Welcome to the Friday baseball slate as we're nearly two months into the year with teams showing their true colors. I'll continue to be here once a week to provide you with the best bets across the day. Baseball is the best sport to get specific with your bets and there are plenty of angles to attack any given game with almost every day offering a loaded slate of opportunity. It's the best time of year.
We're officially in the green and I plan on continuing the trend upwards after a rocky start to the year. Here are the best MLB picks & predictions for the Friday, May 29th slate.
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Friday's Best MLB Picks & Predictions
Last Time: 2-1 | This Season: 14-13
Miami Marlins vs. New York Mets
It hasn't been the best start to the year for either of these teams, which are sitting at the bottom of the NL East. Neither team ranks in the top half of the league in run production, and I don't imagine anything different tonight. Max Meyer gets the start for Miami, and he's been awesome of late, spinning a 1.76 ERA over his last five starts while limiting opponents to a .517 OPS. Freddy Peralta has also been solid recently, going 2-4 but owning a 3.20 ERA while limiting opponents to a .213 batting average. When you look at the bullpens, neither really concerns me about blowing up. Both pens rank in the top-12 with sub-3.00 ERA's over the last month of play. It's not like it's already a high total, but I'm still going Under.
Pick: Under 7.5 Runs (-115 at BetMGM)
New York Yankees vs. Athletics
Out west tonight, the Yankees take on the Athletics, and it looks like New York is in line to win their fifth straight game. Luis Severino takes the bump for the A's, and he's struggled early in games so far this year with a 7.36 first-inning ERA, a 5.73 second-inning ERA and a 4.09 ERA in the third inning across his 11 starts. I expect the Yankees to pounce early as they've scored the fourth most runs in baseball across the last month of play. Carlos Rodon makes his third start of the year after a solid 2025 season, and he's limiting opponents to a .178 batting average in his 13.0 IP so far in 2026. Pitching late into games is a question for Rodon, which is why I'm going to go out on a limb here for a plus-odds bet that the Yankees get out to an early lead and hold it.
Pick: Yankees -1.5 Runs F5 (+160 at BetRivers)
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
Finally tonight, I'm taking a player prop as the Rangers host the Royals. Mackenzie Gore takes the bump for Texas, and he's been solid with over 10 strikeouts/nine innings this year, holding opponents to a .206 batting average. His advanced metrics are solid too, ranking in the 77th percentile in strikeout rate while covering his strikeout prop in three of four home games so far this year. Kansas City's offense hasn't been great, and against southpaws, they get even worse. Their whiff rate is middle of the pack, but in Texas, Gore gets an additional bump. Take whatever prop you would like here, but I'm riding his strikeouts.
Pick: Mackenzie Gore Over 5.5 Strikeouts (-106 at bet365)