It has been a good last couple of days for favorites in Major League Baseball, as they are 18-9 overall, and went 11-5 on Tuesday. Totals have been a little more evenly split, with Unders going 9-6-1 yesterday. How will today’s 15-game slate play out today? Here is a closer look at Padres vs. Mariners.
Today's Best MLB Bets: Padres vs. Mariners
Odds courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.
San Diego Padres (-130) vs. Seattle Mariners (+110) | O/U 8.5 (+100/-120)
Yu Darvish’s season has been good news/bad news to this point. The bad news is he is on pace for his worst ERA (4.41) since 2018 and his worst FIP (4.10) since 2019. However, he is well past an illness that sidelined him for a few weeks this summer and has returned strong, especially lately. Darvish has thrown quality starts in four of his last five appearances while holding the top two highest-scoring teams in the league (Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers) to two runs over 13 innings in his previous two.
Darvish has had great success against current Seattle Mariners hitters over a small sample size, allowing a .156/.236/.235 slash line in 64 combined at-bats. We expect him to outduel Mariners rookie and top pitching prospect Emerson Hancock, who makes his MLB debut today. Seattle scratched fellow rookie Bryan Woo late last night, which is why the odds for this game were taken off the board (San Diego was a small -120 moneyline favorite).
Seattle may be 23-10 in its last 33 games (+10.9 units, 27% ROI), but San Diego is a rightful favorite with a hot pitcher leading the way tonight.
Pick: Padres moneyline (-130)
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