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MLB Best Bets Today: Brewers and Mariners Lead Friday Card
Jun 14, 2026; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; Seattle Mariners manager Dan Wilson (6) watches from the dugout against the Washington Nationals during the fifth inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Rafael Suanes-Imagn Images We’ve made it through another week and scarily the halfway point of the MLB season is nearly upon us.
Let’s try to head to the beach with a couple winning MLB Picks.
Season Record 37-34-1, +0.26 Units
Brewers at Braves
Brewers F5 -0.5 (-125 Caesars)
Nobody beats The Miz!….ok you had to be there.
But yes, The Miz, Jacob Misiorowski, travels to Atlanta to take on Martin Perez and the Braves. Until yesterday’s rainout, it set up as this year’s overwhelming NL Cy Young favorite vs. the 2024 winner and future HOFer. But Sale got pushed back unfortunately.
The Miz as you probably know has looked downright insane lately, capped off with a complete game 15 K, 1 hit masterpiece vs. the Phillies last time out. He flashed 104 MPH hit and faced the minimum 27 batters with a Game Score of 107 that best I can tell is the highest ever. On the year he has a 1.34 ERA and 0.74 WHIP with a crazy 39.8% K%. Control was his big question mark going into the season, but his 6.7% BB% is actually good.
Normally the price on Miz games is so tilted it’s hard to come up with a play. But it’s at least reasonable here as he’s on the road against a good team. And Perez has pitched very well this year, sporting a 2.90 ERA and 1.05 WHIP. But the Brewers are scorching hot vs. lefties with a 134 wRC+ vs. southpaws over the past month. Meanwhile it’s not the full Braves as Ronald Acuna Jr. is back on the IL and Michael Harris II is in and out of the lineup lately. Let’s take the Miz and Brewers here.
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Red Sox at Mariners
Mariners F5 -0.5 (-105 BetMGM)
We’ve got a bit of a banged up Mariners team here hosting the reeling Red Sox. Randy Arozerena is on the IL at least until next week, while Julio Rodriguez missed yesterday’s game. On the flip side, Cal Raleigh has returned, as has JP Crawford.
It’s another top notch pitching matchup with Ranger Suarez (3.21 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 17.1% K-BB%) goes up against Bryce Miller (1.54 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, 24.8% K-BB%). Ostensibly facing a lefty should pose big trouble for the Mariners as they’re not the deepest lineup in the league to begin with and it takes too good lefty platoon bats out of the lineup in Dominic Canzone and Luke Raley. In their place we get Rob Refsnyder who’s slashing a brutal .143/.214/.242 on the year and….one of Mitch Garver (.200/.327/.322) or the recently called up Connor Joe.
So take the Red Sox at plus money here, right? Well, as Lee Corso would say, “not so fast my friend!”
The Mariners still have the better pitcher, and they’re also not hitting that badly vs. lefties lastly as they have a 107 wRC+ vs. southpaws over the past month. Meanwhile Boston is in a bunch of spots where they have had just brutal results in 2026. On the F5 run line they are 9-12 with a -21.3% ROI as underdogs as well as 12-22 with a -32.6% ROI on the road and an impossibly bad 15-38 with a -45.3% ROI vs. righty starters. Let’s roll with the Mariners here.
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Dodgers strive for something special to happen again vs. Orioles
Jun 5, 2026; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki (11) pitches during the third inning against the Los Angeles Angels at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images The Baltimore Orioles did not reach the postseason a year ago, yet their visit to face the Los Angeles Dodgers in a three-game series that starts Friday night manages to bring the Dodgers’ most recent run to the World Series to mind.
The Dodgers visited Baltimore in early September and were nowhere near the form that would catapult them to a second consecutive championship. Their fifth-consecutive loss on a six-game trip that included a stop at Pittsburgh came in devastating fashion.
