Joey Tron Handicapper Reviews & Picks

I like the Dodgers to win this one on the road against the Astros in what will be a great series. The Dodgers are winners in 4 of 5 and the Astros just lost 2 of 3 from Oakland. The Dodgers are sending Gavin Stone to the hill who has excellent numbers on the road with a 6-2 record and 2.83 ERA. He is 2-1 his L3 road starts holding a 2.84 ERA. The Astros are sending Framber Valdez to the hill who has been doing well but the strength of competition has been weak. His L3 starts have come against the Mariners, Marlins and Jays where he allowed 6 ERs and walked 7 batters. The Dodgers bats are hitting a .445 SLG% and have a .784 OPS against LHP this season. Take the Dodgers ML here. -Joey Tron

I like the Rangers to win this one on the road against the Blue Jays. The Rangers just had a 4 game sweep over the White Sox and have now 5 in a row while the Jays just lost another series and are losers in 3 of their L5. Andrew Heaney takes the hill for the Rangers who has been MUCH better since the start of the season. He is 2-1 his L4 starts and holds a 1.61 ERA in this span while going 1-1 on the road. He has seen at least 5 IP in each of these starts and the Rangers BP has been excellent the L5 games. The Jays are sending Yusei Kikuchi to the hill who has no doubt been on a steep downhill fall. He is 4-9 on the season and 0-2 his L5 starts with a big 6.18 ERA in this span.The Rangers are riding a hot hand and should keep this momentum going with their division race heating up. Play the Rangers ML here. -Joey Tron

I like this game between the Marines and White Sox to stay UNDER 7.5 runs here. Both offenses here rank towards the bottom of the MLB in OPS, as the Marines are ranked 28th and the White Sox are ranked 30th. Not only that, but both pitchers in this match up have been performing very well. George Kirby takes the hill for the Mariners who holds a 2.37 ERA and a 0.96 WHIP his last 5 stars going 1-1 on the road. Drew Thorpe is taking the hill for the White Sox and he has been excellent for him. He holds a 1.48 ERA and 0.76 WHIP his L5 starts and holds a 3-0 record in this span. Both teams are struggling to score runs and with the pitching match up in store, runs should not come often here. Play the UNDER in this one. -Joey Tron