We are officially one week from the conclusion of the MLB season. Pennant races are heating up, and there's still plenty to play for.
There are 16 games on Sunday's slate, and our analysts are eyeing two of them: White Sox vs. Red Sox and Brewers vs. Marlins.
Here are our best bets from the MLB slate on Sunday, September 24th.
MLB Best Bets
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our MLB betting staff is targeting from today's slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
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White Sox vs. Red Sox
By Kevin Rogers
The White Sox and Red Sox have exchanged victories in a pair of low-scoring affairs at Fenway Park this weekend. Boston edged Chicago 3-2 on Friday night before the White Sox grabbed a 1-0 win on Saturday behind a great pitching performance from Dylan Cease.
In the finale on Sunday, the White Sox send out Mike Clevinger to go opposite Boston’s Kutter Crawford. Clevinger is coming off a complete game victory at Washington in his last outing, while allowing a total of three runs in his past three starts.
Crawford has yet to win a start at Fenway Park this season, while owning a 6.10 ERA at home. However, in his last two outings through five innings, the score has been tied at 1-1 against the Yankees and Rangers.
The White Sox have been held to one run or fewer in the first five innings in five straight series finales, while Clevinger is riding a 5-2 run to the Under in his last last seven starts in the first five innings.
After getting blanked on Saturday, the Red Sox have been limited to one run or less in six of the last eight games in the first five innings.
Let’s ride another low-scoring matchup between the Red Sox and White Sox and take the plus money at Under 4.5 in the first five innings. Play this to +100.
Pick: F5 Under 4.5 (+102)
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Brewers vs. Marlins
The Brewers got their post-clinch hangover out of the way in Saturday's loss but still need one win (or Cubs loss) to lock up the NL Central. I think they get there today.
Freddy Peralta has been overshadowed for a long time as the third wheel in the Brewers' rotation behind Corbin Burnes and Brandon Woodruff, but he's been the best of the bunch in the second half of this season and arguably one of the best in the league.
In 12 starts since July 15th, Peralta has a 2.42 ERA with 99 strikeouts against just 16 walks in 70 2/3 innings. In nine starts since the trade deadline, the ERA is down to 2.18 with 75 strikeouts in 53 2/3 innings.
Peralta has been elite, and that stretch also includes four double-digit strikeout performances and two where he reached 13 (July 26 vs. Cincinnati and August 7 vs. Colorado).
Peralta faced these same Marlins a week and a half ago and struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings of one-run ball.
Edward Cabrera has had an enigmatic season, as he has been great at missing bats when he's on, but often battles fits of wildness where he can't harness his excellent stuff, and that leads to far too many walks and/or hard contact.
He walked six his last time out against the Brewers, and Milwaukee has the fourth-best walk rate in the majors against right-handed pitching, so it's likely a recipe for disaster for the youngster yet again.
I'll be keeping an eye out for Peralta props (either outs recorded or strikeouts) as well as Cabrera's walk props (1.5 would be a dream but I'd take the over on 2.5 as well at a good price).
But regardless, I'll be splitting a unit between the Brewers' first five and full game moneylines. I love the price on the full game line in particular at -120. I would bet it at -140 or better.
Pick: Brewers ML (-120)
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