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)

5*Colorado Rockies +110  (Matzek/Montero)

The Mets have faced just three left-handed starters since mid August. The are the worst team in the NL hitting home runs against lefties. Take the Rockies!

5*Colorado Rockies -121 (Stults/Matzek)

Starting pitchers that throw in the low to mid 80's struggle at Coors Field. The Rockies are batting .367 against Eric Stults since 2011. The Padres are batting .212 vs. left-handed starters this season and they swept the Rockies at home last month. I like Colorado here in game one!  

4*LA Angels -120 (Kazmir/Shoemaker)

10*Baltimore Orioles -115  (Hellickson/Norris)

Jeremey Hellickson is 3-11 with a 4.64 ERA in the Month of August during his career. He has struggled at Camden Yards sporting an ERA of 4.65, and the Orioles are batting .288 against him. Adam Jones has 4 HR in 46 at-bats against Hellickson. The Rays are batting just .158 vs Bud Norris. I would expect a big bounce back from the home team after last night's listless performance.

5*Baltimore Orioles -115  (Smyly/Gausman)

5*Baltimore Orioles -102  (Gonzalez/Wada)

5*LA Dodgers -142  (Stults/Hernandez)

I don't believe Eric Stults has the "stuff" to shutdown this Dodgers team right now. Los Angeles is 15-3 vs. left-handed starters that average less than 3.5 strikeouts per game. Take the home team!

4*Baltimore Orioles -105  (Tillman/Quintana)

5*Baltimore Orioles +104  (Gausman/Salazar)

I like Gausman and the Orioles to avoid the sweep here. Look for the offense to come out firing after getting completely shutdown on Saturday.

5*Miami Marlins -129  (Cahill/Hand)

5*Chicago White Sox -112  (Sale/Vogelsong)

5*Detroit Tigers -108  (Verlander/Locke)

I have been riding Justin Verlander against the Nation League and it has been a huge money maker. Not stopping now! The Tigers are hitting .286 vs. left-handed starters on the road. We are getting a former CY Young award winner at near pick em. Take the road team at a huge value.

5*Kansas City Royals -132 (Lincecum/Duffy)

5*LA Angels -144  (Haren/Shoemaker)

5*Milwaukee Brewers -121  (Lincecum/Nelson)

5*Baltimore Orioles -109  (Paxon/Gonzalez)

4*Washington -136  (Strasburg/Alvarez)

4*Detroit Tigers +109  (Porcello/Santiago)

4*Atlanta Braves -160  (Hahn/Wood)

5*Pittsburgh Pirates -130  (Haren/Liriano)

5*Chicago Cubs -128  (Stults/Hendricks)

The Padres are trading away their best players right now while the Cubs are hitting .277 against left-handed starters at Wrigley Field. I like the Cubs in this one!

5*Detroit Tigers -138  (Verlander/Nuno)

The Detroit Tigers are 20-10 vs. left-handed starters and should benefit from playing at a hitter-friendly stadium. They are batting a league-high .286 against lefties. Justin Verlander is 23-2 with a 2.97 ERA vs. the National League in his career. The Tigers are 5-0 in games after Miguel Cabrera has at least four at-bats without a hit.

5*Detroit Tigers -146  (Bauer/Sanchez)

5*Colorado Rockies -142  (Correia/Matzek)

5*Milwaukee Brewers -138  (Kelly/Gallardo)

5*LA Angels -116  (Santiago/Lewis)

5*Colorado Rockies -108  (Kennedy/Matzek)

5*Detroit Tigers -125  (Archer/Sanchez)

5*St. Louis Cardinals -133 (Wainwright/Vogelsong)

5*Kansas City Royals -124  (Vargas/Correia)

5*Detroit Tigers -120  (Mills/Porcello)

5*Detroit Tigers -120  (Kazmir/Sanchez)

5*Seattle -115  (Tomlin/Elias)

5*Detroit Tigers -134  (Verlander/Peacock)

5*Detroit Tigers -120  (Porcello/Martinez)

5*San Francisco -144  (Hahn/Hudson)

4*LA Dodgers -124  (Greinke/Guthrie)

5*Los Angeles Dodgers -109  (Beckett/Ross)

10*St. Louis Cardinals -155  (Burnett/Garcia)

The Red Birds were completely stymied by the Phillies on Thursday. Jon Jay, Matt Holliday, & Allen Craig went a combined 0-for-12 with three strikeouts. St. Louis has six players that are hitting over .300 against Burnett. AJ has an ERA of 13.50 in 16 IP at Bush Stadium since 2011. Jamie Garcia has been great at home off a team shutout loss. I also like the fact that Garcia is 16-7 with a 2.95 ERA in all home games over the last four seasons.

4*Miami Marlins -117  (Arrieta/Eovaldi)

4*Miami Marlins -103  (Hammel/Koehler)

5*Miami Marlins -120 (Worley/Alvarez)