4*Boston Red Sox -102  (Shoemaker/O'Sullivan)

4*Detroit Tigers -118  (Verlander/Snell)

4*Detroit Tigers -102 (Fulmer/Smyly)

4*Washington Nationals -108  (Harvey/Giolito)

4*Detroit Tigers +128  (Carrasco/Sanchez)

5*Detroit Tigers +100  (Salazar/Zimmermann)

The Indians have won all 6 games against Detroit so far this season. The Tigers are well aware of this fact. Look for them to win this opener behind Zimmerman. The Indians have not seen much of Jordan, while the Tigers have seen a lot of Salazar in his career.

5*Washington Nationals +132  (Ross/Urias)

This will be the third straight game that the Nats will face a lefty starter. Julio Urias is the real deal, but the Dodgers have him on a strict pitch count of about 75 per game. The Nats are ranked No. 3 in OPS against left-handed starters, while the Dodgers are ranked near the bottom in OPS against righties. The Nats are 9-4 when Ross is on the bump and I look for Washington to avoid the sweep at a nice price.

4*Detroit Tigers -124  (Paxton/Verlander)

4*Colorado Rockies +108  (Gray/Conley)

Both teams have never faced either opposing starter. The Rockies are ranked 5th in runs scored and 9th in OPS (on base+slugging) against left-handed starters. Jon Gray has been on fire lately with a 2.66 ERA over four straight quality starts. He has thrown quality starts in seven of his past eight outings. Adam Conley last won on May 16. Since then, he is 0-2 with a 5.27 ERA. During the rough span, opponents are hitting .308. With Gray in better current form, I'll take the Rockies as a small underdog in this spot.

4*Detroit Tigers -104  (Boyd/Shields)

3*Milwaukee Brewers +117  (Harvey/Guerra)

4*Washington Nationals -129  (Ross/Latos) 

4*Houston Astros -137  (Gray/McCullers)

4*NY Mets +142  (Harvey/Fernandez)

4*Tampa Bay Rays -115  (Odorizzi/Nolasco)

4*Seattle Mariners +135  (Walker/Darvish)

3*Baltimore Orioles -118  (Rodriguez/Gausman)

10*Chicago Cubs -136  (Wood/Hammel)

The Cubs will be playing its second straight day game, while the Dodgers are coming off an emotional series against the Mets. The Dodgers have to play a day game after a late night game. That's tough especially since the Cubs are ranked No. 7 in OPS (on base+slugging) against left-handed starters. The Cubs are 14-8 in day games and 9-3 against lefties this season. Alex Wood will be pitching with three extra days of rest (tricep irritation), which has not helped him in the past. He has pitched to a 6.84 ERA in all road games this season. Jason Hammel has a 2.04 ERA at home and looks to be in top form. This line is sure to rise so get down ASAP.

4*Houston Astros -128  (Keuchel/Weaver)

3*Toronto Blue Jays -125  (Kelly/Sanchez)

4*Toronto Blue Jays -105  (Estrada/Nova)

4*San Francisco Giants -122  (Hendricks/Bumgarner)

4*Detroit Tigers -115 (Archer/Zimmerman)

4*Oakland A's -129  (Sabathia/Gray)

4*Chicago White Sox -109 (Keuchel/Rondon)

Something is clearly wrong with Dallas Keuchel. He’s gone 0-4 with a 7.98 ERA in his last four starts, allowing 44 hits in 29 1/3 innings. He’s 6-12 with a 4.52 ERA in 20 starts on the road since the start of last season. The 2015 AL Cy Young winner is allowing some lofty batting averages against the White Sox. The Astros' bullpen has a 5.84 on the road this season. Carlos Rondon has been pitched very well with extra rest (six days) and off a team loss in his brief career. Most of the Astros have seen very little of him. The White Sox bullpen has a 1.70 ERA at home. I like the host to end its two-game losing skid.

