{"id":205953,"date":"2025-07-27T07:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/205953\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T07:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T07:37:11","slug":"mlb-picks-best-bets-friday-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/205953\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB picks, best bets Friday"},"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>Well, that didn\u2019t take long. Welcome to the New York Jets, Justin Fields.<\/p>\n<p>We nearly dislocated our big toe when we jumped for joy last week. <\/p>\n<p>Cashed when the Padres\u2019 Nick Pivetta gave up one run and beat the Nationals.<\/p>\n<p>The run was only the second Pivetta has allowed in his past 31 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings. <\/p>\n<p>Pivetta hasn\u2019t lost since May 11. That was 12 starts ago. <\/p>\n<p>San Diego is in St. Louis this weekend. <\/p>\n<p>The Cardinals\u2019 Miles Mikolas lost just last Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The Snakes bit him for five runs and chased him after four frames. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36639466\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Miles-Mikolas.jpg\" alt=\"Miles Mikolas\" class=\"wp-image-36639466\"  \/>Miles Mikolas Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Mikolas has allowed 19 runs in his past 19 \u00b2\/\u2083 innings. <\/p>\n<p>We will take Pivetta and the Padres for $50 (-130, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/betmgm-sign-up-offer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BetMGM<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>Perfect timing. <\/p>\n<p>Reese \u201cPeanutbuttercup\u201d Olson, who gave up three homers all year, watched two disappear into the Motor City night and the Blue Jays tamed the ice-cold Tigers 11-4. <\/p>\n<p>Loss takes us to -328 whiteyherzogs.<\/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":205954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2403],"tags":[5,684,160,4,722,18,185,723,673,67,724,4311,4310],"class_list":{"0":"post-205953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-st-louis-cardinals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-cardinals","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-mlb-betting","13":"tag-san-diego-padres","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-sports-picks","16":"tag-st-louis","17":"tag-st-louis-cardinals","18":"tag-stitches","19":"tag-stlouis","20":"tag-stlouiscardinals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114924057133346738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205953","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=205953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}