseason road openers; and 6-1 ATS preseason dogs … Redskins 1-9 SU and 2-8 ATS preseason following SU underdog win. With that we recommend a 1* play on Denver. Thank you and good luck as always.

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Dave Price

Aug 24 '18, 8:15 PM in 3h
MLB | Indians vs Royals
Play on: Indians -1½ -120 at 5Dimes

Dave’s Friday Free Play:
1* on Cleveland Indians -1.5 (-120)
The Key: The Kansas City Royals have now dropped 5 straight games to sit at 38-90 on the season. They have been great fade material all season and continue to be down the stretch. They are starting to utilize 5 young starters and simply see what their future holds. Their lineup is one of the worst in baseball. Mike Clevinger, who is 9-7 with a 3.25 ERA in 25 starts and 5-4 with a 2.75 ERA in 12 road starts, will hold the Royals in check. Clevinger has never lost to the Royals, going 3-0 with a 2.21 ERA in 6 lifetime starts against them. The Indians are 14-2 in their last 16 road games vs. a right-handed starter. The Royals are 11-48 in their last 59 vs. a team with a winning record, including 4-24 in their last 28 home games vs. a team with a winning record. Take Cleveland on the Run Line.

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John Martin

Aug 24 '18, 8:10 PM in 3h
MLB | Pirates vs Brewers
Play on: Brewers -129 at GTBets

1 Unit FREE PLAY on Milwaukee Brewers -129
The Pittsburgh Pirates have gone just 2-8 in their last 10 games overall to fall to 63-65 on the season. Before this poor streak they had a chance to make a run at the playoffs. But now they realize their chances are slim to none now, and I’ll question their effort level the rest of the way because of it. The Brewers are still right in the NL Central race at 71-58 on the season. I like their chances of getting a win tonight with Wade Miley on the mound. Miley is 2-2 with a 2.18 ERA and 1.21 WHIP in nine starts for the Brewers this season. He will shut down an ice cold Pirates lineup that has scored a combined 7 runs in their last 7 games overall. Pittsburgh is 8-24 in its last 32 road games vs. a left-handed starter. Milwaukee is 70-27 in its last 97 home meetings with Pittsburgh. Give me the Brewers.

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Sean Murphy

Aug 24 '18, 9:40 PM in 4h
MLB | SEA vs ARI
Play on: UNDER 8½ -110

Friday MLB Free play. My selection is on the 'under' between Seattle and Arizona at 9:40 pm et on Friday.
I'll back the 'under' at Chase Field on Friday night.
Erasmo Ramirez will take the ball for the Mariners. Since re-joining the Mariners rotation he has pitched well, even if he did last just five innings in his first two starts back. In those two outings he gave up just seven hits and one earned run. He may be catching the D'Backs at the right time as they haven't been tearing the cover off of the baseball lately.
Zack Godley will counter for Arizona. He struggled in his most recent start in San Diego but prior to that he had worked at least into the seventh inning in three straight starts, giving up only three earned runs in 21 innings of work. He has been at his best at home this season, posting a 3.33 ERA and 1.23 WHIP.

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Larry Ness

Aug 24 '18, 9:40 PM in 4h
MLB | Mariners vs Diamondbacks
Play on: Diamondbacks -150 at betonline

My free play is on the Arz Diamondbacks at 9:40 ET. The Mariners went 78-84 in 2017, finishing 23 games back of the Houston Asros in the NL West. However, the Seattle has upped its game in 2018, entering tonight 72-56 (that's .563 baseball, compared to last year's .481 mark). Houston won 102 games last year and is on pace to win 98 here in 2018. Therefore,
despite going 3-6 in their last nine games against Oakland, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston, the Mariners are a more competitive four games behind the Athletics for the second AL wild card spot plus 5 1/2 in back of the Astros in the division. The Mariners open a three-game IL series in Arizona on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Arizona, a wild card team in 2017, enters as a winner of six of its last seven after completing a two-game sweep of another AL West opponent (the LAA) on Wednesday. The 71-56 Diamondbacks (a record a half-game worse than Seattle) own a one-game lead in the NL West.
Erasmo Ramirez (0-2, 5.49 ERA) takes the mound for Seattle for his fifth start since joining the Seattle rotation. He allowed just a single run on seven hits across 10 innings over his last two starts, both no-decisions but Seattle wins. Ramirez is making his third career appearance against Arizona and is 5-5 with a 5.33 ERA in 22 career interleague games, including 12 starts. Zack Godley (13-6, 4.44 ERA) hasn't taken a loss since July 1 (a span of eight starts) but pitched poorly in his last outing, allowing six runs on eight hits and four walks this past Saturday at San Diego (Arizona lost 7-6, with Godley getting a no-decision). Godley won his only previous start against the Mariners (back in 2015) and is 3-2 with a 2.88 ERA in nine career interleague games, including five starts.
Godley already has 13 wins (his previous season-high was eight wins in 2017) and is on pace to break his career highs in strikeouts, starts and innings in his first full season in the Arizona rotation. It's helped that his team is averaging 4.8 runs per game in his starts, a good part of the reason that he's won eight of nine decisions in his last 13 starts (Arizona is 9-4 in those games). Ramirez is not much of a mound opponent and has made two career appearances against the Diamondbacks while with the Tampa Bay Rays, going 0-0 with a 6.00 ERA. Take Arizona.
Good luck...Larry

