MLB Picks Today: Odds, Predictions, and Best Bets for May 12

It’s Friday! We have some weekend series opening in Major League Baseball, Let’s have a weekend.

Well, we did it. We had our first winless day of the year yesterday. The Yanks got smoked by the Rays and the Padre blew an early lead. But we’re jumping right back on the horse today. It’s Friday and I typically hate dogs to start a weekend series, but we’re on two home dogs and I love them both. One is a team that I think too many are sleeping on, and the other is powered by a young LHP that we love.

Let’s look at our free plays and all the MLB odds for today!

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 Best Bets: Friday, May 12

Mariners @ Tigers | 4:40 PM CST | BSDET

Bet	Mariners	Tigers	Play
Moneyline	-120	+102
F5	-1.5 (+132)	+1.5 (-162)
Total	Over 8.5 (-110)	Under 8.5 (-110)

 

PITCHING PROBABLES:

Mariners: Marco Gonzales (2-0, 4.70 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

Tigers: Matthew Boyd (2-2, 5.28 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 28 strikeouts)

We talked last week about how the Tigers have had a lopsided schedule having to play more than half of their early games against the AL East and hadn’t lost a series against any other division. We’re 2-0 on the Tigers since we wrote that article, and we’ll be back on them again tonight. This is a very solid ball club, but they do face a tough mound matchup with Marco Gonzalez. Both teams come in 7-3 in their last 10, but we’re riding the home dogs.

THE PICK: Tigers ML (+102)

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Mets @ Nationals | 5:05 PM CST | MASN

Bet	Mets	Nats	Play
Moneyline	-117	-101
Run Line	-1.5 (+130)	+1.5 (-160)
Total	Over 9  (-110)	Under 9 (-110)

 

 

PITCHING PROBABLES:

Mets: Tylor Megill (3-2, 4.33 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)

Nationals: MacKenzie Gore (3-2, 3.65 ERA, 1.43 WHIP, 48 strikeouts)

First, we love MacKenzie Gore and are going to back him as a dog more often than not. But these are two teams headed in opposite directions. The Mets are 3-7 in their last 10 and the Nats are 6-4 in their last 10. The Nats shockingly now have the fifth-best team batting average in the NL at .259. Couple that with the fact we absolutely love MacKenzie Gore, this is an easy play for us. Gore’s only Achilles heel all year has been the long ball, so as long as he can limit that, he always gives his squad a chance to come away with a victory.

THE PICK: Nationals ML ( -101)

Bet on Nationals ML  (-101)  at BetOnline