Tim Michaels Handicapper Reviews & Picks

T.M. Selection: Tampa Bay Rays.

I like the Tampa Bay Rays to win this game against the New York Yankees on Wednesday. The Rays have looked really good in their games lately winning 4 games in a row now. The Yankees have looked terrible in their games lately losing 3 in a row now, but they have been losing a lot of games over the last 2 weeks and I expect them to continue in their slump here. Their offense has looked terrible lately, they have put up 1 run total in 3 games in a row now and if it wasn't for an error in last night's game, they could have been blanked in 3 games in a row. Corey Kluber (7-7, 4.40 ERA) is up for the Rays here and he has been really up and down this year and is coming off 5 really bad starts in a row, but I think he will bounce back here and he hasn't given up more than 1 earned run in both of his starts against the Yankees this year either. Domingo German (1-2, 4.18 ERA) is up for the Yankees here and he has looked a lot better in his starts lately but I see the Rays putting up some runs here with their offense looking a lot better as of late and I don't trust this Yankees offense to stay competitive in this game since they have looked so bad for a while now. I like the Rays to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-2 Rays.

T.M. Selection: LA Dodgers.

I like the LA Dodgers to win this game against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday. The Dodgers lost to the Brewers yesterday after beating them 4-0 on Monday, but that was a very close loss yesterday losing 4-3 in the 11th inning, and the Dodgers still scored in that 11th inning but the Brewers scored 2. I think the Dodgers are going to bounce back in this game though and I expect them to get back on track here after such a close loss yesterday. Tony Gonsolin (14-1, 2.24 ERA) is up for the Dodgers here and he has been great all year. His record and ERA alone speak for themselves but he hasn't given up many runs in a majority of his starts this year, I expect him to pitch another great game here. He has been great in August with 2 starts of 5+ innings under his belt and he has only given up 1 run total between those 2 starts. He hasn't seen the Brewers lineup yet this year but they haven't been hitting that well lately and even in their win yesterday, they didn't put up a lot of runs to get that win. I don't see the Brewers putting up many runs here on Gonsolin with the way their offense has been lately. Eric Lauer (8-4, 3.64 ERA) is up for the Brewers here and he hasn't looked that great in his starts this year. He just gave up 3 runs in his most recent start and he hasn't been a terrible starter this year giving up a ton of runs, but he has been consistently giving up runs in his starts and I see him getting into trouble here with this Dodgers offense. Even in yesterday's loss every time the Brewers took a lead, the Dodgers came right back the next inning but this is a game I'm expecting Gonsloin to shut down the Brewers offense in and I see the Dodgers taking an early lead here and not looking back. I like the Dodgers to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 6-2 Dodgers.