4*St. Louis Cardinals +140  (Leake/Wood)

4*Colorado Rockies +111  (Harvey/Gray)

4*Tampa Bay Rays -115 (Hill/Odorizzi)

4*St. Louis Cardinals -116  (Cole/Wacha)

4*NY Yankees -104  (Porcello/Pineda)

5*Baltimore Orioles -124 (Sabathia/Wilson)

After two relief outings to start the season, Tyler Wilson will make his third straight start Wednesday against the Yankees. He’s faced them once in his career, throwing 3 1/3 innings of scoreless relief against them last June. The Orioles are ranked 5th in runs scored against left-handed starters and Sabathia is on the back nine of his career. Baltimore has five starters batting near or over .300 against the Yankees lefty in his career.

10*Philadelphia Phillies +120  (Bauer/Eickhoff)

Trevor Bauer takes over for the injured Carlos Carrasco. He will be limited to about 80 pitches as the Indians continue to stretch him out. The Indians bullpen hasn't been spectacular this season, checking in with a 4.45 ERA. Bauer was thought to be a top prospect when he was with Arizona. It's been a struggle for Bauer, sporting a 5.07 ERA in all night games over the last three seasons. Jerad Eickhoff is a pitcher I really think can be an Ace sooner rather than later. He's got good size (6-4, 247) and one of the best breaking balls in all of baseball. Eickhoff has a 1.29 ERA in night games this season while holding batters to a .180 average. His strikeout to walk rate is very impressive with 18K's and 3 BB. In 51.2 career innings, Eickhoff has allowed batters to hit just .212 off him. Lastly, one of the best systems for wise guys in the baseball world is to play on home teams, if they won on a walk-off home run the previous night against the same team. It has cashed nearly 70% of the time since 2000. Take the Phillies to continue its win streak.

4*LA Dodgers -121 (Fernandez/Maeda)

4*Kansas City Royals -115 (Volquez/Weaver)

4*Detroit Tigers -135  (Kraveman/Zimmerman)

4*Toronto Blue Jays -134  (Gray/Sanchez)

4*Boston Red Sox -105  (Archer/Porcello)

4*St. Louis Cardinals -105  (Lackey/Leake)

The Cards were knocked out of last years playoffs by the Cubs. John Lackey has pitch 2,494 innings in his career and normally when a pitcher reaches the 2,500 plateau, they tend to regress. Y. Molina should be very familiar with the type of "stuff" Lackey has and relay that info to his teammates. I like the Red Birds in this one! 

3*Kansas Royals +108  (Volquez/Hill)

4*LA Angels +105  (Santiago/Graveman)

The A's have not faced a left-handed starter in the previous 5 games. Hector Santiago was solid in his debut against the Rangers, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and two walks, striking out seven. The 28-year-old touched 95 mph with his fastball a few times, after throwing mainly 91-92 mph in recent years.

3*San Diego Padres +112  (Kazmir/Shields)

3*LA Angels +130 (Arrieta/Richards)

Jake Arrieta comes off a his best season winning the CY Young award and now gets the opening day nod. The Angles have an ace of their own in Richards. I simply like the value with the Angels at home as a light play.

4*Pittsburgh Pirates +125 (Arrieta/Cole)

5*NY Yankees -101 (Keuchel/Tanaka)

I correctly predicted that Dallas Keuchel was going to have a big year in my Top 5 MLB Left-handed starters age 27 or younger article. He was awesome at home (15-0, 1.46 ERA), not so much on the road (5-8, 3.77 ERA). Keuchel pitched seven scoreless innings at Yankee stadium earlier this season. However, he will pitching on three days rest. I don't think he will have his best stuff. The Yankees were ranked second in runs scored against left-handed starters and have all the postseason experience. The Astros enter the postseason with the second worst road record in MLB history to make the playoffs. Take the host!

5*San Francisco -127 (Bolsinger/Leake)

I like the Giants in this spot after the Dodgers clinched the division last night. The Giants should bounce back after getting just one hit. Bolsinger has a 8.66 ERA in his last four starts and has not been sharp since his September call-up.

