After a nice winning run, I expect Oakland to come back to earth. The Astros know its now or never if they want to hold on to their division lead and we think the energy in the clubhouse will be immensely different today especially after they come off putting up 12 runs on the board in their last game. This is a playoff game of sorts and the Astros thrive in these situations Houston's Charlie Morton did not win his last game, but has put together 4 straight quality starts, and he has revenge, Morton has a 2.73 road era and there are at least 5 players on Houston's team that have multiple hits against Oakland's Jackson and have over a .333 batting average against him.

The Cardinals are supposed to be one of the weaker NFC teams this year and I don't see them doing much in the regular season, but that doesn't mean they can't go undefeated in the preseason.

The Cards have a QB battle on their hands with Rosen going up against Bradford and even Mike Glennon will get some work. Because of this QB battle, we expect the Cards to continue playing well in the preseason and stay within the number as they plan on giving the starters more time with the QB rotations. For the Saints, its all Drew Brees, and he wont get more than a few series, then they'll goto Taysom Hill and Tom Savage which don't scare me.
I'm on another underdog with the ARZ Cards on Friday night.

The Miami Dolphins will play QB's Brock Osweiler and David Fales tonight and they both will want to prove to the team they can perform well and give the Dolphins a solid backup options. In a battle of backups, the Dolphins have the better signal callers which is why we are rolling with them as 3 pt underdogs tonight.

I think the line is too high here. I will take the underdog Buffalo Bills behind, Peterman, Josh Allen and AJ McCarron.
Buffalo seemed to be nowhere near able to cover the air vs the Panthers last game, and the focus this week was pass coverage and defense and I expect to see a different Bills defense tonight.

They are hungry and fired up team will be a bit much. A lot of big time changes to watch for here, with an aggressive frontline and getting the outright win on the road.

Jacob Nix the Padres rookie right-hander starter tonight became the seventh Padre to work at least six scoreless frames in his debut when he blanked Philadelphia for six innings on Friday. Between Double-A, Triple-A and the Majors this season, Nix has a 1.67 ERA and has been lights out with 48 strikeouts and just 11 walks in 64.2 innings.


Clay Buchholz has struggled with SD as the Padres have a .314 average against Buchholz and the D’backs are just 3-4 in his road starts.

The Padres are hitting .284 this month and I'll back them at home tonight.

I like the veteran QB rotation tonight for the Redskins at home.

Look for the Washington Redskins to get on track with a win at home over the New York Jets as they are expected to play their starters and 2nd team a lot more tonight.
Pick'em situation and I'll back Colt McCoy and Kevin Hogan to take care of business with Washington here at home

Look for Zach Eflin was sent to Triple-A to make room for Justin Bour, not for any lack of success to have a big outing tonight. The righty has a 4.91 ERA since the All-Star break and held the Padres to two runs over six innings last time out.
He is a very good pitcher and should keep the Mets lineup in check.
Take the PHILLIES here in game 2 of the doubleheader on Thursday night.

Colorado is good at night with a 48-31 record while the Braves have struggled versus the NL West division going just 9-14.


The Rockies just got shelled 12-1 last night and prior to that game the Rockies had won four straight on the back of quality pitching. Now they get Jon Gray on the mound who was roughed up his last start. Prior to that, Gray surrendered just 1, 2, 1 and 1 runs respectively four starts. The Rockies are 7-0 in Gray's last 7 starts and 19-7 in the last 26 meetings overall.


The Braves will counter with Julio Teheran who owns a 4.33 ERA and has been very inconsistent and gives up a ton of hits.

Lastly, the Braves may also be without their hottest bat in Ronald Acuna JR. who was hit on the wrist with a pitch in last night's ball game.

I think this is a good under play tonight.
Angels starter Pena is 1-1 with a 1.84 ERA in three road starts this season and they are still without Mike Trout in their lineup. SD doesn't put up a lot of runs and I see this game staying UNDER the total on Wednesday night

The KC Royals ar just 17-43 at home this season and struggle at home.

Burch Smith has given up 16 earned runs over his last three starts while walking six and fanning just eight. Toronto is 19-7 in its last 26 games versus sub.-400 teams so I'm on the Blue Jays here on Wednesday night.