Wise n' Shine: MLB picks and Wimbledon tennis predictions for Monday

Good morning, Pickswise Nation, and welcome to another wonderful week of sports. Wimbledon starts today and the baseball action keeps rolling, so let’s get straight to making your next bet better.

About Last Night

Our expert cashes a +1400 odds Golf pick
Our Golf expert Diane Knox Balas is in red-hot form and after a 75/1 win and a 100/1 2nd in the last few weeks, she cashed +1400 winner Rickie Fowler in the Rocket Mortgage Classic on Sunday. Fowler beat Collin Morikawa and Adam Hadwin in a playoff for his first tournament win since 2019.

Braves march on
The Braves won their 8th straight game, 6-3 against the Marlins, for their 16th win in 17 games. The Red Sox swept the Blue Jays as a 9th-inning homer from Alex Verdugo gave them a 5-4 win on Sunday, while the Royals upset the Dodgers 9-1 for their first series success in 6 weeks. The Mets also enjoyed a welcome series success by beating the Giants 8-4.

Soccer success
The USMNT responded well to an opening tie with Jamaica at the CONCACAF Gold Cup with back-to-back 6-0 wins over St. Kitts & Nevis and Trinidad & Tobago to win its group. We cashed our pick of USA to win in a shutout to give us a 4-0 run with our Gold Cup picks.

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Today’s Slate

10-game MLB slate today
Today’s 10-game MLB slate features a couple of afternoon games, starting with Astros vs Rangers at 2:05 pm ET, while FS1 is showing Reds vs Nationals at 6:05 pm ET and Angels vs Padres at 9:40 pm ET. Check out today’s MLB picks.

Wimbledon is here
The grass-court Grand Slam at the All-England Club in Wimbledon starts this morning and our Tennis ace Ricky Dimon, who recently cashed a 14/1 pick with ATP Stuttgart champion Frances Tiafoe, has today’s Tennis predictions for Day 1.

Best Bet of the Day

Tennis: Over 38.5 games in Alexander Bublik vs Mackenzie McDonald
9:30 am ET

Mackenzie McDonald is a considerable underdog, but has a good chance to win what should be a competitive contest first-round match at Wimbledon this morning. A number of 38.5 is not big at all for a grass-court affair, especially not for one that involves Alexander Bublik. The Kazakh is one of the biggest servers on tour, but he sometimes struggles in the return game. Service breaks are often scarce in his matches, and that is the case to a greater extent on grass than on any other surface. It will be a surprise if this battle lasts only 3 sets, and anything more would almost certainly take the game total over this quota. Check out our full Wimbledon Day 1 predictions.

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Must-read

Today’s MLB mega parlay and YRFI/NRFI Best Bets are ready to read and you can also check out our Wimbledon outright picks for the men’s singles and women’s singles. Keep an eye out for more great sports analysis as it arrives throughout the day on the Analysis tab.

Stat of the Day

Every team in the AL East has a winning record and every team in the AL Central has a losing record.

Quote of the Day

“I knew it was a matter of time with how I’ve been playing.”

Rickie Fowler was understandably delighted to end his trophy drought.

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