Monday 8/20/18 thread for free handicapping service plays and expert predictions for MLB, WNBA and CFL games.
Roz Wins
Roz's Monday, August 20, 2018, Free Pick
8/20 04:10 PM MLB (953) SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS (D HOLLAND - L) VS (954) NEW YORK METS (Z WHEELER - R)
Take : Mets
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Sharp Bettor
SharpBettor FREE Play for Monday, August 20, 2018
8/20 07:10 PM MLB (957) ST. LOUIS CARDINALS (A GOMBER - L) VS (958) LOS ANGELES DODGERS (A WOOD - L)
Take : Cardinals
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Nevada Sharpshooter
Your free winner for Monday: Take HOUSTON/SEATTLE OVER the total of 8 runs
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John Anthony Sports
Monday's Free Selection: Baltimore Orioles + 150
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High Stakes Syndicate
Free Selection for Monday: Milwaukee Brewers - 180
The Vegas Steam Line
Your free winner for Monday: Take MINNESOTA (Gonsalves) -160 over Chicago White Sox
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Arthur Ralph Sports
FREE play MON Pirates w/ Archer-125
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Hawkeye Sports
Monday's Free Pick: Houston - 170
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Huddle Up Sports
Free Play: NY Mets Wheeler -118
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Golden Dragon Sports
FREE WINNER for MONDAY: Atlanta Gausman +105
Platinum Plays
Free Pick the Houston Astros w/Cole -170 over Seattle
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#1 Sports
Monday's Free Selection: Houston Astros - 170
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Atlantic Sports
Monday's Free Selection from Atlantic Sports: Oakland Athletics - 180
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Jeff Allen Sports
Monday's Free Selection is on the Houston Astros
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Totals4U
Monday's Free Selection: St Louis Cardinals/Los Angeles Dodgers over 8
Razor Sharp
YOUR RAZOR SHARP FREE PICK FOR MONDAY: Take CINCINNATI/MILWAUKEE UNDER the total of 9 runs
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Mike Wynn
Free Play: Free St Louis w/Gomber +150 Over LA Dodgers
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Kenny Walker
Aug 20 '18, 10:05 PM
MLB | Rangers vs A's
Play on: Rangers +168
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Marc Lawrence
Aug 20 '18, 7:10 PM
MLB | Indians vs Red Sox
Play on: Indians -100
Play - Cleveland Indians w/Kluber (Game 963).
Edges - Indians: Kluber 15-1 L16 team-starts during August; and 21 Ks with 3 BBs last three overall starts. With that we recommend a 1* play on Cleveland. Thank you and good luck as always.
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Mark Wilson
Aug 20 '18, 10:10 PM
MLB | STL vs LAD
Play on: OVER 8 -110
Larry Ness
Aug 20 '18, 7:10 PM in 8h
MLB | White Sox vs Twins
Play on: Twins -157 at 5Dimes
My free play is on the Min Twins at 7:10 ET. The Twins' 5-4 win on Sunday allowed Minnesota to win three of four over the Tigers this past weekend. Winners of five of their last six overall, the 59-64 Twins look to inch closer to evening their record on Monday when they host the 46-77 Chicago White Sox in a rescheduled contest of a snowed out contest back on April 15. The White Sox are a whopping 25 games back of the first-place Indians in the AL Central but will take the field having won four of their last five games, including a 7-6 victory Sunday afternoon against the Kansas City Royals.
Chicago's Lucas Giolito (8-9, 6.15 ERA) will take the mound tonight for his 25th start. Giolito allowed three runs and struck out seven over six innings in a 6-3 win at Detroit this past Tuesday. That followed a poor outing in a 7-3 loss to the Yankees when he allowed seven ERs in just five innings on August 8. Giolito has faced the Twins three times in 2018 and four times in his short career. He's 1-1 (team is 2-2) with a 3.65 ERA.
Minnesota has put veteran right-hander Ervin Santana back on the disabled list after he reported issues with his right middle finger. That gives lefty Stephen Gonsalves a chance to make his major league debut Monday night. He was ranked as the Twins' No. 5 prospect this season by MLBPipeline.com (No. 3 prospect per Baseball America) and sports a combined 12-3 record with a 2.76 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 100 1/3 innings between Double-A Chattanooga and Triple-A Rochester this season.
Both teams are just playing out the string but I see a spot here for Minnesota. I'll back Gonsalves in his major league debut who is up against vulnerable mound opponent in Giolito and a struggling White Sox team which is 22-38 on the road, allowing 5.78 RPG. Back the Twins.
Good luck...Larry
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Jeff Benton
Your Monday freebie is the Over in the Astros-Mariners contest.
This one is all about going against the aging Felix Hernandez who has not been fooling many batters this season.
King Felix actually pitched out of the bullpen in his last appearance, working almost 6 innings in relief of the injured James Paxton. His ERA over his last 3 starts is close to 11, and he also owns a career 4.27 ERA in his starts against the Astros.
Gerrit Cole's ERA for his last 3 starts stands at 3.93, so there is definitely some room for the Mariners to post a few runs in this must win game for them.
Houston is 2-1-1 Over in their last 4 games, while Seattle has played Over the total in each of their last 3, and 4 of their last 6 games overall.
Let's look for this series opener to end up in the Over column, as Hernandez gets lit up once again.
