MLB Picks Today:<\/p>\n
Expert baseball handicapper Greg Peterson shares his top MLB picks today for Wednesday, May 21.<\/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 1:10 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Houston Astros vs. Tampa Bay Rays<\/p>\n Astros starting pitcher Hunter Brown has allowed just five total runs over his past seven starts, posting a 1.43 ERA on the season with only two home runs surrendered across 56 2\/3 innings. Rays starter Taj Bradley owns a 4.80 ERA with a career-low 7.3 strikeouts per nine innings but is backed by a bullpen that ranks 10th in ERA at 3.45. The Astros bullpen, meanwhile, holds a 2.71 ERA\u2014second-best in the league.<\/p>\n Pick: Under 9 Runs (Greg\u2019s Handicapped Total: 7.9)<\/p>\n Milwaukee Brewers vs. Baltimore Orioles<\/p>\n Brewers starting pitcher Chad Patrick has posted a 3.04 ERA as a starter this season, allowing just 0.6 home runs per nine innings. Orioles starter Tomoyuki Sugano has a 3.08 ERA but a sky-high 4.84 fielding independent, with just five strikeouts per nine innings and 1.5 home runs allowed per nine. He\u2019s supported by a bullpen that ranks 25th in ERA at 4.90.<\/p>\n Pick: Brewers Moneyline -118 (Greg\u2019s Handicap: Brewers -138)<\/p>\n 2:10 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Seattle Mariners vs. Chicago White Sox<\/p>\n White Sox starter Shane Smith carries a 2.05 ERA, but with a 3.16 FIP, three walks per nine innings, and the benefit of seven of his 18 allowed runs being unearned. Mariners starter Logan Evans has a 2.57 ERA with just two home runs allowed over 21 innings in four starts. He\u2019s backed by a Mariners offense averaging 5.4 runs per game on the road, ranking fifth in MLB.<\/p>\n Pick: Mariners Run Line -1.5 +110 (Greg\u2019s Handicap: Mariners -1.5 -101)<\/p>\n 3:30 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Cleveland Guardians vs. Minnesota Twins<\/p>\n Twins starter Chris Paddack owns a 4.05 ERA overall but is in peak form lately, allowing just six runs across his last five starts. Guardians starter Gavin Williams has a 4.29 ERA with 1.5 home runs and 5.1 walks per nine innings, supported by a bullpen ranked 18th in ERA at 4.06. The Twins bullpen ranks third with a 2.87 ERA.<\/p>\n Pick: Twins Moneyline -111 (Greg\u2019s Handicap: Twins -132)<\/p>\n 7:05 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Texas Rangers vs. New York Yankees<\/p>\n Rangers ace Jacob deGrom is looking like his old self, allowing just five runs in his last five starts and owning a 2.29 ERA this season. Yankees starter Ryan Yarbrough holds a 3.70 ERA, but a concerning 4.95 FIP with 1.5 home runs and 3.7 walks per nine innings.<\/p>\n Picks: Rangers Moneyline +100 and Over 7.5 Runs (Greg\u2019s Handicap: Rangers -132 and Total 8.2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Picks Today: Expert baseball handicapper Greg Peterson shares his top MLB picks today for Wednesday, May 21.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,44,4,163,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-43572","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\/114545496217083929","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43572","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=43572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}