Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB Previews and Odds - 08/24/2022

by Big Al Staff

Wednesday, Aug 24, 2022
The Wednesday sports card features MLB action.

Major League Baseball has 14 games on its schedule. The Atlanta Braves travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pirates at 12:35 PM ET. Kyle Wright takes the mound for the Braves to pitch against the Pirates’ Mitch Keller. Atlanta is a -240 money line road favorite with the total set at 8 (all odds from DraftKings). The San Francisco Giants play at Detroit against the Tigers at 1:10 PM ET. The Giants turn to Logan Webb in their starting rotation to pitch against the Tigers’ Matt Manning. San Francisco is a -165 money line road favorite with an over/under of 7.5. 

The Texas Rangers visit Colorado to play the Rockies at 3:10 PM ET. Martin Perez takes the mound for the Rangers to battle against Jose Urena for the Rockies. Texas is a -135 money line road favorite with a total of 11. The Miami Marlins play at Oakland against the A’s at 3:37 PM ET. The Marlins tap Jesus Luzardo to pitch against the A’s Cole Irvin. Miami is a -120 money line road favorite with an over/under of 7. Two more MLB games throw out the first pitch at 4:10 PM ET. San Diego hosts Cleveland with Blake Snell taking the ball for the Padres to duel against Cal Quantrill for the Guardians. The Padres are a -165 money line favorite with a total of 7.5. Seattle is at home against Washington, with the Mariners tapping George Kirby to duel against the Nationals’ Anibal Sanchez. The Mariners are a -295 money line favorite with an over/under of 7.5. 

Two MLB games start at 7:05 PM ET. Chicago travels to Baltimore on FS1 with Lucas Giolito pitching for the White Sox against Spenser Watkins for the Orioles. The White Sox are a -120 money line road favorite with a total of 8. Philadelphia plays at home against Cincinnati with the Phillies turning to Cristopher Sanchez to pitch against the Reds’ Nick Lodolo. The Phillies are a -245 money line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. Two more MLB games begin at 7:10 PM ET. Toronto visits Boston with Jose Berrios on the hill for the Blue Jays against Brayan Bello for the Red Sox. Tampa Bay plays at home against Los Angeles, with Shane McClanahan taking the ball for the Rays against Mike Mayers for the Angels. The Rays are a -265 money line favorite with a total of 7. 

The St. Louis Cardinals play at Chicago against the Cubs at 8:05 PM ET. The Cardinals tap Miles Mikolas to take the mound to pitch against the Cubs’ Luke Farrell, who got called up from Triple-A to pitch in this game. Two more MLB games start at 8:10 PM ET. Arizona plays at Kansas City with Zac Gallen pitching for the Diamondbacks against Brady Singer for the Royals. The Diamondbacks are a -135 money line road favorite with an over/under of 7.5. Houston hosts Minnesota with the Astros tapping Framber Valdez to start against the Twins’ Dylan Bundy. The Astros are a -230 money line favorite with a total of 8. Milwaukee is in Los Angeles against the Dodgers at 9 PM ET. Adrian Houser takes the hill for the Brewers to pitch against the Dodgers’ Andrew Heaney. 

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