Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Cash with Flash Best Bets Saturday MLB Betting Column. We’re excited to be here and we’ll try and write in this space as often as time allows.
Friday was a losing day around here as we pushed with the underdog Indians and lost with the underdog Nationals. That leaves us with a 24-15-10 mark over the history of this MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the eleven 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.
Saturday 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
New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
Game two of a three-game series takes place tonight at 7:05pm and Boston has a 1-0 series lead with a 4-0 season series lead.
Lefty Jordan Montgomery (3-1, 4.03) is set to toe the rubber tonight and over his past 16.1 innings pitched has surrendered eight earned runs with 16 punchouts. He’ll meet a Boston offense with a 22 percent strikeout rate, .161 ISO and wRC+ of 101 against lefties this season.
Righty Nathan Eovaldi (7-4, 3.90) is the Boston probable starting pitcher tonight and has allowed eight earned runs with 11 strikeouts over his last 16.1 innings pitched. He’ll face a Yankees offense with a 25 percent strikeout rate, .158 ISO with a wRC+ of 100 this season against right-handed pitching.
Cash with Flash Saturday MLB Pick: Yankees -110
Oakland Athletics vs San Francisco Giants
Game two of a three-game scheduled series takes place tonight at 10:05pm with the Giants winning game one of this series.
Righty Frankie Montas (7-7, 4.79) is the Oakland probable starter and over his previous 19 innings pitched has allowed a dozen earned runs with 22 punchouts. He’ll face a Giants offense with a 26 percent strikeout rate, .197 ISO alongside a wRC+ of 111 against right-handers this season.
Lefty Alex Wood (6-3, 4.09) is supposed to make the start tonight and over his past 14.1 innings pitched has allowed ten earned runs with 13 strikeouts. He’s up against an Oakland offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .180 ISO and wRC+ of 111 against southpaws this season.
Cash with Flash Saturday MLB: Oakland -100
Good luck today!