5*LA Angels -133  (Latos/Richards)

The Angles 3/4 batters went a combined 0 for 8 last night. I don't see the Dodgers sweeping the season series against the Angles. Take the home team behind their best pitcher.

4*Baltimore Orioles -101 (deGrom/Gausman)

4*LA Angels -123  (Heaney/Danks)

4*NY Yankees (Severino/Carrasco)

5*Kansas City Royals (Quintana/Duffy)

The Royals have scored 144 runs against the left-handed pitching while the White Sox have scored just 75. Chicago also ranks last in OPS against lefties. Jose Quintana is 0-5 with an ERA of just under 6 in all day games this season.

4*Chicago Cubs -138  (Cain/Hendricks)

4*Detroit Tigers -108  (Kelly/Norris)

4*LA Angels -118  (Kluber/Richards)

3*SF Giants +126  (Heston/Hamels)

4*Washington Nationals -109  (Fister/Koehler)

3*Pittsburgh Pirates +119  (Scherzer/Locke)

The Pirates should be focused after getting no-hit by Scherzer last month. The Nats have been struggling against left-handed starters this month ranking in the bottom half in OPS. (on base + Slugging) 

4*Kansas City Royals -129  (Morton/Volquez)

4*Cincinnati Reds -102  (Salazar/Cueto)

5*Cleveland Indians +102  (Bauer/Leake)

Mike Leake is 2-3 with a 5.92 ERA at home and the right-hander has not been good against the American League, going 0-3 with a 10.50 ERA in his last five Interleague starts. That includes a 7-3 loss at Cleveland on May 22 in which Leake surrendered five runs and seven hits in just four innings. Trevor Bauer is 5-2 with a 1.82 ERA in eight road starts, and 4-1 with a 1.83 ERA in nine Interleague tilts since moving to the AL. Bauer has limited the Reds to a .154 average in two career meetings. Cleveland is 5-1 after getting shut-out this season and they have the better bullpen by over a full run. I also like fading the All-star host team if their first game back is at home. (7-3 last 10)

5*Kansas City Royals -116 (Doubrount/Volquez)

5*Baltimore Orioles -115 (Zimmerman/Gonzalez)

Ryan Zimmerman has been much better at home than on the road. The Nats have struggled against the American League this season with a 6-9 record. Miguel Gonzalez has been at his best when facing a team for the first time. Baltimore has the better bullpen. Take the home team!

4*NY Mets +158  (Matz/Bolsinger)

The Dodgers are batting .247 against left-handed starters and have never seen Matz. The Mets are 18-7 in day games and lead all of baseball in hard-hit average, despite their lack of scoring.

4*Cincinnati Reds -114  (Fiers/Lorenzen)

4*Philadelphia -119  (Jungman/Hamels)

5*Chicago Cubs -120  (Frias/Lester)

The Dodgers are ranked No. 22 in OPS (.679) against left-handed starters while batting just .240 against them. Jon Lester has 81 strikeouts in 85.1 innings pitched. Solid. He's been unlucky this season with a 3.80 ERA. Most of the Dodgers have never faced Lester. Carlos Frias induces contact -- he averages 5.1 strikeouts per nine innings -- but opponents are hitting .302 against Frias this season. Jon Lester has been solid in day games as opponents are batting .224 compared to .270 in night tilts over the last three seasons. Lester has posted a 1.70 ERA in three day games this season. The Dodgers are ranked dead last in stolen bases so Lester should be very comfortable on the bump in this one.

4*St. Louis Cardinals -115  (Garcia/Latos)

3*Kansas City Royals -116  (Rodriguez/Pino)

4*LA Dodgers -110  (Bolsinger/Shields)

4*Detroit -111 (Salazar/Price)

4*Baltimore -112  (Porcello/Chen)

4*Pittsburgh -138 (Lohse/Morton)

4*Houston Astros +149 (Oberh/Hutch)

4*LA Dodgers -112  (Martinez/Anderson)

4*Arizona -117  (Niese/Hellickson)

3*Baltimore Orioles +147  (Chen/Keuchel)

5*Detroit Tigers -102  (Price/Shoemaker)

David Price has been excellent in his career at putting an end to team losing streaks. It's also very difficult for teams to sweep a four-game series against good teams. The Tigers are 9-1 in Price's starts this season. The Angles are batting .239 against left-handed starters at home. Take the road team!

