Miami Marlins (44-61) vs New York Mets (55-49)
Monday, August 02, 2021 at 7:10 pm
At 7:10 pm, our selection is on the New York Mets over the Miami Marlins. This will be an action play, as we won't list either pitcher (the Mets are scheduled to start Tylor Megill, while the Marlins will either start a reliever, or call up a pitcher from the minors). Miami scored just one run on Sunday, and has tallied just four runs over their last three games. Certainly, the Marlins' trades last week of OF Adam Duvall and OF Starling Marte (their best positional player) contributed to this recent offensive drought. The Mets got a big boost to their offense with the addition of IF Javier Baez from the Cubs but they did not land a big starting pitcher at the trade deadline. Part of their thinking was that they will be getting Jacob deGrom back, but word just came two days ago that the best pitcher in the game has suffered a setback and deGrom will likely now miss all of August. No doubt the Mets are glad that a guy like RH rookie Megill has come out of nowhere to be a huge factor in their rotation since the end of June. The 26-year-old just looked like another average starter through two June starts but July was another story. Megill went 1-0 with a 2.04 ERA and and 1.08 WHIP in five July starts covering 26 innings. More importantly is the fact that including those two June outings, the Mets are 6-1 in Megill's games heading into start number eight tonight. The Marlins are 13-40 after scoring less than three runs in their previous game, and 50-85 (minus 12.2 games on the moneyline) as a home dog priced from +125 to +175. Take New York. As always, good luck...Al McMordie.
Al’s Pick New York Mets: -150
AUTHOR: Al McMordie
Al McMordie is the most honored technical handicapper in the country. Overall, in the last 31 years, Big Al has garnered 52 NUMBER ONE awards in football, basketball, baseball and hockey; 216 Top 5 finishes; and 416 Top 10 finishes.