Wise n’ Shine: MLB predictions and golf best bets for Tuesday, August 8

Good morning, Pickswise Nation. Another week in Major League Baseball continues with a full 16-game schedule on Tuesday. As for the country club sports, a big tennis tournament is taking place in Canada and golf’s FedEx Cup Playoffs begin this week in Memphis. It’s another big day in the world of sports, so let’s get right to it and make your next bet better with Wise n’ Shine!

About Last Night

Pickswise experts dominate on the diamond
Our props experts continue to deliver as JutPicks went 2-1 with his best bets yesterday to improve our player props run to 14-8. On the diamond, the Dodgers secured a big win over the Padres while the Braves fell to the Pirates.

Buescher beats the field at NASCAR race in Michigan
Chris Buescher took home the checkered flag from the rain-delayed FireKeepers Casino 400 in Michigan on Monday. Buescher was an unexpected champion, but our NASCAR expert dominated in the prop-bet department. He hit 3 of his 4 plays, all of which came in at plus-money odds. Erik Jones finished in the top 10 (+330) and both Denny Hamlin (+115) and Martin Truex Jr. (+140) were in the top 5. 

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Today’s Slate

Orioles host Astros on TBS
Today’s MLB schedule is highlighted by the Orioles and Astros at 7:05 pm ET on TBS. Other matchups include Cardinals at Rays, Giants at Angels, Dodgers at Diamondbacks and Padres at Mariners. Don’t miss our MLB predictions for all 16 games today.

Best Bet of the Day

MLB: St. Louis Cardinals vs Tampa Bay Rays Over 8
6:40 pm ET

After a day off for both squads, the St. Louis Cardinals Travel to Tropicana Field to take on the Tampa Bay Rays. It will be Miles Mikolas for the visitors and Zach Eflin on the mound for the Rays. Posting a 4.29 ERA and 1.29 WHIP, Mikolas has had an up-and-down year though finds himself with a 5.90 ERA in his last three outings. He falls well below the league average in several major categories. While the Rays do have a better arm on the mound in this matchup, I’m also high on the Cardinals to continue putting barrel to ball. The Cardinals hit .275 in the month of July and rank 3rd in BA since the all-star break (.274). Eflin has been showing some regression as of late with a 4.85 ERA in July. With all things considered, the over looks a good bet. Read our full Cardinals vs Rays predictions.

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Must-read

We are ramping up NFL preseason coverage with a plethora of futures-related articles, and you can find all of them in our NFL Betting Guide. The latest includes a breakdown of players most likely to lead the league in touchdowns. We also have best bets for league leaders in rushing and receiving. Finally, our team-by-team NFL 2023 season previews have begun as we have Chiefs predictions, Chargers predictions, Broncos predictions, Raiders predictions, Jets predictions, Bills predictions and Eagles predictions.

On the golf course, the FedEx Cup Playoffs get started this week and Diane Knox Balas has delivered her best bets for the FedEx St. Jude Championship. As for today, a huge tennis tournament is underway in Canada. Be sure to check out our best bets for the Rogers Cup. 

Read all of our sports betting articles as they arrive throughout the morning and afternoon on the Analysis tab. 

Stat of the Day

The White Sox have won 3 games after prevailing on Monday against the Yankees, who will start Clarke Schmidt (4.35 ERA) on Tuesday. Schmidt’s road ERA is 4.91, compared to 3.97 at home. 

Quote of the Day

“He’s been disrespecting the game for a while. When he does something like that on the bases, he can get somebody out of the game. So I was telling him to stop doing that. After he tapped me really hard – more than needed – he said he wanted to fight and I had to defend myself.”

— Jose Ramirez of the Guardians (in Spanish) on his brawl this past weekend with Tim Anderson of the White Sox. Ramirez was suspended for 3 games on Monday, while Anderson’s ban is 6 games. 

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