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Monday’s Best MLB & NBA Bets (6/12)

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No matter your sport of choice, there's always sports betting action to be had. We'll have you covered each and every day with our daily best bets. Here are all of our best bets across each major sport in action today.

Today's Best Bets

Here are today's best bets.

MLB Best Bets

Cincinnati Reds (+102) vs. Kansas City Royals (-120)| O/U 9 (-102/-120)

Zack Greinke leads all Kansas City Royals starters in WAR despite the team going 3-10 in his 13 starts and losing five straight. However, Greinke has allowed three or fewer earned runs in six of his last seven, as the lack of team success when he toes the rubber has more to do with an offense that has managed nine total runs in the five consecutive losses with him on the mound.

We expect the offense to rebound today against Luke Weaver, who has pitched to a 4.48 ERA in four starts against teams that entered Sunday under .500. Weaver ranks in the bottom fifth of the league in hard-hit contact and barrels and the bottom third in whiff percentage.
Kansas City is 3-3 in its last six "coin-flip" games, where it had moneyline odds between +100 and -120. And while it is 25 games under .500 against teams with a winning record, it is a much more respectable 7-9 at home against teams with losing records.

This is a contrarian play, as the Reds have won each of their last four road games against right-handed starting pitchers, and the Royals are 0-5 in Greinke's last five interleague starts. However, we trust the oddsmakers who made Kansas City the favorite and expect it to win for the third time in its previous eight home games against Cincinnati.

Pick: Royals ML (-120)

-Mike Spector

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NBA Best Bets

Miami Heat at Denver Nuggets

The Denver Nuggets have been the better team this series, and that has shown with their 3-1 lead. That means they have the advantage tonight in about every aspect of the game. The Denver Nuggets have been winning in multiple ways and by plenty of points. Bettors can take advantage of that consistency tonight. 

Bet: Denver Nuggets -9 Points (-110)

-Cameron Lynch

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