Daily Hammer: Diamondbacks/Orioles Under 9 (-110)
Rodriguez enters with a 0.50 ERA through 18 innings, Bradish still has a strikeout escape route, and both lineups are missing important bats. The matinee number asks too much at Camden Yards.
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Rodriguez enters with a 0.50 ERA through 18 innings, Bradish still has a strikeout escape route, and both lineups are missing important bats. The matinee number asks too much at Camden Yards.
Keller pitches to contact in a park that suppresses runs for right-handers. Washington's road OPS ranks near the bottom of the league. The total at nine feels a full run too high.
Sanchez's 2.89 ERA over 383 IP faces an emergency AAA call-up who posted a 9.00 ERA at Iowa. Cubs rotation decimated by injuries. Phillies 13-5 vs CHC last 3 years. Harper heating up.
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Minnesota rolls into Rogers Centre 5-1 in their last six behind Simeon Woods Richardson's 2.31 ERA. Patrick Corbin is 36 years old with declining velocity and whiff numbers. The sharpest road underdog on the fifteen-game April 10 slate.
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