Hello, friends. Welcome to day 148 of betting $100 every day for a year. Uh, my
strategy of just putting, uh, the large chunk of my money from yesterday on a $-200 favorite
came through for us. The Brewers squeaked by the Astros. I think it was 2-0 was the final
score. Uh, JJ Spawn didn't come through for us though, so that, uh, does lead us to a record
of 1-1 for a profit of $35. That brings our year to date record to 256 wins,
271 losses, 7 pushes for a loss of $86.91. Let's move
on to today's action. MLB is really all I got to bet on, so let's do 4 different MLB bets.
We're gonna start. With a $30 bet on Griffin Jack's over 4.5 strikeouts at -136. Uh, he is
a starting pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays will be taking on the Detroit Tigers today
who have struggled in the strikeout department lately. Over the past 30 days, they have a
strikeout rate of 24.9%. That is the highest mark in Major League Baseball in that time
frame. I also got $30 on the Texas Rangers minus $124 against the Saint Louis Cardinals.
Don't look now, but the Rangers have had one of the hottest offenses in baseball over the
past two weeks. 5th in WRC plus in that time frame. And now they get to take on Michael
McGreevy of the Cardinals who I think we're going to see some significant regression from.
He has a 298 ERA on the season, but that ERA is fraudulent. He has a 412 FIP
field independent pitching. So I think he's been getting some luck on the mound. Hopefully,
that luck comes to an end today. I also like $20 on Kybert Ruiz, Ruiz, if I'm pronouncing
that correctly. Over 1.5 total bases uh plus $154. Uh, he is a, uh, player for the
Washington Nationals who the Washington Nationals have had one of the better offenses
in baseball over the past month. And Ruz's bat has been a big reason for that. Second in the
majors in WRC+ over the past 30 days. He has a WRC plus of 206, 379 batting
average, 1107 OPS in that time frame. And now he and the Nationals get to take on Sandy
Alcantara who has struggled this season. He currently has a 466 ERA, a 1327 whip. Uh, so
I'm hoping, uh, the betting market hasn't exactly adjusted how good Ruiz is. Hopefully,
that hot streak continues tonight. And then lastly, $20 on Casey Schmidt over 1.5 total
bases at plus $155. We placed this exact bet last week and Casey Schmidt went ahead and hit
a ding-dog bing bong home run on his first at-bat to immediately cash that bet for us. And
the reason why we bet it last week and the reason why we're back on him today is he is
unbelievable against Left-handed pitchers. His batting average goes from 248 against righties,
uh, to 411 against lefties. His OPS improves from 798 to 1092 when facing
left-handed pitchers. Tonight, he and the Giants will take on a lefty starter, Shane
Doran Drohan of the Brewers who has been used out of their bullpen this season, but it looks
like he is getting a full start tonight. His first start, uh, I believe, of his career at
least of the season. Uh, so that could lead to some volatile results, especially against a guy
who absolutely smashes lefties. So Casey Schmidt over 1.5 total bases at plus 155. Those
are my four best bets for tonight. Best of luck to all of your bets. Gamble or bless.
We'll see you back here tomorrow.