3* HOUSTON-SEATTLE OVER
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Tommy Brunson
Your Monday night comp play is the Astros to beat up on the Mariners at Safeco Field.
The race in the A.L. West is very real, as Houston has not been playing like the defending World Series champions that they are, but they should be alright tonight against Felix Hernandez.
Hernandez was relegated to coming out of the bullpen, but after Big Maple - James Paxton was injured in his last start, Hernandez is back in the rotation. Over his last 3 starts, his ERA stands at over 10, so the Astros who were able to plate 9 in yesterday's key win at Oakland should be able to keep their bats working in this spot tonight.
Gerrit Cole is 11-5 on the season, but he did end up on the wrong side of a 5-2 final 10 days ago at home when the M's went into Minute Maid Park and won all 4 off of the 'Stros!
Turnabout is fair play tonight, Houston to open with a 2 runs or better win in King County.
Take the Astros on the Run Line.
4* HOUSTON -1 1/2 RUNS
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Cole Faxon
Aug 20 '18, 10:10 PM in 10h
MLB | STL vs LAD
Play on: OVER 8 -113
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Mike Williams
Aug 20 '18, 10:10 PM in 10h
MLB | STL vs LAD
Play on: OVER 8 -112
Jimmy Boyd
Aug 20 '18, 10:10 PM in 10h
MLB | Astros vs Mariners
Play on: Mariners +170 at MyBookie
1* Free Pick on Seattle Mariners +170
This is just to good a price to pass up on the Mariners at home, especially with Houston coming off a massive 3-game series at Oakland, where they had to win in the finale to take back a 1-game lead in the AL West. This feels like a make or break point for Seattle, who is currently 4.5-games back of Houston in the division.
Even with yesterday's win over the A's, Houston is just 2-7 in their last 9 overall, so this is definitely a great time for the Mariners to be catching the Astros. Seattle will send out veteran Felix Hernandez who is replacing James Paxton in the rotation and making his first start since getting demoted to the bullpen. While it's been a difficult season for Hernandez, he has pitched well in recent outings against Houston and the Astros are just 1-6 in their last 7 vs a starter with a WHIP greater than 1.30.
Gerrit Cole will take the mound for Houston and he's put up solid numbers this season, but the Astros have lost each of his last two starts against Seattle. The Mariners are also an impressive 21-8 in their last 29 home games against a right-handed starter. Take Seattle!
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Bobby Conn
Aug 20 '18, 10:05 PM in 10h
MLB | Rangers vs A's
Play on: Rangers +180
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Ross Benjamin
Aug 20 '18, 8:00 PM in 8h
NFLX | Ravens vs Colts
Play on: Ravens -1½ -110 at YouWager
Baltimore @ Indianapolis 8:00 PM ET
Game# 431-432
Play On: Baltimore -1.5
Baltimore has won 10 straight preseason games under the tutelage of head coach John Harbaugh and they covered on 9 of those contests. They’ve also allowed 16 points or less in their last 8 preseason contests.
The Indianapolis Colts are a pathetic 6-20 straight up during their previous 26 preseason home games. The Colts are coming off a 19-17 win at Seattle in their 2018 preseason opener last week. Indianapolis is 2-10 straight up during their last 12 preseason contests following a win in their previous game. Bet on the Baltimore Ravens for my Monday 8/20 free pick of the day.
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ASA
Aug 20 '18, 10:05 PM in 10h
MLB | TEX vs OAK
Play on: OVER 8½ -115
ASA FREE PLAY on OVER: Texas Rangers @ Oakland A's, Monday at 10:05 PM ET
Bartolo Colon's starts have trended under this season but 3 of his last 5 have gone over the total as the veteran right-hander has a 7.22 ERA in his last 5 outings. The A's counter with Michael Fiers and the right-hander has a 6.69 ERA in his 7 career starts against Texas. Only 1 of those 7 starts have resulted in an under! Yesterday's Rangers game stayed under the total but it was just the 4th under in their last 12 games. Also, Texas pounded out double digits in hits for the 3rd straight game yesterday. The A's lost yesterday but are still 6-2 in their last 8 games and have averaged 10 hits per game during this stretch. The opener on this total was a 9 and it has dropped to an 8.5 and we're stepping in to grab the value! FREE PLAY: Bet OVER in Oakland in late night action Monday!
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Dustin Hawkins
Aug 20 '18, 10:05 PM in 10h
MLB | Rangers vs A's
Play on: Rangers +176
Brandon Lee
Aug 20 '18, 7:10 PM in 7h
MLB | White Sox vs Twins
Play on: Twins -158 at 5Dimes
10* FREE MLB PICK (Twins -158)
I'll gladly take my chances here with Minnesota to secure a win at home against the White Sox on Monday. The Twins are all but out of the playoff picture, but have continued to play hard and come in having won 5 of their last 6. They have done so behind an offensive onslaught, as Minnesota has scored at least 5 runs in all 6 games during this stretch. They figure to have a great shot at putting up a big number here against White Sox starter Lucas Giolito, who has an ugly 6.15 ERA and 1.496 WHIP in 24 starts. The big wild card here is Twins starter Stephen Gonsalves, who will be making his MLB debut. There's reason to be optimistic that Gonsalves will pitch well in his first start. He's one of Minnesota's top prospects. He was 12-3 with a 2.76 ERA in over 100 innings of work at Double-A and Triple-A this season and averaged just under a strikeout per inning. Give me the Twins -158!
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