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MLB Picks Today: Expert MLB Bets for Friday, September 23
RotoWire.com's Michael Rathburn has dug into the best sports betting sites across the country to identify his MLB bets and MLB player props to target today.
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Boston Red Sox 
at New York Yankees 
The Yankees had that four-week stretch from early August to early September where they went 21-7 to the UNDER. Well, that skid is gone and now they are back to scoring runs in bunches with an 11-3 run on the OVER in their last 14. They have averaged 6.7 runs in that stretch.
The pitching matchup of Gerrit Cole vs. Rich Hill at a 7.5 total feels just a tad low. The Red Sox have a history against Cole with a 5.28 ERA in his last five against them. Hill has a 5.08 ERA in his last seven starts. With the resurgence of the Yankees bats plus the pitching, I like for this game to easily go over the 7.5-run total.
MLB Best Bets for Red Sox at Yankees
- Red Sox/Yankees OVER 7.5 runs for 1.1 RW buck (DraftKings -110)
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San Francisco Giants 
at Arizona Diamondbacks 
If you follow me in this article, you know that the Giants own the D'backs in San Francisco. But this game is in Arizona, and we get a huge park shift in the negative for Carlos Rodon. Rodon pitched a gem against Arizona at home 5 weeks ago with an 11-strikeout, two-walk stat line over 6 innings.
But the prior two starts in Arizona he got rocked for 9 earned runs in 11 innings. Add in Tommy Henry and in 5.50 ERA for the Diamondbacks and we get the recipe for another over.
MLB Best Bets for Giants at Diamondbacks
- Giants/Diamondbacks OVER 8.0 runs for 1.14 RW buck (FanDuel -114)
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Cleveland Guardians 
at Texas Rangers 
Cleveland is on a 15-3 run in their last 18 games and surging towards the #3 seed in the American League playoffs. While they do not hit for a lot of power, they also do not strike out (15%). The Rangers have scored 4 runs or less in 16 out of their last 24.
MLB Best Bets for Guardians at Rangers
- Guardians/Rangers UNDER 7.5 runs for 1.15 RW buck (DraftKings -115)
MLB Best Bets Today Recap
- Red Sox/Yankees OVER 7.5 runs for 1.1 RW buck (DraftKings -110)
- Giants/Diamondbacks OVER 8.0 runs for 1.14 RW buck (FanDuel -114)
- Guardians/Rangers UNDER 7.5 runs for 1.15 RW buck (DraftKings -115)
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