{"id":689551,"date":"2026-05-03T21:39:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689551\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:39:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:39:34","slug":"guardians-vs-athletics-prediction-mlb-pick-odds-best-bet-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/689551\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardians vs. Athletics prediction: MLB pick, odds, best bet Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NY<\/a>Sun, May 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC<\/p>\n

Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards<\/a> for more information. <\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An image collage containing 2 images, Image 1 shows Aaron Civale, Image 2 shows Parker Messick<\/p>\n

No sophomore jinx for Cleveland\u2019s Parker Messick.<\/p>\n

The young Guardian is 3-0 after six starts, allowing just one run on three hits to the Tampa Bay Rays in his last start.<\/p>\n

The overachieving, first-place Athletics<\/a> counter with Aaron Civale, who shut out the Royal Family for five frames in his latest outing.<\/p>\n

\"Parker<\/p>\n

Parker Messick Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

We will take Civale and the Sacratomatos for $50 (+102, DraftKings<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Our Kentucky Derby pick, The Puma, never ran because of a \u201cswollen pastern\u201d or skin infection.<\/p>\n

Thankfully our pastern is fine after watching the Marlins phlog the Phillies 4-0.<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s Max Meyer tossed a one-hitter over seven innings. Xavier Edwards homered.<\/p>\n

Cat scratched. Fish win.<\/p>\n

Learn all you need to know about MLB Betting<\/p>\n

This catfish is up +526 secretariats.<\/p>\n

Why Trust New York Post Betting<\/p>\n

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":"Sun, May 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2391],"tags":[2132,537,5,1714,778,4,3226,34644,40,68,6878],"class_list":["post-689551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-athletics","tag-aaron-civale","tag-athletics","tag-baseball","tag-max-meyer","tag-miami","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-athletics","tag-parker-messick","tag-phillies","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-xavier-edwards"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116512815540814447","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689551","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=689551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}