We have a full 15-game slate for Friday, July 24, starting early with Rockies vs Brewers at 4:10 PM ET (American Family Field) and closing with Angels vs Giants at 10:15 PM ET (Oracle Field).
Our staff has all the action for your betting today.
Read on for our 5 MLB Best Bets Today.
MLB Best Bets Today
The team logos in the table below represent each matchup 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.
| Game | Time (ET) | Pick |
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  | 4:10 PM | |
  | 6:40 PM | |
  | 7:10 PM | |
  | 7:40 PM | |
  | 10:15 PM | |
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Jon Anderson's Rockies vs Brewers Best Bet
By Jon Anderson
Here's my model's projection for Shane Drohan's pitching line in this game:
- Drohan: 6 IP, 5 H, 2.5 ER, 5.8 SO, 1.8 BB
I think there's a reason to take Over 5.5 strikeouts.
Getting to four or five feels like the floor here, and he flashed upside to nine in one of his recent starts.
I really believe in his fastball and slider, so I think he gets to six strikeouts in this matchup.
Read Anderson's full Brewers-Rockies preview here:
Pick: Shane Drohan Over 5.5 Strikeouts (-130 or Better)
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William Boor's Cubs vs Pirates Best Bet
By William Boor
This game triggered one of our Action PRO Betting Systems, powered by Evan Abrams:
This system targets overs in games that begin in the late afternoon to early evening, in other words, what traders often refer to as "twilight spots."
These games exist in a temperature and lighting window that subtly elevates scoring conditions, particularly when both teams have a documented tendency to hit overs. Combined with home starters who may have below-average WHIPs, this setup identifies an edge before the public fully reacts. By isolating recent season trends and capitalizing on the transitional scoring environment, the model captures a high-expectation scoring spot that may be underpriced due to time-of-day bias or modest pitching projections.
Lifetime, this system has generated a 6% ROI, going 273-221-18 (55%).
Pick: Over 8 (-110 or Better)
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Nick Martin's Blue Jays vs Red Sox Best Bet
By Nick Martin
Trey Yesavage has not been in an overly strong stretch of play by any means, but he has still recorded at least 17 outs in six of his last eight starts, including a strong showing at Fenway on June 18th.
Despite their overall level of play recently, the Red Sox have not been overly efficient versus righties and offer a decent matchup for Yesavage to work fairly deep into this game.
Logically, John Schneider should be willing to give Yesavage a fairly long leash in this game unless things really go sideways, and at -115 there looks to be value in backing Yesavage to record at least 17 outs.
Read Martin's full Blue Jays-Red Sox preview here:
Pick: Trey Yesavage Over 16.5 Outs (-130 or Better)
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Tanner McGrath's Astros vs White Sox Best Bet
Our own Sean Zerillo projects some value on Houston in this game.
If you want to dive deeper into this matchup, I highly recommend checking out BARTOLO, our new PRO baseball betting tool giving all our PRO subscribers access to the data he uses to project games each day.
Some of the things you get with BARTOLO include his full game projection:
Breakdowns of the starting pitchers:
Breakdowns of the bullpens:
And breakdowns of the lineups, where Houston has the largest advantage in this game:
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Pick: Astros ML (+115 or Better)
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Matt Trollo's Angels vs Giants Best Bet
By Matt Trollo
Grayson Rodriguez has struck out just four of his last 57 batters faced, with a 7.5% swinging-strike rate during the stretch.
He's struck out just 12.4% of left-handed batters this season. I project him to face around 21 batters in this game, and 12 of them should be lefties, including impossible-to-strikeout hitters like Luis Arraez (2.7%), Jung Hoo Lee (8.0%), and Drew Gilbert (13.5%).
Surprisingly, Oracle Park doesn't really boost strikeouts (between -2% and -4% K factor).
Pick: Grayson Rodriguez Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-160 or Better)
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