Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Cash with Flash Best Bets Monday MLB Betting Column. We’re excited to be here and we’ll try and write in this space as often as time allows.
Sunday saw a slight profit as we hit with the underdog Cubs but lost with the underdog Royals. That leaves us with a 29-24-11 mark over the history of this 2021 MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the 16 underdogs and several short favorites we hit. More than half 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.
Monday 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
Chicago White Sox vs Minnesota Twins
Game one of a three-game season series begins tonight at 7:05 pm and Chicago has an 8-1 season series edge.
Righty Dylan Cease (7-3, 3.75) is set to make the start tonight and over his last 15 innings pitched has allowed nine earned runs with 18 punchouts. He’s up against a Twins offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .184 ISO and wRC+ of 102 against right-handed pitching this season.
Right-hander Bailey Ober (0-1, 5.84) should make the start tonight and over his previous 11.2 innings pitched has allowed nine earned runs with 11 strikeouts. He’s up against a White Sox offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .146 ISO alongside a wRC+ of 107 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Monday MLB Pick: White Sox -125
Boston Red Sox vs Los Angeles Angels
Game one of a scheduled, three-game series begins tonight at 9:30pm and Boston holds a 2-1 season series edge.
Lefty Martin Perez (6-4, 4.04) is the Boston probable starting pitcher and over his past 14 innings pitched has allowed three earned runs with eight strikeouts. He’ll meet an Angels offense with a 21.5 percent strikeout rate, .184 ISO and 112 wRC+ against southpaws this season.
Left-hander Jose Suarez (3-1, 1.98) should make the start tonight and over his previous 9.1 innings pitched has allowed two earned runs with ten strikeouts. He’s up against a Boston offense with a 21 percent strikeout rate, .173 ISO and wRC+ of 104 against lefties this season.
Cash with Flash Monday MLB Pick: Angels +101
Good luck today!
