Jordy’s MLB Bet Picks For August 16th
Week Two Record: 4-8-1 or 31%. 10-16-1 overall or 37% in August overall
Pick One: Tampa Bay Rays -1.5 (-135) vs the Baltimore Orioles
The Rays have the better slugging percentage, .415 to .401, and better on-base percentage, .317 to .303. In on-base plus slugging percentage, the Rays also lead, .732 to .704, while the batting average is close but slightly in favor of the Orioles, .236 to .233. Tampa is 63-51 against the spread while Baltimore is 47-65.
Hit: Rays win 9-2
Pick Two: Chicago White Sox +1.5 (-165) vs the Oakland Athletics
The pitching matchup is close, but the White Sox are at home and are for sure the better hitting team. The White Sox lead in batting average, .250 to .238, on-base percentage, .332 to .318, slugging percentage, .419 to .411, and in on-base plus slugging percentage, .751 to .728.
Hit: White Sox win 5-2
All stats and odds are from BetMGM https://www.espn.com/mlb/scoreboard https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021.shtml
