{"id":200547,"date":"2025-07-24T23:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/200547\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T23:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:54:13","slug":"mlb-picks-best-bets-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/200547\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB picks, best bets Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\tGambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting-editorial-standards\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">editorial standards<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds visit the Nationals and I haven\u2019t been this excited since I tried Mushroom Coffee. <\/p>\n<p>Cincy\u2019s Nick Lodolo has won two in a row, allowing just two runs over 13 innings. <\/p>\n<p>Lodolo faced Washington once this season.<\/p>\n<p>Nick was nicked for seven runs on 10 hits over 5 \u00b9\/\u2083 forgettable frames.<\/p>\n<p>Are the Nats in the playoff hunt? Am I going to have Mushroom Coffee again?<\/p>\n<p>Michael Soroka has given up three runs over his past nine innings, but he hasn\u2019t won a game since June 6 \u2014 going 0-4 over those seven starts. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.40659341;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36616167\" width=\"830\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nick-Lodolo-1.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Lodolo\" class=\"wp-image-36616167\"  \/>Nick Lodolo Charles Wenzelberg \/ New York Post<\/p>\n<p>C\u2019mon Nats! Wake up, smell the coffee (no, not that one, the pot with the dark roast in it) and offer some run support. <\/p>\n<p>$50 on the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>Phenomenal! <\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>Cristopher S\u00e1nchez pitched a complete game, striking out 12 Dead Sox. <\/p>\n<p>Philly gave Richard Fitts fits, scoring four runs in 3 \u00b9\/\u2083 and the Phillies beat Boston 4-1. <\/p>\n<p>Winner! Down -212 petrocellis.<\/p>\n<p>Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n<p>The one and only Stitches has been handicapping baseball, daily, for the Post since 2019. Miraculously, he has finished in the black twice. But wait there\u2019s more. He showed his versatility by winning the Post\u2019s NFL Best Bet crown last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[5,684,535,50,4259,4,722,536,185,723,724,71],"class_list":{"0":"post-200547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-reds","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-cincinnati","11":"tag-cincinnati-reds","12":"tag-cincinnatireds","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-betting","15":"tag-reds","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-sports-picks","18":"tag-stitches","19":"tag-washington-nationals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200547","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=200547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}