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Charlie Morton has pitched for the Tampa Bay Rays, but theyve barely broken — and the Seattle Mariners can take advantage on Wednesday.
Charlie Morton is about as good as pitchers get. The W was made by him for the Houston Astros in Game 7 of their 2017 World Series, subsequently made the All-Star team at each of the last two seasons. Theres a solid opportunity Morton will soon be back in the playoffs this year, but using his new group: the Tampa Bay Rays (73-53, minus-3.02 units), that hold down the final American League Wild Card berth at press time.
Even the Seattle Mariners (53-73, minus-12.93 units) have not been to the playoffs as the turn of this millennium. But they may be the proper MLB pick for Wednesdays matchup (1:10 p.m. ET, MLBN) together with the Rays, who have opened as —285 home faves having a total of 8.5. It depends in part whom Seattle will probably be sending to the mound.
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Heres the way the projections shake out for Wednesdays matinee before we reach that:
FiveThirtyEight: Tampa Bay 67 percentage
Allergic Odds (using SBR Odds Converter): —203
Jeff Sagarins Generic Total (approx.) : 8-8.25 runs
The nice people at FiveThirtyEight didnt factor in a starter for the Ms, however it looks like Wade LeBlanc (5.58 FIP) may find the nod — plus theyll use an opener in front of them as theyve done in most of his appearances this year. LeBlanc was struggling, that accounts for the difference between the MLB odds and the projections wed be interested in taking the Mariners since +234 underdogs. Something closer to +275 would be appropriate when we wanted to commit a critical amount in this game.
Morton (2.67 FIP) might be a viable Cy Young candidate, however Rays supporters have not made much money off him this year. He has up 0.59 units onto a team record of 16-10 (Beneath 14-11-1), despite Tampa owning a few of their best bullpens in the Groups. In his last start on Friday, Morton permitted zero runs and struck out 10 Detroit Tigers over seven innings, along with the Rays still dropped 2-0 as —345 house faves.
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