{"id":2497,"date":"2025-05-02T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/2497\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:05:12","slug":"mlb-picks-best-bets-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/2497\/","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>The Yankees are back in The Bronx after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/30\/sports\/benches-clear-in-yankees-orioles-over-stolen-base-kerfuffle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">losing two of three at Camden Yards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Rays are in town and Tampa\u2019s Ryan Pepiot gets the start Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Pepiot has surrendered 35 hits in 34 innings, allowing 16 runs. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/01\/sports\/yankees-unbeatable-when-max-fried-is-on-the-mound\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yanks\u2019 Max Fried has won five straight<\/a> and has lowered his ERA to 1.19 after blanking opponents for the last 13 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>The Bombers are 10-5 at home. <\/p>\n<p>Play $50 on Fried and the Yanks (-225, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/betting\/betrivers-promo-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BetRivers<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings are going to get worse, before they get better.\u201d \u2013 Kamala Harris<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImpeachment is certainly on the table.\u201d \u2013 Alexandria Ocasion Cortez<\/p>\n<p>Hold on ladies. Jose Trevino and Spencer Steer homered. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"35807407\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/yankees-rays-prediction.jpg\" alt=\"Chandler Simpson of Tampa Bay Rays sliding home to score a run during a match against San Diego Padres at Petco Park\" class=\"wp-image-35807407\"  \/>Top Rays prospect Chandler Simpson sliding home to score a run during a match against San Diego Padres at Petco Park Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Abbott and his bullpen buddies allowed just three hits and the Reds shot down the Red Birds, 9-1.<\/p>\n<p>Winner! Down -328 charliehustles.<\/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":2498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,684,4,722,62,185,1272,723,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-2497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-betting","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-mlb-betting","12":"tag-new-york-yankees","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-sports-betting","15":"tag-sports-picks","16":"tag-tampa-bay-rays"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114439803602652261","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497","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=2497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}