Los Angeles right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto was one out away from a no-hitter on Sept. 6 when Baltimore’s Jackson Holliday ended the bid with a home run. It sparked a four-run rally, all with two outs, as the Orioles finished a dramatic 4-3 victory.
The game marked a turning point — for Los Angeles.
The Dodgers won the final contest of the series and went 15-5 through the end of the regular season. They opened the playoffs with a 9-1 record before defeating the Toronto Blue Jays in a dramatic seven-game World Series.
Yamamoto’s Japanese countryman, right-hander Roki Sasaki (3-4, 4.76 ERA), will start for the Dodgers on Friday. He will face the Orioles for the first time.
Sasaki, 24, had been much improved after a slow start to the season but was crushed for a season-high seven runs over 4 1/3 innings last Friday on the road in an 8-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
“It is a good test for a young player that after he has one like this, how he responds,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “So that’s something that we’re all waiting to see. But I do think that he’s equipped now with kind of a good base of success.”
After a 3-3 road trip, the Dodgers are back on track following a three-game home sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays.
Baltimore will send rookie right-hander Trey Gibson (1-2, 5.91 ERA) to the mound Friday for his first career outing against the Dodgers.
Gibson will make his sixth career appearance and fifth start following an outing Saturday in which he gave up a career-high six runs over 4 1/3 innings in a 9-3 loss to the San Diego Padres.
The Orioles were the last team to get shut out this season when they fell 3-0 on the road to the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. Baltimore had just three hits while losing for the fourth time in its past five games.
“Looking forward to heading down to L.A. and putting together hopefully some good at-bats, some good starts and playing like the team we know we’re capable of,” said Baltimore’s Colton Cowser, who had one of the three hits.
The Orioles have been outscored 20-6 over their last four defeats.
“The big hit eluded us with runners in scoring position but keep dealing with the process, keep having good at-bats and the time will come,” Orioles manager Craig Albernaz said.
Baltimore was 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position on Thursday.
Catcher Adley Rutschman left the game in the ninth inning when he was hit in the helmet by a throw while running out a ground ball to second base.
Rutschman is in a 1-for-18 downturn over his past five games
–Field Level Media
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Wyndham Clark finishes first round with 2-shot lead at US Open
Jun 18, 2026; Southampton, New York, USA; Wyndham Clark plays his tee shot on hole 1 during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Tournament leader Wyndham Clark posted pars on the final two holes of the first round when he returned to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to complete the first round of the U.S. Open on Friday morning.
That put him at 6-under-par 64 for the opening round, which was suspended because of darkness Thursday night at Southampton, N.Y.
Clark’s first-round lead settled at two strokes because Dustin Johnson ended up with 66. Gary Woodland and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick both had 67s for the first round.
The group with first-round 68s included Sam Stevens, Max McGreevy, Spencer Tibbits, amateur Ryder Cowan and Spain’s Jon Rahm.
Clark had a quick turnaround with his second round beginning prior to 8 a.m. Friday.
–Field Level Media
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Wyndham Clark finishes first round with 2-shot lead at US Open
Jun 18, 2026; Southampton, New York, USA; Wyndham Clark plays his tee shot on hole 1 during the first round of the U.S. Open golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images Tournament leader Wyndham Clark posted pars on the final two holes of the first round when he returned to Shinnecock Hills Golf Club to complete the first round of the U.S. Open on Friday morning.
That put him at 6-under-par 64 for the opening round, which was suspended because of darkness Thursday night at Southampton, N.Y.
Clark’s first-round lead settled at two strokes because Dustin Johnson ended up with 66. Gary Woodland and England’s Matt Fitzpatrick both had 67s for the first round.
The group with first-round 68s included Sam Stevens, Max McGreevy, Spencer Tibbits, amateur Ryder Cowan and Spain’s Jon Rahm.
Clark had a quick turnaround with his second round beginning prior to 8 a.m. Friday.
–Field Level Media
Dodgers strive for something special to happen again vs. Orioles
Wyndham Clark finishes first round with 2-shot lead at US Open
