MLB Best Bets Today | Odds, Pick Yankees vs Marlins, Padres vs Diamondbacks (Saturday Aug. 12)

Major League Baseball Saturday’s slate leaves us with 16 games, starting this afternoon with a doubleheader between the Braves and Mets.

Games are spread out throughout the day and our analysts will focus on two games in particular: Yankees vs. Marlins and Padres vs. Diamondbacks.

Here are our best bets from the MLB slate on Saturday, Aug. 12.

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MLB best bets

The team logos in the table below represent each matchup targeted by our MLB betting staff from today’s game. Click on the team logo for the match below to navigate to the specific bets mentioned in this article.

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By Tanner McGrath

Sandy Alcantara.

Phoenix rising from the ashes

Yeah, that guy screwed it up in the first half, it’s embarrassing.

But he now has an ERA of under 3.00 in his past eight starts.

He batted out 47 in 53 innings with just nine walks. Alcantara ranked ninth in Stuff+ among qualified pitchers over the past month (117), sandwiching him between Spencer Strider and Gerrit Cole.

but more importantly He has returned to his way of holding the ball. He has posted a 55% ground ball rate over the past eight games.

He forced the ground ball into double digits in six starts in a row. Produced 71 balls on the ground while only 33 were released while stretching. And in all six starts, his sinker has a 69% pass rate on the ground.

Alcantara’s performance is disgusting. and he keeps the ball on the floor So he can throw deep into the game while allowing a few baseline runs. He was one of baseball’s best pitchers when he accomplished those tasks.

And we can buy baseball’s best pitchers for cheap this Saturday.

Alcantara has allowed four runs in six innings against the Rangers in his most recent start. But that was a coincidence because he allowed three homers including two on the hanging slide.

In addition to three bad pitches, Alcantara hit seven, never walked, bounced 10 on the ground, and only allowed five hard hits against one of baseball’s best offensive runs.

He will be undervalued starting with the Yankees. And it’s the right time to dominate the Yankees. considering they would be slightly overvalued after Friday’s explosion.

But you might not know that the Yankees are left-handed in the top 10, so it makes sense that they slapped Jesus Lusardo in the face.

The Yankees are useless compared to right-handed pitching. They put eight right-handed hitters on the defensive line and had no depth (pitch around Aaron Judge and you have to pitch to the Oakland A’s).

Alcantara’s xwOBA is 34 points lower for right-handers than left-handers, and in 38 lifetime PAs against current Yankee batsmen. With 11 stops and 3 walks, that’s a total of .228 xwOBA allowed.

I think we were in the Alcantara classic at LoanDepot Park on Saturday. He was underrated. Rolls like a top 10 guy and has a great matchup.

Fish won this on Ace’s shoulders.

choose: Marlins ML (-155)

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by Doug Ziefel

The first indication that this is a good bet is the market. If you can get this at bet365, this line is about 10 to 15 cents different from the rest of the market.

It’s just that the Diamondbacks weren’t valued high enough tonight with their ace Zac Gallen on the hill. Gallen is one of the favorites for the NL Cy Young award, and he’s shown he can dominate the Padres lineup. this season

In their last match against them, Gallen took 7 shutout innings while only 2 let in and 11 busts. Overall, the current Padres lineup has hit only .235 against Gallen and they have. destined to regress dramatically

On the other side of this matchup, the Diamondbacks will face 43-year-old Rich Hill. he got

Hill has been hit hard this season. Because he no longer had something to think about bats. Moreover He also had to regress as his xERA ran at full capacity than his preseason ERA.

Look for the Diamondbacks to give their ace a quick run boost and get halfway through the game (-160 played).

choose: Diamondback F5 ML (-140)

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