Major League Players Club MLB 1-5 Units (9/24/24)

MLB

2 Picks.

8:10PM EST: Mariners ML +120 (3 Units).

Logan Gilbert has had the Astros number. Excluding his first career game against Houston his rookie season, he has a 2.35 ERA in 10 starts. His most recent and only trip to Houston this year was an 8-inning shutout, allowing just 2 hits and 4 walks. He made 2 starts in Houston last year, allowing 3 combined runs on 15 IP. Seattle's Bobby Miller pitched a 7-inning gem against Houston last night and helped reset a very good Mariners bullpen. Seattle sits just 1.5 GB from a wildcard spot and 4 GB from these Astros in the AL West. There is no saving that bullpen.

HOU SP Framber Valdez has labored against the Mariners the last few years. Since 2022 he has a 5.32 ERA in 8 starts against them. He's allowed 3ER or more in 6 of those 8 starts. Seattle's scored 5, 3 and 2 ER against him this year. Seattle's 4th in BA and 7th in OPS over the last 7 days. They're also 3rd in BA and 6th in OPS over the last 15 days.

8:40PM EST: Rockies ML -105 (2 Units).

STL SP Michael McGreevy tossed 3 innings in relief in his 2nd career big league appearance last week. His only other appearance was a spot start against Texas at Home on July 31st. He has a 4.02 ERA in 27 AAA starts this year and had a 4.49 ERA in 24 AAA starts last year. He surrendered 3 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks across 5IP on the road in his most recent minor league start. He's struggled on the road down there of late, allowing 11 ER on 26 hits and 7 walks across 20.2 IP (4.79 ERA) in his last 4 road starts combined. Now in his 2nd career big league start he gets the hardest away venue for any MLB pitcher.

COL SP Ryan Feltner has a 1.96 ERA through 3 September starts. He had been pitching extremely well from the end of July into the first week of August before a brief IL stint. He labored a bit in his first 2 starts off the IL but he's locked it back in. He has a .93 WHIP and .159 opponent BA this Month. His most recent start came at Home against the number 1 offense in baseball. He held Arizona to just 1 run on 6.2 IP.

Colorado's played some good baseball this Month. They're 9-7 their last 16 games with just 6 of those games played at Home. They have series wins over Milwaukee, Chicago, and Arizona. They were 3 outs way from taking 2 out of 3 against the Dodgers in LA on Sunday but a Rookie with just 10 career MLB appearances was asked to close a 1 run game with Ohtani and Betts due up. They both hit Solo homeruns.