Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB and CFL Previews and Odds - 07/29/2022

by Big Al Staff

Friday, Jul 29, 2022
The Friday sports card features MLB and CFL action.

Major League Baseball has 15 games on its schedule. Two MLB games throw out the first pitch at 6:40 PM ET. New York visits Miami with Chris Bassitt taking the ball for the Mets to pitch against Sandy Alcantara for the Marlins. The Mets are a -130 money line road favorite with the total set at 7 (all odds from DraftKings). Cincinnati plays at home against Baltimore, with the Reds turning to Mike Minor in their starting rotation to pitch against a starting pitcher yet to be named for the Orioles. 

Three MLB games start at 7:05 PM ET. Philadelphia travels to Pittsburgh with Bailey Falter taking the hill for the Phillies to go against Jose Quintana for the Pirates. The Phillies are a -130 money line road favorite with an over/under of 8. St. Louis is at Washington, with the Cardinals tapping Miles Mikolas to take the mound against the Nationals’ Anibal Sanchez. The Cardinals are a -180 money line road favorite with a total of 9. New York plays at home against Kansas City with Gerrit Cole on the hill for the Yankees against Kris Bubic for the Royals. The Yankees are a -345 money line favorite with an over/under of 8. Detroit is at Toronto on Apple TV at 7:07 PM ET, with the Tigers turning to Bryan Garcia, who got called up from the minor leagues yesterday to pitch against the Blue Jays’ Alek Manoah. 

Two MLB games begin at 7:10 PM ET. Milwaukee visits Boston with Brandon Woodruff taking the ball for the Brewers to pitch against Brayan Bello for the Red Sox. The Brewers are a -165 money line road favorite with a total of 9. Cleveland plays at Tampa Bay with the Guardians using Shane Bieber as their starting pitcher against the Rays’ Jeffrey Springs. Both teams are priced at -110 with an over/under of 6.5. The Atlanta Braves host the Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:20 PM ET. Kyle Wright takes the hill for the Braves to duel against Madison Bumgarner for the Diamondbacks. Atlanta is a -210 money line favorite with a total of 9. 

Two more MLB games start at 8:10 PM ET. Chicago plays at home against Oakland, with the White Sox turning to Lance Lynn to pitch against the A’s James Kaprielian. The White Sox are a -200 money line favorite with an over/under of 8. Houston hosts Seattle with Justin Verlander on the mound for the Astros to pitch against Robbie Ray for the Mariners. The Astros are a -180 money line favorite with a total of 7. The Los Angeles Dodgers travel to Colorado to play the Rockies at 8:40 PM ET. The Dodgers tap Julio Urias to take the hill against the Rockies’ Chad Kuhl. Los Angeles is a -225 money line road favorite with an over/under of 11.5. 

The Los Angeles Angels are at home against the Texas Rangers at 9:38 PM ET. Patrick Sandoval takes the mound for the Angels to battle against Martin Perez for the Rangers. Los Angeles is a -115 money line favorite with a total of 7.5. The San Diego Padres play at home against the Minnesota Twins at 9:40 PM ET. The Padres tap Blake Snell to pitch against the Twins’ Joe Ryan. San Diego is a -115 money line favorite with an over/under of 7.5. The San Francisco Giants host the Chicago Cubs in the night cap on Apple TV at 10:15 PM ET. Alex Cobb is on the hill for the Giants to pitch against Marcus Stroman for the Cubs. San Francisco is a -140 money line favorite with a total of 7.5. 

Week 8 in the Canadian Football League continues with the British Columbia Lions playing in Saskatchewan against the Roughriders on ESPN2 at 9 PM ET. The Lions won for the fourth time in their first five games this season with their 17-12 victory against Hamilton as a 9.5-point favorite on July 21st. The Roughriders are on a two-game losing streak after getting upset at home to Toronto, 31-21, as a 2.5-point favorite on Sunday. British Columbia is a 2-point road favorite with an over/under of 49.5. 

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