Giants, Blue Jays, Astros, Dodgers, and Orioles: Today’s Picks

July 15, 2016 MLB Picks from Z-Code Include: Giants, Blue Jays, Astros, and Orioles Leading into the All-star break Z-code was on a big winning streak posting a net 7 units win last weekend. We’re looking to carry those wins over and post another big weekend starting with tonight. Here are our top picks for Friday night’s games:

San Francisco Giants at the San Diego Padres Giants ABC progression on the moneyline starting with 1.89 units to win 1

The Giants are arguably the best team in baseball right now and they racked up a ton of momentum leading into ...

Red Sox, Giants, and Orioles: Tonight’s Picks

Friday, July 8th, the Red Sox, Giants, and Orioles are Z-code’s top MLB Picks. Here’s why: Rays at Red Sox The current last place rays are currently on a 3-19 run and haven’t won two games straight in almost a month. Meanwhile the Red Sox are burning hot as of this month and can’t seem to lose. They’ve been hitting well, putting up big numbers against the rangers in their two wins last series. Taking on the stagnant rays should be a cakewalk by comparison. In the last few weeks it’s become increasingly difficult for teams far better than the ...

MLB Picks: New York Mets at San Diego Padres

MLB Picks: New York Mets at San Diego Padres We’re riding the New York Mets heavy to start the year, but they haven’t let us down yet. The San Diego Padres have been a weak team in a weak division for a while, despite spending a good amount of money in free agency two seasons ago. Ultimately, you have one of the best teams in baseball playing really well and visiting an all around poor team. I think that’s a great time for a system progression.

The Mets have a big pitching edge here and will for the first two games. ...

MLB Picks: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets

MLB Picks: Atlanta Braves at New York Mets I don’t know what is wrong with Matt Harvey, but the New York Mets don’t seem to need him to win. They move on to another ace here, and I think they will have more than enough pitching strength to beat the Atlanta Braves here. Even Harvey wasn’t bad, but the bats fell asleep. The question here, then, is at home against one of the worst teams in baseball, can the Mets bounce back?

For me, the answer should be a resounding yes. The New York Mets have enough depth in that ...

MLB Picks: Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees

MLB Picks: Oakland Athletics at New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an interesting team. They pitch well enough, but nobody is truly dominant. The bullpen is solid, but you have to get to the end of the game with a lead if you’re going to use that bullpen. The lineup is old, and nobody is particularly dynamic, but they’re doing enough to win games. A balance of speed, some power, and a lot of experience and smart approaches make the New York Yankees really tough.

The Oakland Athletics are a long way from home. Traveling coast to coast ...

MLB Picks Contest ($100 Prize): New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox

Monday, August 31st AND Tuesday, September 1st

The New York Yankees have squandered their AL East divisional lead, while the Boston Red Sox continue to float around the bottom. In addition to the improvements by the rest of the division, the Yankees are slumping a bit. Still, the Red Sox are awful. So, we’re going to get a little weird on this one, and make this a parlay.

Will the New York Yankees win BOTH games at Fenway to open this series?

As always, simply comment on this post to participate. The first participant to get to ten wins will get a FREE $100 prize. Good luck, and let’s keep winning together.

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MLB Picks: Pittsburgh Pirates, LA Dodgers AB Doubler Progressions

MLB Picks: Pittsburgh Pirates at Miami Marlins, LA Dodgers at Cincinnati Reds I’m posting a little late today so I’m giving you guys two picks. Hopefully we can clear some more money. We’re killing it this month on the forum, and we’re up about six units (where average bets are around .5 units).

The LA Dodgers have the best pitcher in the league waiting in the wings, so I like an AB doubler against a mediocre Cincinnati Reds team. I think the Dodgers are simply the better team, so even on the road and with a little bit of a sharp line, I like to take a stab at this one knowing Zach Greinke is behind us in the next one and try to get ahead of the likely sharp odds that are coming.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have been good to us this year. We got on them right as they started to turn their season around and they’ve been ...

MLB Picks: Mets Phillies

MLB Picks: New York Mets at Philadelphia Phillies The computer isn’t very confident in this one and the line is kind of sharp, but for me when a pitcher of this caliber goes against a weak offense it’s too hard to stay away. With the New York Mets playing such good baseball right now, I think they will win tonight on the road.

The Philadelphia Phillies have been kind of streaky in the second half and certainly can be dangerous. In fact, with the pitching matchups shaking out the way they are this series looks like a dangerous progression. ...

MLB Picks: Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds

MLB Picks: Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds It’s always nice when the night games haven’t started and you’re already up money on the day, but the early games today gave us a victory behind Max Scherzer and we’re playing with a little bit of house money. I think the Pittsburgh Pirates have a ton of value in an ABC progression against the Cincinnati Reds, and we’re on them here.

The Pirates have their three best pitchers lined up for this one and the Reds traded away the only guy in the rotation that was worth fearing. Pittsburgh is the better team ...

MLB Picks Contest ($100 Prize): New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox

MLB Picks Contest: New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox

Nathan Eovaldi vs Wade Miley, Sunday July 12. This is my favorite rivalry in sports as a lifelong New York Yankees fan. I love that the Boston Red Sox are struggling this year and bringing up the rear of such a highly mediocre division. I love that the Yankees have found a way to have some relative success despite injuries and mediocrity throughout the roster. It’s been quite a year.

So, in a battle of two very average teams in the midst of two very interesting seasons, who ya got? ...