Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Cash with Flash Best Bets Friday MLB Betting Column. We’re excited to be here and we’ll try and write in this space as often as time allows.
Wednesday was another tough day as we went 0-2 with our picks. That leaves us with a 29-29-11 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.
Friday 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 Baltimore Orioles
Game one of a three-game scheduled series is set to take place tonight at 7:05 pm and Chicago holds a 4-0 season series edge.
Lefty Dallas Keuchel (6-3, 4.38) is set to man the bump tonight and has allowed a dozen earned runs with nine strikeouts over his last 11.2 innings pitched. He’ll face a Baltimore offense with a 22 percent strikeout rate, .165 ISO and wRC+ of 112 against left-handed pitching this season.
Righty Jorge Lopez (2-11, 6.02) should make the start tonight and over his last 15.2 innings pitched has allowed 11 earned runs with a dozen strikeouts. He’s up against a Chicago offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .147 ISO and wRC+ of 107 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Friday MLB Pick: White Sox -134
Philadelphia Phillies vs Boston Red Sox
Game one of a three-game scheduled series is set to begin at 7:05 pm and the Red Sox hold a 2-1 season series edge.
Righty Vince Velasquez (3-3, 5.50) should be on the bump tonight and over his last 17.1 innings pitched has allowed nine earned runs with 16 strikeouts. He’s up against a Boston offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate alongside a .184 ISO and wRC+ of 102 this season against right-handed pitching.
Righty Garrett Richards (4-5, 4.88) should make the start tonight and over his last 12.1 innings pitched has surrendered 11 earned runs with five strikeouts. He’ll face a Phillies offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate along with a .162 ISO and wRC+ of 91 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Friday MLB Pick: Red Sox -123
Good luck today!
