{"id":216189,"date":"2025-07-31T19:20:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/216189\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T19:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:20:11","slug":"mlb-picks-best-bets-for-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/216189\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB picks, best bets for Thursday"},"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>First start for Cookie Carrasco in a Bravos uni. <\/p>\n<p>The Yankees traded Carrasco after watching Cookie crumble, coughing up 21 runs on 39 hits over 32 innings in Yankees pinstripes.<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta is in Cincinnati. <\/p>\n<p>Andrew Abbott won for us last week, limiting the Rays to one run over six strong. <\/p>\n<p>Abbott has given up just four runs over his past 19\u2009\u00b2\/\u2083 innings and is 3-0 in his past eight starts. <\/p>\n<p>Looking to end the month of July on a happy note.<\/p>\n<p>We will take Abbott and the Reds for $50.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50810015;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36696373\" width=\"890\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Carlos-Carrasco.jpg\" alt=\"Carlos Carrasco was traded from the Yankees to the Braves.\" class=\"wp-image-36696373\"  \/>Carlos Carrasco was traded from the Yankees to the Braves. Corey Sipkin for New York Post<\/p>\n<p>The runs came faster than a family who took full advantage of the \u201call you can eat night\u201d at Tommy\u2019s Tasty Tamales. <\/p>\n<p>The Orioles scored three runs in the opening frame. <\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Jays answered with three of their own. <\/p>\n<p>The O\u2019s took a 5-3 lead, but the Jays scored five times in the seventh inning and held on 9-8. <\/p>\n<p>Straw and Lukes homered for Toronto. <\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hearn and Westburg for Baltimore. Good game. Bad result. <\/p>\n<p>Upset stomach. Down -462 chimichangas.<\/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":216190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2400],"tags":[46,5,684,535,50,4259,4,722,536,185,723,724],"class_list":{"0":"post-216189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-reds","8":"tag-atlanta-braves","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-betting","11":"tag-cincinnati","12":"tag-cincinnati-reds","13":"tag-cincinnatireds","14":"tag-mlb","15":"tag-mlb-betting","16":"tag-reds","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sports-picks","19":"tag-stitches"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114949471333035864","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216189","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=216189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}