Chip Chirimbes Sports Handicapper Review & Free Picks

Minnesota at Seattle 7:15 ET

Mariners over Twins - Neither of these clubs is top tier in MLB, but most likely will make the postseason. Seattle, which is supposed to have the best starting rotation in the AL had trouble scoring runs early in the season but it has been their pitching that has been disappointing. The Mariners pitching staff is allowing 4.46 runs per game and that is more than a full run per game (3.50) then the Twins staff allows. Minnesota took the series opener Friday night with a 12-6 victory and have now won five of the last six meetings. One of the biggest problems has been Bryce Miller (2-4, 5.22 ERA) who has been bombed in his last two starts allowing 11 earned runs in just nine innings with just four strikeouts. Last year he was 12-6 with an ERA of 2.96 allowing just 131 hits in 181 innings pitched. I always thought that the weirdest name for any Twins player was Kirby Puckett, but he has now been replaced by today’s starter ‘Zebby’ Matthews (0-1 6.43). who is considered a strikeout artist. Zebby is 1-5 lifetime surrendering 38 runs and 67 hits in just 51 innings with 64 K’s. Take SEATTLE!

NY Yankees at LA Dodgers 7:15 ET

Yankees over Dodgers - As expected with the payrolls being what it is these two are the leading scoring teams in baseball with Los Angeles averaging 5.54 runs per games and the Yankees are even better with 5.65 RPG. Of course the storyline is the power hitting superstars with New York’s Aaron Judge and LA’s Shohei Ohtani who have hit 19 and 22 home runs respectively. Both hit homers in their first at bats Friday with Ohtani hitting his second homer in the 6th inning in the Dodgers 8-5 win. Today. the Yankees even the series. Take NEW YORK!

New York at Indiana 8:00 ET

Knicks (+) over Pacers - There are plenty of good reasons to have the Knicks Saturday night and my buddy Larry Ness would say ‘you can only lose once down 3-games and getting points’, and he is right but that has nothing to do with my reasoning. I am a numbers guy and the book maker is giving me all the signs of a New York victory. The line of minus-4 is fair enough but when I look into the personal prop bets they can be very telling. One thing I believe that the ‘bookies’ are telling ‘us’ is that the Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton, who had one of the greatest playoff stat lines for a guard in NBA Playoff history, followed that performance with an eight point effort last time out and that he is in trouble again. Now, many would naturally think that Ty will bounce back when returning to his home floor where that ‘historic’ game took place. But, the bookmaker does not believe it…his over/under total for points opened at 19.5. Tibs puts the defensive pressure on and Knicks must win! Take NEW YORK!