Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB and CFL Previews and Odds - 07/30/2022

by Big Al Staff

Saturday, Jul 30, 2022
The Saturday sports card features MLB and CFL action.

Major League Baseball has 15 games on its schedule. The Tampa Bay Rays host the Cleveland Guardians at 1:10 PM ET. Corey Kluber takes the ball for the Rays to pitch against Zach Plesac for the Guardians. Tampa Bay is a -120 money line favorite with the total set at 7.5 (all odds from DraftKings unless indicated otherwise). The New York Yankees play at home against the Kansas City Royals at 2:05 PM ET. The Yankees tap Nestor Cortes in their starting rotation to battle the Royals’ Jonathan Heasley. New York is a -295 money line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. 

The Toronto Blue Jays are at home against the Detroit Tigers at 3:07 PM ET. Ross Stripling takes the mound for the Blue Jays to duel against Drew Hutchison for the Tigers. Toronto is a -265 money line favorite with a total of 8.5. The Milwaukee Brewers visit Boston to play the Red Sox in the opening game of a doubleheader on FS1 at 4:10 PM ET. The Brewers tap Eric Lauer as their starting pitcher to face the Red Sox’s Nick Pivetta. Both teams are priced at -110 with an over/under of 10. 

The New York Mets travel to Miami to play the Marlins at 6:10 PM ET. Carlos Carrasco takes the mound for the Mets against a starting pitcher yet to be named for the Marlins. The Cincinnati Reds host the Seattle Mariners at 7:10 PM ET. The Astros tap Framber Valdez to pitch against the Mariners’ Chris Flexen. Houston is a -195 money line favorite at Caesars with a total of 8. 

Four games throw out the first pitch at 7:15 PM ET, with the first three games part of Fox’s regional coverage. San Diego plays at home against Minnesota, with Joe Musgrove pitching for the Padres against Sonny Gray for the Twins. The Padres are a -130 money line favorite with an over/under of 7.5. Philadelphia visits Pittsburgh with the Phillies sending Ranger Suarez to the mound to pitch against the Pirates’ Mitch Keller. The Phillies are a -155 money line road favorite with a total of 8.5. St. Louis plays at Washington with Dakota Hudson pitching for the Cardinals against Erick Fedde for the Nationals. The Cardinals are a -150 money line road favorite with an over/under of 9.5. 

The fourth MLB game beginning at 7:15 PM ET has the Chicago White Sox hosting the Oakland A’s. The White Sox turn to Johnny Cueto to pitch against the A’s Paul Blackburn. Chicago is a -175 money line favorite with a total of 8.5. The Atlanta Braves play at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 7:20 PM ET. Ian Anderson takes the hill for the Braves to pitch against Corbin Martin for the Diamondbacks. Atlanta is a -215 money line favorite with an over/under of 9.5. The Los Angeles Dodgers travel to Colorado to play the Rockies at 8:10 PM ET. The Dodgers tap Clayton Kershaw to duel against the Rockies’ Kyle Freeland. Los Angeles is a -230 money line road favorite with a total of 11.5. 

The San Francisco Giants are at home against the Chicago Cubs at 9:05 PM ET. Jakob Junis takes the mound for the Giants to pitch against Drew Smyly for the Cubs. San Francisco is a -125 money line favorite with an over/under of 8. The Los Angeles Angels host the Texas Rangers in the nightcap on FS1 at 9:07 PM ET. The Angels pitch Chase Silseth against the Rangers’ Glenn Otto. Los Angeles is a -115 money line favorite with a total of 8.

Week 8 in the Canadian Football League continues with the Calgary Stampeders playing at home against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on ESPN2 at 7 PM ET. The Blue Bombers won for the seventh-straight time to start the season in a 24-10 victory at Edmonton as a 7.5-point favorite last Friday. The Stampeders had their four-game winning streak to start the year end with a 26-19 loss on the road against this Winnipeg team as a 3-point underdog on July 15th. Winnipeg is a 1.5-point road favorite with an over/under of 46.5.

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