In baseball terms, Saturday proved to be a true swing and a miss for betting, and a quite unfortunate 0-3 day at the office. I could not have been more wrong on my picks, highlighted by a Tanner Houck thrashing (4.1 innings, nine hits, seven earned runs, four strikeouts) and a Paul DeJong explosion (2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and three RBI).
Saturday reiterated the unpredictable volatility of occurrences on the baseball field, as my confidence was fairly high for yesterday's picks. Sometimes things just don't work out the way you envision. All we can do now is try to salvage some good fortune on Sunday's slate as June comes to a close.
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In baseball terms, Saturday proved to be a true swing and a miss for betting, and a quite unfortunate 0-3 day at the office. I could not have been more wrong on my picks, highlighted by a Tanner Houck thrashing (4.1 innings, nine hits, seven earned runs, four strikeouts) and a Paul DeJong explosion (2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and three RBI).
Saturday reiterated the unpredictable volatility of occurrences on the baseball field, as my confidence was fairly high for yesterday's picks. Sometimes things just don't work out the way you envision. All we can do now is try to salvage some good fortune on Sunday's slate as June comes to a close.
Our PrizePicks Cheat Sheet helps bettors by comparing lines from PrizePicks vs. our daily MLB projections >>
Sunday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions
Current Overall Record: 40-29-2
34-year-old Kyle Hendricks of the Cubs is no longer the solid-if-not-spectacular pitcher he once was, emphasized by a 1-5 record and 6.87 ERA this season. He'll be squaring off with Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon and will need to pitch extremely effectively if he plans to make it deep into the game.
Regarding strikeout numbers, this season has so far been near the worst rate of his career, as he has piled up just 43 total across 14 starts (3.07/game). He surpassed four strikeouts in just three of these games and he'll be tasked with a Brewers lineup that has improved in their swing-and-miss rate over the past three outings (7.33/game as a team). Milwaukee has won five of their last six and will look to add to that as they close out the series against the Cubs at home on Sunday.
On the other side of the National League, the Marlins and Phillies face off in a series-ender of their own. Philadelphia will send one of their endless supply of aces to the hill in Ranger Suarez. Suarez has been a true revelation in 2024, leading the league in numerous categories including wins (10) and ERA (1.83), and he’s second in WHIP (0.92). His 99:19 K:BB ratio is also nothing to sneeze at.
For the Marlins side, Jesus Sanchez has been slumping of late and the daunting lefty-lefty task he is looking at could render him useless on Sunday. Sanchez is just 2-for-17 over his past five games and his June slash line has dipped to a paltry .205/.253/.385 overall.
Sanchez's 2024 splits against southpaws are truly abominable - 4-for-42 on the year. He has also gone 1-for-4 against Suarez in limited appearances, but all three recorded outs were punchouts. There is a chance Suarez is not in the Miami lineup on Sunday for these reasons. If he is, it should be worth jumping on this total base under as it seems unlikely he will record a hit.
There are few better remedies for turning a bat around than facing the Oakland Athletics. Ketel Marte has already enjoyed his time versus the A's in their first two games of the current season. Marte's bat has come to life in June and he will be concluding the start of the summer with something close to a .352/.433/.659 slash line to go with seven homers and 20 RBI.
The 30-year-old veteran is already 5-for-9 against Oakland in the current series. He's tacked on a couple of doubles, RBI and a walk. Luis Medina of Oakland provides a juicy matchup for Arizona on Sunday, as he offers an inflated ERA (5.63) and has pitched poorly throughout the season.
Ketel Marte has far exceeded an 8.0 hitter fantasy score line in four of his last five games, a period in which he is averaging 15.0 fantasy points per game. He has extremely good odds of adding to that on Sunday, a game in which the Diamondbacks are projected for a healthy team run total over five.
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