Big Al's Daily Angle: MLB Previews and Odds - 08/14/2024

by Big Al Staff

Wednesday, Aug 14, 2024
The Wednesday sports card features MLB action. Major League Baseball has 15 games on its schedule.

The Kansas City Royals travel to Minnesota to play the Twins at 1:10 p.m. ET. The Royals tap Cole Ragans to pitch against the Twins Louie Garland. Kansas City is a -115 money-line road favorite with the total set at 8 (all odds from DraftKings unless indicated otherwise). The Arizona Diamondbacks host the Colorado Rockies at 3:40 p.m. ET. Jordan Montgomery takes the mound for the Diamondbacks to face Tanner Gordon for the Rockies. Arizona is a -230 money-line favorite with an over/under of 9. The San Diego Padres play at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Padres send out Martin Perez to go against the Pirates' Mitch Keller. San Diego is a -135 money-line favorite with a total of 8. 

The Boston Red Sox are at home against the Texas Rangers at 6:10 p.m. ET. Tanner Houck gets the ball for the Red Sox to challenge Dane Dunning for the Rangers. Boston is a -165 money-line favorite at BetMGM with an over/under of 9.5. The Baltimore Orioles host the Washington Nationals at 6:35 p.m. ET. The Orioles turn to Dean Kremer to battle against the Nationals D.J. Herz. Baltimore is a -185 money-line favorite with a total of 9. 

Four MLB games throw out the first pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET. St. Louis plays in Cincinnati with the Kyle Gibson taking the hill for the Cardinals to duel against Carson Spiers for the Reds. The Cardinals are a -112 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 9.5. Seattle is at Detroit with the Mariners tapping Bryan Woo to pitch against the Tigers' Beau Brieske. The Mariners are a -145 money-line road favorite at BetMGM with a total of 8. Cleveland plays at home against Chicago with Alex Cobb taking the ball for the Guardians to face Jameson Taillon for the Cubs. The Guardians are a -135 money-line favorite with an over/under of 9. Philadelphia is at home against Miami with the Phillies sending out Zack Phillips to challenge the Marlins’ Edward Cabrera. The Phillies are a -185 money-line favorite at BetMGM with a total of 9. 

The Houston Astros visit Tampa Bay to play the Rays at 6:50 p.m. ET. Ronel Blanco takes the hill for the Astros to go against Zack Littell for the Rays. Houston is a -122 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 8. The New York Mets host the Oakland A’s at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Mets send out David Peterson to duel against the A’s Joey Estes. New York is a -192 money-line favorite with a total of 8.5.

Two MLB games start at 8:10 p.m. ET. Los Angeles plays at Milwaukee with Walker Buehler coming off the injured list to pitch for the Dodgers against Frankie Montas for the Brewers. The Dodgers are a -135 money-line road favorite with an over/under of 9. New York is at Chicago with the Yankees sending out Willie Warren to battle the White Sox’s Davis Martin. The Yankees are a -275 money-line road favorite at BetMGM with a total of 9.5. 

The Los Angeles Angels play at home against the Toronto Blue Jays at 9:38 p.m. ET. Tyler Anderson takes the hill for the Angels to pitch against Jose Berrios for the Blue Jays. Los Angeles is a -115 money-line favorite with an over/under of 8.5. The San Francisco Giants are at home against the Atlanta Braves at 9:45 p.m. ET. The Giants turn to Robbie Ray to face the Braves' Grant Holmes. San Francisco is a -115 money-line favorite with a total of 7.5.

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