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Pirates Appear to be an Early Consensus Play

Written by:

Don Shapiro

Published on:

May/08/2023

Pirates Appear to be an Early Consensus Play

While we have one capper on Colorado and two others on the Under 8.5, the Pittsburgh Pirates are emerging as a slight consensus play on Monday. Legendary handicapper Al McMordie is among those backing the Pirates this day.

Pittsburgh comes in as a bit of a pricey -170 home favorite with Mitch Keller starting for the Pirates and Kyle Freeland for Colorado.

The Pirates are among the biggest surprises early on this MLB season with their 20-15 record, however, they are currently on a seven game slide.

Colorado might be just what the doctor ordered as they have won a mere fourteen games this season thus far.

The Pirates batters have been superb against Freeland, going 21 for 69 at bats. Carlos Santana though is 0 for 6.

Freeland went five scoreless innings on Wednesday in a win over the Brewers and before that had a quality start.

Keller is 3-1 with a 3.32 ERA. He was charged with five runs (one earned) over five innings against the Rays on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, the Rockies batters have been pretty good against him historically. They are 18 of 57 (.316) but do only have one home run against him courtesy of Mike Moustakas. He's 5 for 12 against Keller but is hitting .240 this season.

The Rockies are 0-4 in the last 4 meetings but are 6-1 in their last 7 overall. Those were against solid teams at home: The Mets and Brewers. The Rockies are 5-1 in their last 6 when their opponent scores 2 runs or less in their previous game.

The Pirates are 9-1 in their last 10 vs. a team with a losing record.

World Series 2023 Betting Odds

Updated May 8, 2023 - Live Odds Here
Rot    Odds to win 2023 World Series    Moneyline
801    Atlanta Braves        +600
802    Houston Astros        +750
803    Los Angeles Dodgers        +850
804    Tampa Bay Rays        +850
805    New York Yankees        +1100
806    San Diego Padres        +1000
807    New York Mets        +1100
808    Toronto Blue Jays        +1200
809    Milwaukee Brewers        +2000
810    Minnesota Twins        +2000
811    Philadelphia Phillies        +2500
812    Texas Rangers        +2800
813    St. Louis Cardinals        +3300
814    Los Angeles Angels        +3300
815    Seattle Mariners        +3300
816    Cleveland Guardians        +4000
817    San Francisco Giants        +7000
818    Pittsburgh Pirates        +8000
819    Baltimore Orioles        +6000
820    Miami Marlins        +10000
821    Chicago Cubs        +8000
822    Boston Red Sox        +6000
823    Chicago White Sox        +10000
824    Arizona Diamondbacks        +10000
825    Detroit Tigers        +30000
826    Cincinnati Reds        +50000
827    Kansas City Royals        +50000
828    Colorado Rockies        +100000
829    Washington Nationals        +100000
830    Oakland Athletics        +100000

- Don Shapiro, Gambling911.com

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