MLB Picks Today:<\/p>\n
Expert baseball handicapper Greg Peterson shares his top MLB picks today for Thursday, May 22.<\/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 3:10 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Philadelphia Phillies vs. Colorado Rockies<\/p>\n The Rockies\u2019 offense is averaging just 3.3 runs per game, ranking 27th in the league. Even at Coors Field, that number rises only slightly to just under 4.3 runs per game. They face Phillies starter Ranger Su\u00e1rez, who has allowed just three total runs across 14 innings in his past two starts. Rockies starter Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez owns an 8.78 ERA, but his fielding independent pitching (FIP) is a much lower 4.84, with 0.9 home runs and 3.6 walks per nine innings.<\/p>\n Pick: Phillies vs. Rockies Under 11.5 Runs (Greg\u2019s Handicapped Total: 10.3)<\/p>\n 6:40 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n The Brewers are expected to start Carlos Rodriguez, who has a 1.99 ERA across nine appearances for AAA Nashville this season. The Pirates will give Mike Burrows his first career MLB start; he has posted a 2.51 ERA with 11.4 strikeouts per nine innings at AAA this year. The Pirates have scored four runs or fewer in 26 straight games, the longest such streak in the live-ball era.<\/p>\n Pick: Pirates vs. Brewers Under 9 Runs (Greg\u2019s Handicapped Total: 8.3)<\/p>\n 6:45 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox<\/p>\n Orioles starter Cade Povich carries a 5.23 ERA, allowing 1.7 home runs and three walks per nine innings. Lucas Giolito gets the start for the Red Sox and enters with a 7.08 ERA and 2.2 home runs allowed per nine innings. However, he faces an Orioles lineup averaging just 3.2 runs per game on the road, which ranks 27th in the league.<\/p>\n Picks: Red Sox Moneyline -112 and Over 8.5 Runs (Greg\u2019s Handicap: Red Sox -206 and Total 9.6)<\/p>\n 8:10 PM Eastern<\/p>\n Seattle Mariners vs. Houston Astros<\/p>\n Astros starter Lance McCullers Jr. has struggled since returning, posting a 7.88 ERA in three starts with only eight total innings pitched. Mariners starter George Kirby is making his first start of the season after nearly two months on the injured list and has been shaky in his rehab outings for AAA Tacoma, posting a 7.20 ERA across three appearances.<\/p>\n Picks: Astros Moneyline +121 and Over 8.5 Runs (Greg\u2019s Handicap: Astros +111 and Total 8.8)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Picks Today: Expert baseball handicapper Greg Peterson shares his top MLB picks today for Thursday, May 22.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,44,4,163,164],"class_list":{"0":"post-46256","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\/114551657918094190","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46256","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=46256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}