MLB Best Bets: Tuesday, 5/16

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Hey, hey - it’s another day and another MLB newsletter with my favorite bets for game sides, totals, and player props!

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Yesterday was a very “meh” slate as Ohtani didn’t bring his good stuff, the D-Backs were one run from covering their team total, and Pablo Lopez finally looked human.

I like today’s games quite a bit and after writing off hitting props yesterday other than Rizzo, I am going to get back into those as I actually don’t LOVE that pitching today.

I wrote up some FREE player props here for MLB and my thoughts on the Denver-Lakers game (and series) here.

Here’s a quick recap before we dig into today’s picks.

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Monday Recap

Overall 5-7, -1.05 units

The good news is if you have been tailing just 3-star bets you are probably well ahead of me as I am tracking everything together here for my total, including 1-star props (.5 units) and HR props (.25 units).

I added Anthony Rizzo over 1.5 H+R+RBI in the chat last night, I hope you at least tailed that one!

Through May 15: 273-267-1, +6.45 units

3 Star: 110-84, 2 Star: 107-97, 1 Star: 34-43-1, ML Parlay: 19-19, HR: 8-30

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Straight Bets

3-Stars:

ATL-TEX over 9.5 runs (-115)

LAA-BAL over 9.5 runs (-115)