Tim Michael - Betting Expert

T.M. Selection: Chicago White Sox.

I like the Chicago White Sox to win this game against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday. The White Sox have looked really good lately and are starting to get really hot in their games. They have won 3/4 of their previous 4 games, their only loss being in the 1st game of this series yesterday, but their offense is getting hot and putting up a ton of runs in their games. I think they are going to have another big offensive game here against the Twins and I don't see the Twins putting up a ton of runs here. The Twins have also looked good in their games lately, still leading their division just slightly, but while the White Sox were sweeping the Giants in San Francisco over the weekend, the Twins were just barely scraping by the Orioles in their own ballpark with 2/3 wins in that series and both wins coming by just 1 run. The Twins have looked really good for a majority of the year but they have also been playing a lot better than they actually are and I think they are going to start falling soon. This is the perfect series to do so in with the White Sox just 5.5 games out of 1st place here, they have some real motivation to win the next few games of this series. Chris Archer (2-3, 3.08 ERA) is up for the Twins here and he has looked good this year but I think he is going to have a bad start here. The White Sox offense has been getting hot with them scoring a lot more runs lately and Archer has been good this year not giving up a lot of runs, but he also doesn't strikeout a lot of batters and the White Sox know how to get on base here. I think they are going to get on base against him and do some damage to bring in some runs here. Michael Kopech (2-5, 2.78 ERA) is up for the White Sox here and he hasn't looked great lately but he has still been their best starter all year and I expect him to bounce back with a good performance like he has given in a majority of his starts this year. He has even faced the Twins 1 time this year and shut them out over 5 innings with 7 strikeouts, his team still lost that game with a blown bullpen save though. The bullpen has been a lot better for the White Sox lately though and they have a lot of good arms in that bullpen so with them looking a lot better now, they will have no issues keeping the Twins off the board here. I like the White Sox to bounce back here and win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-1 White Sox.

T.M. Selection: Atlanta Braves.

I like the Atlanta Braves to win this game against the St Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. The Braves have won 3/4 of their previous 4 games, dropping 1 game to the Reds in their most recent series, but they started this series off against the Cardinals with a win on Monday and I think they are going to make this a 2 game run with another win here. The Braves have looked really good lately, after getting a slow start to the year they had a great June, going on a huge run to shrink the lead of the Mets in the division. They are only 3.5 games behind the Mets now and I expect them to be motivated to keep winning games and take over as the division leader. The Cardinals haven't looked lately, losing 2 games in a row and 4/5 of their previous 5 games. They put up 7 runs in the 1 game they won during that time but they haven't been doing much offensively in their other games and I expect that issue to show up again in this game. Ian Anderson (6-5, 5.31 ERA) is up for the Braves here and he hasn't looked good lately but he had a decent start to the year and I expect him to bounce back in this game. He gave up 7 runs in 2 innings in his most recent start but that was his worst start of the year and he has been a good pitcher in their home ballpark this year. I don't see him giving up that many runs in this game and he usually strikes out a lot of batters so I expect him to bounce back with a better performance here. Andre Pallante (2-3, 2.10 ERA) is up for the Cardinals here and he has been good this year but he also hasn't had many starts either. He is in his rookie year but is mainly a reliever and has been for a majority of the year. He just started getting starts in his 3 most recent games but he has been giving up runs in every start and is not striking out a lot of batters. The Braves have been really hot with their bats lately and I think the defending World Series champions are going to show Pallante here that he still needs a lot more work in this league to be good. I expect them to bring in runs here and with his lack of strikeouts in his starts, I expect this experienced lineup to drag out their at bats and stretch these innings out for a while. I like the Braves to win this game and continue their run.

T.M. Prediction: 7-2 Braves.

T.M. Selection: Cleveland Guardians.

I like the Cleveland Guardians to win this game against the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. The Guardians have lost 2 games in a row now after stealing a game from the Yankees on Sunday but now they are in jeopardy of losing this series after getting swept in a double header on Monday. I think the Guardians will bounce back here and they are just a few games out of 1st place in their division so I expect them to have some motivation here against 1 of the bad teams in their division. Cal Quantrill (4-4, 3.72 ERA) is up for the Guardians here and I expect him to pitch well in this game like he has all year. He has been giving up runs in his previous starts but he hasn't had many starts where he gives up 4+ runs and he just had a start in his most recent game where he gave up 3 runs but also pitched 8 innings deep. The Tigers don't have a strong lineup here and they actually have 1 of the worst offenses in the league so I expect him to shut the Tigers down here. Drew Hutchison (0-4, 4.81 ERA) is up for the Tigers here and he hasn't been great this year. He has mainly made his appearances as a reliever this year but he has had a few where he has given up a ton of runs in less than 2 innings. He has only made 2 starts with this being his 3rd and I expect him to have another bad start here. His 1st 2 starts weren't terrible but he still gave up runs and didn't really pitch past the 4th inning in those games. The Tigers don't have a great bullpen either and the Guardians have been hot with their bats lately, despite losing a lot of games as of late they are still putting up runs. I expect the Guardians to bounce back here against a bad team in their division and use this game to inch close to the Twins leading the division. I like the Guardians here.

T.M. Prediction: 6-3 Guardians.