Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Cash with Flash Best Bets Wednesday MLB Betting Column. We’re excited to be here and we’ll try and write in this space as often as time allows.
Tuesday was a better day around here as we hit with the underdog Phillies but missed the underdog Angels. That leaves us with a 26-21-10 mark over the history of this MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the 13 underdogs and several short favorites we hit. Nearly 50 percent of our wins were from wagering on underdogs and without them we’d be trending in the wrong direction. That’s something we don’t want to do.
The most important thing to remember when betting on baseball is finding underdogs as it takes a 52.4 percent success rate at -110 just to break even. This column will offer a mixture of mid to short favorites (-110 to -160) as well as underdogs at +200 and below.
We’re also looking at F5 inning wagers in order to eliminate bullpens, the church league softball extra-inning, man on second base and seven-inning doubleheader rules MLB has thrust upon us.
Wednesday MLB Best Bets!
Unless otherwise indicated, all wagers are First Five Innings Wagers (F5).
In order to arrive at our conclusions, we’ll be using the principles found in Betting Baseball 101
Los Angeles Angels vs New York Yankees
Game three of a four-game scheduled series begins tonight with the sides splitting the series at 1-1.
Righty Shohei Ohtani (3-1, 2.58) is set to make the start tonight and over his previous 17 innings pitched has allowed four earned runs with 22 punchouts. He’ll face a Yankees offense with a 25 percent strikeout rate, .157 ISO and wRC+ of 99 this season against right-handed pitching.
Right-handed pitcher Domingo Germain (4-5, 4.52) should make the start tonight and over his last 12.1 innings of work has allowed 14 earned runs with 11 strikeouts. He’s up against a Los Angeles offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate, .182 ISO wRC+ 105 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Best Bets Wednesday Pick: Angels +101
Tampa Bay Rays vs Washington Nationals
Game two of a two-game series is set to take place this afternoon at 4:05 pm with Washington taking game one while holding a 2-1 season series lead over the Rays.
Righty Drew Rasmussan (0-0, 0.00) should make the start this afternoon and over his previous 3.2 innings of work has allowed zero runs with seven punchouts. He’s up against a Nationals offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate with a .172 ISO and wRC+ of 95 this season against right-handed pitching.
Lefty Jon Lester (1-3, 4.99) is set to man the bump and over his past 13.2 innings pitched has allowed 11 earned runs with nine strikeouts. He’ll meet a Twins offense with a 28 percent strikeout rate, .145 ISO and wRC+ of 91 this season against southpaws.
Cash with Flash Best Bets Tuesday MLB Pick: Nationals -101
Good luck today!
