Top MLB Betting Odds, Picks & Predictions for Tuesday: Cubs vs. Phillies (9/27)
Check out our top odds, picks, and predictions for Tuesday’s MLB contest: Cubs vs. Phillies.
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Top MLB Betting Odds, Picks & Predictions for Tuesday: Cubs vs. Phillies
Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies ML
Over the next week and a half to conclude the regular season, we will put a premium on teams with something left to play for who face teams that have been eliminated from playoff contention. One example on today’s slate is this Phillies-Cubs series opener with more than reasonable moneyline odds, given the pitching mismatch.
Chicago’s Marcus Stroman (4-7, 3.80) has won just one of his previous ten starts. But while that lone win came in his last home start against the Rockies (one ER on three hits over seven innings), his numbers overall at Wrigley Field have been atrocious.
Stroman is 1-5 with a 6.31 ERA in ten home starts this year, and his OBA and WHIP are 50 and 42 points higher at home than on the road. Current Phillies hitters are slugging just .243 against Stroman in 89 combined at-bats, and two of their 19 hits have been for extra bases. However, Stroman has allowed at least three runs in six of his previous ten starts, which is a cause for concern when being opposed by Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler (11-7, 2.98).
Just three of Wheeler’s last 11 starts have come against teams under .500, but he is 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA in those starts and has allowed 11 hits in those 20 innings. Three of those hits allowed were home runs, but surrendering the long ball will not be an issue against a Cubs lineup that ranks 29th in the league with 22 home runs over the last 30 days.
Bet: Philadelphia Phillies ML (-165 at DraftKings)
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