Matt Severance
FEATURED PICK
N.Y. YANKEES @ HOUSTON | 07/10 | 7:15 PM EDT
N.Y. YANKEES -105
ANALYSIS: AL Cy Young betting favorite Gerrit Cole (8-4, 2.91), a former Astro, has not been quite the same since the "sticky stuff" has been checked. Granted. However, you are not getting him again at even money -- frankly, the thought of that entering the season, barring a matchup with Jacob deGrom, was unthinkable. So while I think Cole is a tad overrated, I can't not take this. He's also on extra rest. I'll take my chances against an Astros lineup that suddenly has gone cold and is without Carlos Correa.
PHILADELPHIA @ BOSTON | 07/10 | 4:10 PM EDT
BOSTON -145
ANALYSIS: A couple of my colleagues nailed the Over in Game 1 of this series, and I'm just guessing this will be another shootout with a total of 11 -- we never used to see that number outside of Denver (now we do in Baltimore, too). Not a huge total guy, but we backed Boston on the ML in Game 1 vs. Philly and will do again here. Slight lean on Martin Perez over Matt Moore in a matchup of lefties but more home/away splits. Also, Boston is five games above .500 vs. southpaws, the Phils are five games under. Sometimes it is checkers, not chess.
