Jordy’s MLB Bet Picks For August 18th

Pick One: Los Angeles Angels -1.5 (+120) at the Detroit Tigers

Superstar Shohei Ohtani (2.93 ERA) is on the mound tonight against Tigers starter Tarik Skubal’s 4.10 ERA. The Angels are also the better hitting team with a .251 batting average to the Tigers .241. In on-base percentage, the Angels lead .313 to .309 and in slugging percentage .419 to .398. The Angels also have a good lead in on-base plus slugging .732 to .707.

Hit: Angels win 3-1

Pick Two: Under 8.5 (+100) in San Francisco Giants vs the New York Mets

Both pitchers in this matchup have good ERAs. Giants starter Anthony DeScalfani has a 3.29 against Mets starter Tylor Megill’s 3.42. In the Giants last five games three have had eight or fewer runs scored including last night against the Mets where five runs were scored. Take the under.

Hit: Mets win 6-2

All stats and odds are from BetMGM https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021.shtml https://www.espn.com/mlb/scoreboard