Calvin King
[1%] Free Play on Cubs -146
Ricky Tran
Ricky's 1* play on COL.
Key Angle: It's important to remember that Ricky never makes a bet on any game based on just one angle. In order to make the grade, all his premium picks must meet several important criteria. He doesn't share all his secrets within his analysis, instead he chooses to reveal only the angle that he feels is the most significant. Here in this game the recent history of these two teams is particularly significant.
- The Royals are 1-9 ATS in their last 10 games.
- The Rockies are 6-4 ATS in the last 10 head to head meetings.
- Tomoyuki Sugano is 4-1 in his last 5 starts for the Rockies.
Verdict: The value is on the home Underdog.
Stephen Nover
Rookie pitcher Ryan Johnson is set to make his ninth career start for the Angels. It has been eight too many so far.
If there were an award that was the opposite of the Cy Young Award, Johnson would be a strong candidate. It speaks to how bad the 42-67 Angels are that Johnson has remained in their starting rotation this long. He is 2-5 with a 7.34 ERA and 1.54 WHIP.
The Brewers, with a top-five offense, have their knives and forks out ready for the feast.
The demoralized and distracted Angels already have been active before Monday afternoon's trade deadline dealing catcher Logan O’Hoppe and reliever Chase Silseth to the Texas Rangers for a 19-year-old Single-A infield prospect.
Milwaukee starter Shane Drohan is 5-4 with a 3.51 ERA and 1.20 WHIP. He gives up only 0.7 home runs per nine innings and faces an Angels offense that ranks in the bottom 10.
The Brewers, who have the second best record in baseball, also hold a strong bullpen edge ranking fifth in ERA at 3.68. Angels relievers have a 4.40 ERA, which rates 24th.
Milwaukee's past three victories have come by a combined 20 runs. This should be another kill spot for the visiting Brewers.
Steve Janus
1* Free Sharp Play on UNAM Pumas +178
Rob Vinciletti
Friday the 100% INTERLEAGUE TOTAL OF THE YEAR HEADLINES along with a BIG WNBA Play WNBA 13-2 Run along with a Perfect Friday night CFL Hot Side ( CFL #1 ALL TIME). MLS Comp play below.
The MLS Comp play is on New York City FC at 7:30 eastern. NY comes in hot off a pair of wins the last of which was against Chicago. They are 5th in the Eastern Conference Standings and welcome in a Toronto team tonight that is 12th in the East and 26th overall. In fact they have not won in nearly 3 months. Toronto has been trying to stay in games with a defensive block and trying to score on counter attacks. NY will dominate ball control here and are very quick in transition, couple that with their solid form since the World Cup and it could be another loss here for Toronto who has scored 1 or no goals in 7 straight away and has lost the last 6 in the series. Look for NYC to take home the spoils and bag the 3 points tonight. GL Rob V-Doc's Sports
Free Play from Doc’s Sports. MLS Soccer Take #209909 San Diego over Minnesota (8:30 p.m. EST, Saturday August 1) We hit a +200 underdog on Orlando in MLS with our free soccer pick last week, and let’s do it again this week. Both sides have struggled this season, but San Diego looks like they are turning their season around and they have a chance to jump Minnesota in the standings with three points here. We think San Diego is the better side, and they should be motivated here. They won their lone visit to Minnesota, 4-2, in their short franchise history. We think they can do it again. They are coming off a 1-0 home win over Dallas. In their inaugural season last year they played well on the road at this point of the season and cashed many plus-money tickets in similar situations. Minnesota is on a six-match winless streak, and they have won just one of their last nine. They have five outright losses during that span. They have just three goals in their last five matches, while San Diego has 11 in the same span. San Diego will be aggressive here and we don’t think the Minnesota offense can match them. Great value here, and the road side has a great chance to steal three points for a massive payout.
ASA
#968 ASA MLB FREE PLAY ON Chicago Cubs -150 over New York Yankees, Friday @ 2:20 ET - The Cubs have Imanaga on the mound and he has allowed only 1 earned run in 18 innings over his last 3 starts! The Chicago southpaw has allowed 2 or less earned runs in 7 of his last 8 starts and, in fact, has been charged with a total of only 6 earned runs in those 7 starts! This is certainly in stark contrast with the Yankees Will Warren. The right-hander has particularly struggled on the road where 3 of his last 4 starts have been disasters. In those 3 road outings Warren allowed 17 earned runs in 12 and 2/3 innings. Over the last 30 days, the Yankees have the #25 slugging percentage in the majors while the Cubs slugging percentage ranks 2nd out of all 30 teams over that same time period. We lay the price here with the hosts in what should be a home blowout early Friday afternoon. ASA Free Play on Chicago Cubs