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Best MLB Betting Picks, Predictions and Parlays: Wednesday August 18, 2021
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Written by Jason Bevilacqua, Head of Content and Communities
The streak may have ended yesterday but a new day presents a new opportunity! We're back with our best MLB betting picks for Wednesday.
It's Wednesday August 18, and, as always, we've simulated all of today's games 10,000 times each determining where the value lies for baseball bettors across the United States.
With MLB betting picks, probabilities, odds and predicted scores featured each and every day, check out our top plays for today's games.
Your game not here? Find out who we're betting on in every game via our MLB Bet Hub where we deliver you predictions and suggested bets, based on the edge we've identified against the sportsbooks' odds.
Just want picks? Sure thing. Visit our Quick Picks section and get the lowdown on the best bets for all pro and college sports.
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Padres vs. Rockies
BET: Total runs UNDER 14 with PointsBet (-110)
📈 60.4% probability
The 14-run total is the biggest we've seen for quite some time and so is our prediction model's probability rating that this one is going Under.
This will be the third game of the midweek series for the Padres and Rockies, and while it's natural for games in Colorado to have high run totals set by the 'books, neither game has come close to eclipsing the total set today. Even more baffling is that the starting pitchers, Jake Arrieta and Austin Gomber, both have favorable Over/Under records this season, going 5-13 and 9-11 respectively. There's just too much that needs to go right for the Over here. We're not buying it.
DIMERS' BET HUB: San Diego Padres vs. Colorado Rockies betting predictions and picks
Blue Jays vs. Nationals
BET: Total runs OVER 9 with PointsBet (-110)
📈 54.5% probability
If last night's game was any indication, this is going to be another fun one in Washington when the two teams meet again. The Nats were able to pull off the upset win, smashing 12 runs while Toronto picked up 6 of their own. Jose Berrios will be getting the start for the Blue Jays, and he's coming off a bad last outing against the Angels, giving up eight hits and six runs in just 4.1 innings. Josiah Gray is also a nice target for the Toronto sluggers with a 4.13 ERA from four starts this season.
DIMERS' BET HUB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Washington Nationals betting predictions and picks
Red Sox vs. Yankees
BET: Red Sox at the moneyline with PointsBet (-102)
📈 3.2% edge on the sportsbooks' odds
Nick Pivetta is one of our favorites at Dimers. He's been good to us this season and we're going to keep a good thing rolling when Nicky P starts for the Sox who are trying to wrestle a game back from the Yankees after going 0 for 2 so far this week.
Pivetta, who has a 9-5 starting record this year with a team record of 15-8, comes up against Andrew Heaney who is sitting on a 5.78 ERA. This is a golden opportunity for Boston to get on the board against a team that they've predominantly had the better of this year so far.
DIMERS' BET HUB: Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees betting predictions and picks
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🔥 Padres/Rockies u14 runs
🔥 Blue Jays/Nationals o9 runs
🔥 Red Sox ML
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Jason Bevilacqua, an expert in MLB, NHL, NBA, MLS, and NFL, delivers game previews, best bets, and props. Since 2020, as Head of Social and Community at Dimers, he has contributed insightful articles utilizing data-driven models and simulations.
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