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Thursday’s MLB slate is just 10 games today and gets an early start at 12pm ET with the debut of Baltimore Orioles pitching prospect Cade Povich. The 24-year-old will be called up from Triple-A Norfolk to take on Yusei Kikuchi and the AL East rival Toronto Blue Jays. 

 

 

 

We also have some top veteran starters to watch in Pablo Lopez, Sonny Gray and even the oft-injured Walker Buehler as the Los Angeles Dodgers continue this fantastic series with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

MLB Picks, Predictions & Best Bets Today, 6/6 

Yesterday’s MLB predictions were tough with some of the prop bets, and we would have enjoyed some happier moments if not for some of those daytime games again. The Atlanta Braves never showed up against Nick Pivetta, Ronel Blanco needed just one more out for us to cash and Logan Gilbert came up just short on the strikeouts for us against the Oakland Athletics. 

We nailed the game bets though and broke even on the record. Slight loss on the day, but we’re ready to get it all back with Thursday’s action!

  • Yesterday’s Record: 5-5
  • Season Record: 193-175-5
  • Bankroll: -2.44 units

 

 

 

Red Sox vs. White Sox Prediction: Thursday, June 6

We’ve got a nice, little old school Battle of the Sox going on today as Boston heads to the Windy City with Tanner Houck on the mound against a White Sox team that recently woke up offensively but has still been striking out over 27-percent of the time over the past week. Unfortunately, the Vegas lines on his strikeouts look suspicious and make me think something is up, so we’ll avoid it tonight and focus our MLB best bets on the Boston bats. 

The White Sox are throwing righty Jake Woodford who debuted last week and got roughed up by the Blue Jays over just 4.1 innings. Boston owns the seventh-highest wOBA (.317) against righthanded pitching and over the last seven days have posted a .332 wOBA with an even more egregious .210 ISO. 

With a bunch of lefty bats stocked up and ready to take on Woodford, we’re banking on some runs to be scored. Of course, that Red Sox bullpen has a 5.89 ERA over the past week, so I expect Chicago to chip in eventually.

 

 

 

Diamondbacks vs. Padres Prediction: Thursday, June 6 

The Padres have been one of the toughest teams against righthanded pitching this season (with a .328 wOBA and a strikeout rate below 19-percent. It’s a shame the under on Slade Cecconi’s strikeouts prop is so juiced up, but you can certainly put the under-3.5 Ks into a Same Game Parlay if you like. 

But I expect the Padres to jump all over Cecconi early and with the way that overworked Arizona pen looks lately (4.18 ERA over 32.1 innings over the last seven days), we’ll double-dip on the San Diego bats throughout the game. But we certainly don’t want to ignore the Arizona bats in today’s MLB picks, either. 

Randy Vasquez may not be as hittable as Cecconi, but he’s allowed 11 earned runs over his last 14.2 innings (three starts) and is expected to have a misstep or two. And if he doesn’t, then that Padres pen with its 7.36 ERA over their last 14.2 innings should allow them to contribute to the scoring.

 

 

 

Royals vs. Guardians Prediction: Thursday, June 6

OK, fine. We’ll touch on one daytime game with today’s MLB predictions as we really liked this matchup yesterday before the game got postponed. Thank you, MLB, for not making the doubleheader today and allowing us to attack this one. 

While the pitching matchup between Brady Singer and Tanner Bibee should be a good one, the 7.5-run total still seems a little low. Just go look at how all the Guardians batting props are juiced up. We have four players with at least 18 at-bats against Singer and all of them have done damage. I’m not saying Singer gets blown out, but this feels like a shorter-than-usual day for him. 

On the other side, while Bibee has been solid overall, his 5.89 ERA at home makes me think these Royals bats can put up some runs on him. The Royals have a .319 wOBA against righties this season, they’re showing good power, as evidenced by the .160 ISO, and they don’t strikeout a lot. In fact, they have a K-rate under 20-percent against them this season. We should see a few fireworks on their end.

 

 

 

Best MLB Props For Today, 6/6: Pitcher Prop Bets