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Stephen Nover

Aug 24 '18, 7:10 PM in 2h
MLB | CWS vs DET
Play on: UNDER 9 -112

First off, we're not talking about two good offenses here. The White Sox rank 23rd in runs scored. They are minus Jose Abreau, who leads them in homers, RBI's and runs. The Tigers are even worse offensively rating 26th in runs. Detroit has its best starter going, Michael Fulmer. He's making his first start since going on the DL July 20 because of an oblique injury. Fulmer looked good in two minor league rehab starts not allowing a run in six innings while striking out 11. Fulmer's fastball was clocked at a season-high 98 mph. The under has cashed in six of Fulmer's last seven big league starts. Fulmer is backed by two good backend relief pitchers, Joe Jimenez and closer Shane Greene, who has 27 saves. Chicago starter Reynaldo Lopez has made four starts against the Tigers this season and has a respectable 3.24 ERA against them. The Tigers cobbled a starting lineup against the White Sox on Thursday that had five players batting less than .234. Both the weather forecast and scheduled home plate umpire are strong points for a low-scoring game, too. The wind will be blowing in at 10-12 at Comerica Park, which is a good pitcher's park. Adam Hamari is slated to be behind the plate. The Under has cashed 32 of the past 49 times (65%) the last two years when he's been the home plate umpire. (Stephen Nover is unbeaten this preseason with his sides plays and has won 62 percent of his baseball plays during the last 11 days. Take advantage of Stephen's expertise and hot hand with his August Preason Game of the Month and his Run Line baseball Dominator.)

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Brandon Lee

Aug 24 '18, 10:10 PM in 5h
MLB | Padres vs Dodgers
Play on: Dodgers -1½ -124 at pinnacle

10* FREE MLB PICK (Dodgers -1.5, -124)
I'll take my chances here with the Dodgers on the -1.5 run line against the Padres on Friday. With LA having just got swept by St Louis at home in their most recent series, I expect the Dodgers to come out with a major chip on their shoulder in the series opener against San Diego. LA will have Rich Hill on the mound, who has been rock solid after a slow start to the season. Padres will counter with Clayton Richard who has really struggled on the road. Richard is 5-7 with a 6.28 ERA and 1.461 WHIP in 14 road starts. He's also given up 12 runs on 12 hits and 6 walks in his last 11 innings of work against the Dodgers. Give me Los Angeles -1.5, -124!

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Stephen Nover

Stephen Nover Free Friday Play

Chi White Sox vs. Detroit, 08/24/2018 19:10 EDT

Total: -115/+9 Under

Sportsbook:
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First off, we're not talking about two good offenses here. The White Sox rank 23rd in runs scored. They are minus Jose Abreau, who leads them in homers, RBI's and runs. The Tigers are even worse offensively rating 26th in runs.

Detroit has its best starter going, Michael Fulmer. He's making his first start since going on the DL July 20 because of an oblique injury. Fulmer looked good in two minor league rehab starts not allowing a run in six innings while striking out 11. Fulmer's fastball was clocked at a season-high 98 mph.

The under has cashed in six of Fulmer's last seven big league starts. Fulmer is backed by two good backend relief pitchers, Joe Jimenez and closer Shane Greene, who has 27 saves.

Chicago starter Reynaldo Lopez has made four starts against the Tigers this season and has a respectable 3.24 ERA against them. The Tigers cobbled a starting lineup against the White Sox on Thursday that had five players batting less than .234.

Both the weather forecast and scheduled home plate umpire are strong points for a low-scoring game, too. The wind will be blowing in at 10-12 at Comerica Park, which is a good pitcher's park. Adam Hamari is slated to be behind the plate. The Under has cashed 32 of the past 49 times (65%) the last two years when he's been the home plate umpire.