MLB Picks Today:<\/p>\n
Expert baseball handicapper Greg Peterson shares his top MLB picks today for Saturday, July 5.<\/p>\n
Check out Greg\u2019s\u00a0Daily MLB Lines<\/a>\u00a0and his\u00a0Baseball Betting Show Podcast<\/a>. Also, check out our\u00a0MLB Betting Splits<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 3:07 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Los Angeles Angels vs. Toronto Blue Jays<\/p>\n Angels starting pitcher Jack Kochanowicz has a 5.44 ERA, allowing 1.6 home runs and 4.2 walks per nine innings. The Angels bullpen has a 5.22 ERA, which ranks 27th in the league. They face a Blue Jays lineup that leads the American League in home scoring with 5.4 runs per game. Toronto\u2019s starter, Max Scherzer, has allowed five runs in 10 innings over his two starts since returning from the injured list.<\/p>\n Play: Blue Jays Run Line -1.5 +120 4:05 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Boston Red Sox vs. Washington Nationals<\/p>\n Red Sox starter Walker Buehler has struggled this season with a 6.45 ERA and two home runs allowed per nine innings. However, he\u2019s backed by a bullpen with a 3.62 ERA, ranked seventh in the league. On the other side, Nationals starter Mitchell Parker has a 4.63 ERA and has given up three or more runs in three of his past four starts. Washington\u2019s bullpen ranks dead last with a 5.91 ERA.<\/p>\n Play: Red Sox Moneyline -107 and Under 10 Runs 4:10 PM Eastern<\/p>\n New York Yankees vs. New York Mets<\/p>\n Yankees starter Carlos Rod\u00f3n has been steady with a 2.95 ERA and 1.1 home runs allowed per nine innings. He\u2019s been even better recently, posting a 2.67 ERA with fewer than 0.7 home runs per nine. Mets starter Frankie Montas carries a 6.00 ERA but is striking out 10 batters per nine innings.<\/p>\n Play: Under 9 Runs 7:15 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Guardians<\/p>\n Guardians starter Logan Allen owns a 4.27 ERA, allowing just one home run per nine innings. Tigers starter Casey Mize has been strong with a 2.86 ERA and just 2.2 walks per nine. He\u2019ll face a Guardians offense that ranks 29th in home scoring, averaging only 3.6 runs per game.<\/p>\n Play: Under 9 Runs Houston Astros vs. Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n The Dodgers\u2019 starting pitcher has yet to go more than two innings in a game, leaving much of the work to a bullpen with a 4.16 ERA (21st in the league). Astros starter Framber Valdez has a 2.72 ERA and has allowed just eight total runs over his past seven starts. He\u2019s backed by a bullpen with a 3.31 ERA, third-best in the league.<\/p>\n Play: Astros Moneyline +131 9:10 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Chicago White Sox vs. Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n Rockies starter Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez has a 5.62 ERA on the season but has allowed just three earned runs in his last four games. His 4.34 FIP and 1.1 home runs per nine suggest positive regression is on the horizon. He faces a White Sox lineup averaging just 2.9 runs per game on the road\u2014last in the league. White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon has a 4.59 ERA and gets a Rockies lineup scoring 4.1 runs per game (19th in MLB).<\/p>\n Play: Under 11.5 Runs
Greg\u2019s Handicap: Blue Jays -1.5 -113<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s Handicap: Red Sox -132 and Total 9.7<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s Handicap: Total 8.3<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s Handicap: Total 8.2<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s Handicap: Astros +114<\/p>\n
Greg\u2019s Handicap: Total 10.8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Picks Today: Expert baseball handicapper Greg Peterson shares his top MLB picks today for Saturday, July 5.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,44,4,163,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-153556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-best-bets","12":"tag-mlb-picks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114800331673141059","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}