Jordy’s MLB Bet Picks For September 20th
Week Six Record: 8-1-1 or 80%. September Record: 12-7-1 or 60%
New York Yankees -1.5 (-135) vs the Texas Rangers
The Yanks have all the edges tonight so take them against a bad Texas team. Yankees starter Nestor Cortes Jr. has a 2.60 ERA against AJ Alexy’s 3.68 ERA. The Yankees lead in batting average, .237 to .231, in on-base percentage, .323 to .294, in slugging percentage, .405 to .374, and in OPS, .728 to .668.
Miss: Yankees win 4-3
Milwaukee Brewers -1.5 (-105) vs the St. Louis Cardinals
The Brewers have a nice pitching edge with Freddy Peralta and his 2.57 ERA on the mound against Jake Woodford and his 4.30 ERA. The Brewers have a better on-base percentage, .320 to .311, and better OPS, .720 to .714. It also helps the Brewers are 84-64 against the spread.
Miss: Cardinals win 5-2
All stats and odds are from BetMGM https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2021.shtml https://www.espn.com/mlb/scoreboard