{"id":671647,"date":"2026-04-09T13:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:36:00","slug":"mlb-picks-odds-best-bets-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/671647\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB picks, odds, best bets 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>How long before President Trump renames the Strait of Hormuz to the Strait of America? \u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Odds update: 50-1 that the \u201cBig Beautiful\u201d ceasefire holds; 500-1 that the Iranian national team wins the 2026 World Cup; and 5,000-1 that Trump will ever get to dance to YMCA in the White House ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>A case of the runs. Oh no, not me, I never lost control. <\/p>\n<p>But the Tigers\u2019 Jack Flaherty (seven runs, seven hits over 8 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings) and the Twins\u2019 Mick Abel (nine runs, 14 hits over 7 \u00b9\/\u2083) have. <\/p>\n<p>We are thinking Flaherty takes his Pepto-Bismol and beats the Twins. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39034200\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Mick-Abel.jpg\" alt=\"Mick Abel\" class=\"wp-image-39034200\"  \/>Mick Abel AP<\/p>\n<p>$50 on the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Knew it was going to be a good day. <\/p>\n<p>When I woke up, the Stitch-daq futures were up 2 percent. <\/p>\n<p>Jake Cronenworth homered, Nick Castellanos knocked in two runs, and the Padres pounded the Pirates 8-2. <\/p>\n<p>Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n<p>We have won four of our past five. <\/p>\n<p>Up +148 kurtcobains.<\/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":671648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,684,53,84,60,4,722,185,723,724],"class_list":{"0":"post-671647","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-detroit-tigers","11":"tag-jack-flaherty","12":"tag-minnesota-twins","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-betting","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-picks","17":"tag-stitches"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116375020211118638","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671647","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=671647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}