5 MLB Best Bets for Thursday 7/4/24

Brandon Gdula•@gdula13

Baseball has you covered if you want a large inventory of options to bet.

From moneylines to run totals to first-five-inning wagers, we have plenty of ways to bet the long, arduous MLB schedule daily. Outlooks can be vastly different due to starting pitchers, and a wealth of advanced stats can let us know if an individual pitcher, a bullpen, or a team is due for positive -- or negative -- regression.

Using numberFire's projections as a guide, which MLB odds from FanDuel Sportsbook are most appealing today?

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MLB Betting Picks

Boston Red Sox at Miami Marlins

Red Sox Moneyline (-172)
Over 8.0 (-105)

The Boston Red Sox take on the Miami Marlins at 1:10 p.m. Eastern on July 4th, and Boston is in position to pick up a road win.

They're 25-16 on the road, and Miami is only 16-28 at home.

Boston is giving the ball to Nick Pivetta (4-5, 4.52 ERA, 1.22 WHIP), and Miami is rolling with Kyle Tyler (0-1, 3.38 ERA, 1.22 WHIP across just 10.2 innings).

Tyler's 3.38 ERA looks better than a 4.62 xFIP and a 4.65 SIERA through 43 batters faced, and his called-strike-plus-whiff rate (CSW%) is a lowly 20.4%, as well.

As for Pivetta, he has a 3.92 xERA and a 3.61 xFIP, suggesting better pitching numbers are ahead of him.

Boston's 103 wRC+ against righties isn't phenomenal (12th in the MLB), but Miami's 82 is 27th in the Majors.

Additionally, the over is in play here in a matchup of a solid offense against a pitcher due for regression as well as a starter in Pivetta who hasn't exactly been lights out.

Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners

Orioles Moneyline (-154)

The Baltimore Orioles (54-31) and Seattle Mariners (47-40) each lead their respective divisions, but there is a gap in records between the two -- and in run differential.

This game starts at 4:10 p.m. Eastern.

Baltimore owns a +114 run differential (third-best in the Bigs) with the Mariners at a +4 (15th).

Baltimore is going with righty Corbin Burnes (9-3, 2.28 ERA, 1.03 WHIP).

Seattle is sending out Bryce Miller (6-7, 3.88 ERA, 1.05 WHIP).

Miller is allowing a 43.4% fly-ball rate, and Burnes is keeping the ball on the ground (49.5% ground-ball rate).

Miller's underlying batted ball data is also tied to a 4.21 xERA and a 3.88 SIERA, in line with his actual ERA.

Burnes' xERA is sub-3.00 at 2.96. That's seventh-best among pitchers with at least 200 balls in play.

Baltimore hits righties better (118 wRC+; 3rd-best) than Seattle (95 wRC+; 20th) and has a pitching edge entering this tilt.

Milwaukee Brewers at Colorado Rockies

Brewers Moneyline (-142)
Over 10.5 (+100)

The Milwaukee Brewers bring a 24-22 road record to Coors Field to face a Colorado Rockies side that is only 29-56 overall and 17-25 at home.

Tobias Myers (5-2, 3.26 ERA, 1.16 WHIP) will go for the Brewers. Myers is letting up hard contact at a 25.6% rate and is holding down a 4.13 xFIP and a 4.15 SIERA. The hard-hit rate allowed ranks him 12th-best among 146 pitchers with at least 50.0 innings.

For Colorado, they're going with Cal Quantrill (6-6, 3.78 ERA, 1.30 WHIP). Quantrill's SIERA is sitting up at 4.51, and his xERA is 4.23.

One of the big differences here is the hitting.

Milwaukee's wRC+ is 114 against righties. That's fifth-best in the Majors.

Colorado is sitting down at a 79 in that split, which ranks them 29th.

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