Thursday’s MLB Baseball Free Picks & Predictions [8/16/18]

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NY Mets (C. Oswalt) at Philadelphia (R. Suarez) – 4:05 ET (Game 1)

  • Under is 7-1 in the last 8 meetings.
  • Under is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Philadelphia.
  • Mets are 42-18 in the last 60 meetings in Philadelphia.
  • Mets are 60-28 in the last 88 meetings.

Pick: Phillies -153


NY Mets (S. Matz) at Philadelphia (Z. Eflin) – 7:05 ET (Game 2)

  • Mets are 17-35 in their last 52 during game 2 of a series.
  • Mets are 36-78 in their last 114 vs. a team with a winning record.
  • Phillies are 4-0 in their last 4 during game 2 of a series.
  • Phillies are 5-0 in their last 5 Thursday games.

Pick: Phillies -160


Chicago Cubs (J. Lester) at Pittsburgh (I. Nova) – 7:05 ET

  • Over is 6-0 in Lester’s last 6 road starts vs. Pirates.
  • Over is 6-1 in Lester’s last 7 starts vs. Pirates.
  • Pirates are 4-1 in Nova’s last 6 starts vs. Cubs.
  • Cubs are 4-1 in Lester’s last 5 starts vs. Pirates.
  • Cubs are 5-2 in the last 7 meetings in Pittsburgh.
  • Over is 17-8 in the last 25 meetings in Pittsburgh.

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Washington (T. Roark) at St Louis (L. Weaver) – 7:15 ET

  • Over is 6-1-4 in the last 11 meetings in St. Louis.
  • Over is 8-2-1 in the last 11 meetings.
  • Nationals are 16-36 in the last 52 meetings in St. Louis.
  • Nationals are 1-5 in the last 6 meetings.

Pick: Nationals +112


Colorado (J. Gray) at Atlanta (J. Teheran) – 7:35 ET

  • Under is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Atlanta.
  • Rockies are 19-7 in the last 26 meetings.
  • Under is 11-5 in the last 16 meetings.
  • Rockies are 17-35 in the last 52 meetings in Atlanta.

Pick: Braves -105


Arizona (C. Buchholz) at San Diego (J. Nix) – 10:10 ET

  • Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in San Diego.
  • Diamondbacks are 4-0 in the last 4 meetings in San Diego.
  • Diamondbacks are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
  • Over is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

Pick: D’Backs -128


Tampa Bay (B. Snell) at NY Yankees (M. Tanaka) – 1:05 ET

  • Under is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in New York.
  • Yankees are 6-0 in Tanaka’s last 6 home starts vs. Rays.
  • Yankees are 10-2 in Tanaka’s last 12 starts vs. Rays.
  • Under is 16-5-1 in the last 22 meetings.
  • Rays are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings.
  • Under is 3-1-1 in Snell’s last 5 starts vs. Yankees.
  • Rays are 6-22 in the last 28 meetings in New York.
  • Rays are 1-5 in Snell’s last 6 starts vs. Yankees.
  • Rays are 0-7 in Snell’s last 7 road starts vs. Yankees.

Pick: UNDER 8 +105


LA Angels (T. Cole) at Texas (A. Jurado) – 8:05 ET

  • Under is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings.
  • Angels are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.
  • Over is 4-1-1 in the last 6 meetings in Texas.
  • Angels are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings in Texas.

Pick: Rangers -115


Detroit (F. Liriano) at Minnesota (E. Santana) – 8:10 ET

  • Under is 5-0 in the last 5 meetings in Minnesota.
  • Under is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings.
  • Tigers are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
  • Tigers are 17-6 in the last 23 meetings in Minnesota.

Pick: Tigers +142


Toronto (S. Gaviglio) at Kansas City (G. Sparkman) – 8:15 ET

  • Blue Jays are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
  • Under is 7-2 in the last 9 meetings in Kansas City.
  • Over is 3-1-1 in the last 5 meetings.
  • Blue Jays are 3-9 in the last 12 meetings in Kansas City.

Pick: Royals +121

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