Yahoo MLB Expert Picks: Tuesday, August 7th
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Tuesday, August 7th
Pitching
Max Scherzer vs. Atlanta Braves $62
Scherzer is one of the top two pitchers in baseball and with Sale on the DL is the only one currently in a rotation. His 34.7% K rate on the season is tops on the slate by a wide margin while also being backed up by a massive 16.5% swinging strike rate. The Braves offense can pose some problems as they simply don’t strike out that much but with a pitcher as dominant as Scherzer I tend to not worry about things like that too much. He has faced the Braves three times this year and has 24 strikeouts in those games and is also pitching at home tonight where he has a massive 12.74K/9 this season.
Chase Anderson vs. San Diego Padres $39
Anderson hasn’t surrendered more than two earned runs in eight straight games and gets one of the better projected strikeout matchups on the slate with the Padres in town. Anderson has just enough upside tonight and should be able to limit damage against a weak Padres team that has the third lowest wOBA over the past 30 days while also having a healthy 23.1% K rate as a team in that span as well.
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