Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB Previews and Odds - 07/22/2024

by Big Al Staff

Monday, Jul 22, 2024
The Monday sports card features MLB action. Major League Baseball has 13 games on its schedule. 

The New York Yankees host the Tampa Bay Rays at 1:05 p.m. ET. Carlos Rodon takes the ball for the Yankees to pitch against Zack Littell for the Rays. New York is a -175 money-line favorite with the total set at 8.5 (all odds from DraftKings). 

Three MLB games throw out the first pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET. Detroit travels to Cleveland with the Tigers tapping Tarik Skubal facing the Guardians’ Carlos Carrasco. The Tigers are a -118 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 7.5. Pittsburgh plays at home against St. Louis with Mitch Keller taking the hill for the Pirates to go against Andrew Pallante for the Guardians. The Pirates are a -130 money-line favorite with a total of 8.5. New York plays in Miami with the Mets turning to David Peterson to challenge the Marlins’ Yonny Chirinos. The Mets are a -162 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8.5. 

The Atlanta Braves are at home against the Cincinnati Reds at 7:20 p.m. ET. Reynaldo Lopez gets the ball for the Braves to battle against Hunter Greene for the Reds. Atlanta is a -155 money-line favorite with a total of 8. The Philadelphia Phillies are in Minnesota to play the Twins at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Phillies tap Ranger Suarez to pitch against the Twins’ Bailey Ober. Philadelphia is a -130 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8. 

Two MLB games start at 8:05 p.m. ET. Texas hosts Chicago with the Rangers sending out Michael Lorenzen to face the White Sox’s Erik Fedde. The Rangers are a -170 money-line favorite with a total of 8. Milwaukee visits Chicago with Tobias Myers taking the mound for the Brewers to duel against Javier Assad for the Cubs. The Brewers are a -185 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8. The Kansas City Royals play at home against the Arizona Diamondbacks at 8:10 p.m. ET. The Royals turn to Cole Ragans to pitch against the Diamondbacks’ Yilber Diaz. Kansas City is a -155 money-line favorite with a total of 8.5. The Boston Red Sox play in Colorado against the Rockies at 8:40 p.m. ET. Tanner Houck gets the ball for the Red Sox to go against Austin Gomber for the Rockies. Boston is a -175 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 10.5.

Two MLB games begin at 9:40 p.m. ET. Houston is at Oakland with the Astros tapping Spencer Arrighetti to take the hill to go against the A’s Hogan Harris. The Astros are a -148 money-line road favorite with a total of 8. Seattle is at home against Los Angeles with Bryce Miller getting the start against the Angels’ Tyler Anderson. The Mariners are a -166 money-line favorite with an over/under of 7. The San Francisco Giants travel to Los Angeles to play the Dodgers to conclude the MLB card at 10:10 p.m. ET. The Giants send out Blake Snell to challenge a Dodgers’ starting pitcher yet to be named.

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