Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB and CFL Previews and Odds - 07/16/2022

by Big Al Staff

Saturday, Jul 16, 2022
The Saturday sports card features MLB action and CFL.

Major League Baseball has 16 games on its schedule. The Minnesota Twins host the Chicago White Sox at 2:10 PM ET. Dylan Bundy takes the ball for the Twins to start against Lance Lynn of the White Sox. Minnesota is a -115 money line favorite, with the total set at 9. The St. Louis Cardinals play at home against the Cincinnati Reds at 2:15 PM ET. The Cardinals turn to Miles Mikolas in their starting rotation to face the Reds’ Nick Lodolo. St. Louis is a -165 money line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. The New York Mets visit Chicago to play the Cubs in the first game of their doubleheader at 2:20 PM ET. Taijuan Walker pitches for the Mets against Marcus Stroman of the Cubs in the matchup set for Friday before the game got postponed because of rain. New York is a -140 money line road favorite. 

The Kansas City Royals play at Toronto against the Blue Jays at 3:07 PM ET. The Royals tap Daniel Lynch to pitch against the Blue Jays starting pitcher yet to be determined. The Colorado Rockies are at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 3:10 PM ET. Jose Urena takes the mound for the Rockies against Mitch Keller of the Pirates. Colorado is a -125 money line favorite with a total of 12. Two more MLB games throw out the first pitch at 4:05 PM ET. Atlanta travels to Washington with the Braves pitching Max Fried against the Nationals Paulo Espino. The Braves are a -245 money line road favorite with an over/under of 8.5. Seattle plays at Texas with Logan Gilbert pitching for the Mariners against Spencer Howard of the Rangers. The Mariners are a -145 money line road favorite with a total of 8.5. 

Four MLB games start at 4:10 PM ET. Oakland visits Houston with the A’s tapping Jared Koenig to pitch against the Astros’ Justin Verlander. Baltimore plays at Tampa Bay with Dean Kremer pitching for the Orioles against Ryan Yarbrough of the Rays. Philadelphia is at Miami, with the Marlins calling up Max Meyer to make his MLB debut on the mound against a starting pitcher for the Phillies yet to be determined. Cleveland hosts Detroit on FS1 with Cal Quantrill pitching for the Guardians against Michael Pineda for the Tigers. Cleveland is a -165 money line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. 

Two MLB games begin at 7:15 PM ET in regional coverage on Fox. New York is at home against Boston, with the Yankees turning to Jameson Taillon to pitch against the Red Sox’s Nick Pivetta. The Yankees are a -165 money line favorite with a total of 8.5. San Francisco hosts Milwaukee with Alex Cobb pitching for the Giants against Eric Lauer for the Brewers. The Giants are a -130 money line favorite with an over/under of 8. 

The Mets’ Max Scherzer pitching against the Cubs’ Drew Smyly in the nightcap of their doubleheader at 8:05 PM ET. New York is a -215 money line road favorite. The San Diego Padres are at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 8:40 PM ET. Sean Manaea pitches for the Padres against Tyler Gilbert for the Diamondbacks. San Diego is a -190 money line favorite with a total of 8. The Los Angeles Dodgers travels across town to play the Angels at 10:07 PM ET. The Dodgers send Julio Urias to the mound to face the Angels’ Jose Suarez. The Dodgers are a -195 money line road favorite with an over/under of 8.5. 

Week 6 in the Canadian Football League concludes with two games. The Saskatchewan Roughriders play at Toronto against the Argonauts at 2 PM ET. The Roughriders improved to 4-1 this season with their 28-13 victory against Ottawa as a 4-point favorite last Thursday. The Argonauts fell to 1-2 after their 23-22 loss to Winnipeg as a 4-point underdog on July 4th. Saskatchewan is a 2.5-point road favorite with a total of 46. 

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats host the Ottawa Redblacks at 5 PM ET. The Tiger-Cats are winless in their first four games after their 29-25 upset loss at home to Edmonton as a 6.5-point favorite with an over/under of 46.5. The Redblacks are also 0-4 this season after their 28-13 loss at Saskatchewan as a 4-point underdog on Thursday. Hamilton is a 7.5-point favorite with an over/under of 44.5.

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