Art Aronson

1* FREE PLAY Mariners runline.

The A's have lost 4 straight and I believe they'll struggle against tonight the sunny Pacific Northwest. They rank dead last in team batting average, are second to last in runs scored and 24th in team ERA. The Mariners come in on the other end of the spectrum, having won 3 in a row, outscoring their opponents 19-9 in the process. I think the Mariners build off yesterday's 8-6 victory with an even bigger win this evening. James Kaprielian is 0-5 with a 5.88 ERA for the A's, while Marco Gonzalez, while only 4-8, enters with a much more respectable 3.31 ERA and 1.31 WHIP. Seattle is 6-1 in its last 7 following a win and I believe it'll lay the hammer down again here; consider the Mariners on the runline option!

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10* PADRES RUNLINE (DESTRUCTION)

Tony Gonsolin is 9-0 with a 1.58 ERA for the Dodgers. He's been unbelieavable and it's nearly impossible to find any faults in his game right now. I'm not going to bother here. That said, regression does seem imminent for the overachieving hurler in my opinion. Blake Snell comes in on the other end of the spectrum for the Padres, as he's 0-5 with a 5.60 ERA so far. A far cry from his former Cy Young form with the Rays. But facing the mighty Dodgers is going to bring the best out of Snell here finally in my opinion (and note that he's 1-0 with a 1.75 ERA in six regualr season starts vs. them.) Manny Machado was back in the line-up finally for SD after a 9 game absence yesterday and he went 1 for 4. Expect a bigger performance here on Friday. While I do think the outright is possible, my official is to grab the visitors on the runline option!

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9* ANGELS RUNLINE (SPECIAL)

In a contest that I see being decided late, or even in extras, I'm going to suggest laying the reasonable mid-sized price for the extra 1.5 runs in your back pocket. The Angels have won 3 of their last 4. They had yesterday off. The Astros come in complacent after 3 traight victories, including a 2-1 win here at home yesterday vs. the Yanks. I think these starters are very evenly matched. Michael Lorenzen is 6-5 with a 4.24 ERA for the Angels, while Christian Javier is 5-3 with a 2.73 ERA for the Astros. Lorenzen has had his issues with Houston in the past, but that was then and this is now. While the outright win is definitely a possibility, my official call is the Angels on the runline option!

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8* GUARDIANS RUNLINE (ASSASSIN)

The Yankees have been on quite the roll, but their 4 game win streak came to and end in their 2-1 loss at Houston last night and I believe they'll stumble here in the opener of this one in Cleveland. The Guardians have followed up a 5-game losing streak by winning 3 of their last 4, including taking 2 of 3 from red hot Minnesota this week. Gerrit Cole is 6-2 with a 2.99 ERA for the Yanks, while Aaron Civale is 2-4 with a 7.20 ERA for the Guardians. The Yanks swept the Guardians at home at the start of the season, outscoring them 19-7, but I think the revenge angle works well here for the hungrier home side. In a contest that I see being decided late or even in extras, I'm grabbing the home side on the runline option!

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