4*Baltimore -133   (Ramirez/Chen)

5*Detroit Tigers -108  (Price/Chavez)

The Tigers were completely shut down yesterday with just four hits total. Chavez is 0-3 with a 9.90 ERA in nine appearances against Detroit. Oakland is batting just .201 vs. left-handed starters at home and are slugging just .238 overall against south paws. David Price is a former AL CY Young Award winner so lets take the road team at this price.

4*Chicago Cubs  (Lester/Collmenter)

4*Detroit Tigers -136  (Fiers/Lobstein)

4*Washington Nationals -126 (Strasburg/Kennedy)

4*Baltimore Orioles -125  (Weaver/Chen)

4*Cincinnati Reds -142  (Foltynewicz/DeSclafani)

4*Baltimore Orioles -120  (Buehrle/Tillman)

5*Baltimore -123  (Estrada/Jimenez)

The Orioles were swept in three games at Rogers Centre in late April. The Blue Jays have been playing indoors for quite some time and now will play an "outside" game. Ubaldo has been much sharper at home (0.00 ERA) than on the road (4.97 ERA). Overall, he's holding foes to a .174 batting average this season with 23 K's in 26.1 IP. The Orioles have seen Estrada this season, while Marco will make his first career start at Camden Yards. 

4*Colorado Rockies +181  (Kershaw/De LA Rosa)

4*Detroit Tigers +138  (Simon/Sale)

4*Colorado Rockies +122  (De La Rosa/Morrow)

Kentucky Derby (11th Race)

#8 Dortmund (Win, Place, & Show)  ML: 2/1

#10 Firing Line (Win, Place, & Show) ML: 11/1

5*Detroit Tigers -109 (Greene/Hughes)

The Tigers were completely shutdown yesterday as the 2, 3, and 4 batters went a combined 0-for-12. Detroit has some lofty batting averages against Hughes and has already seen him this season. Phil Hughes has an ERA of over 5 in all day games since 2012. Shane Greene should make the necessary adjustments to his sinker after getting clobbered in his last start.

4*LA Dodgers -140  (Lincecum/Anderson)

4*Chicago Cubs -119  (Worley/Hammel)

10*Detroit Tigers +110  (Carrasco/Lobstein)

Kyle Lobstein has yet to lose to Cleveland in three starts and has struck out 15 batters in 15 1/3 innings in his career against the Indians. Cleveland is batting .205 vs. left-handed starters this season. Carrasco has a 7.01 ERA in 12.2 innings pitched at Comerica Park over the past three seasons. Carlos Carrasco pitches much better at night (3.18 ERA) than in the day (4.82 ERA) time over the last three seasons. The Tigers are batting .345 when facing Carrasco since 2012. Take the home team at a nice price!

4*Detroit Tigers -115  (Bauer/Simon)

5*Detroit Tigers -125  (Salazar/Greene)

This current Indians' lineup has not seen much of Greene while the Tigers have some lofty batting averages against Salazar. Cleveland is banged up and currently last in runs scored. Detroit should get their offense back on track in this one.

4*Colorado Rockies -115  (Morrow/Matzek)

4*Baltimore Orioles +127  (Norris/Buehrle)

4*Detroit Tigers (Quintana/Greene)

5*Toronto Blue Jays -144 (Teheran/Hutchison)

This will be the first Dome game of the season for the Braves. Drew Hutchison pitches very well indoors and is a strikeout pitcher going against a team that tends to swing and miss a lot. I like the Blue Jays batters matching up against Teheran's two-seam fastball inside Rogers Centre.

4*Detroit Tigers +118  (Greene/Burnett)

4*Miami Marlins -123  (Teheran/Alvarez)