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.
Friday was a terrific day as we went 2-0 with our picks, including the underdog Los Angeles Angels. That leaves us with a 41-37-11 mark over the history of this 2021 MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the 22 underdogs and several short favorites we hit. Over 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
New York Yankees vs Boston Red Sox
Game two of a four-game series takes place tonight at 7:05 pm. Boston won game one of this series and holds an 8-2 season series edge.
Gerrit Cole (10-4, 2.63) is the Yankees probable starting pitcher tonight and has allowed five earned runs with 29 strikeouts over his past 18.1 innings pitched. He’ll meet a Boston offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate, .190 ISO and wRC+ of 105 against right-handed pitching this season.
Eduardo Rodriguez (7-5, 5.19) is the Red Sox probable starting pitcher and over his past 16.2 innings pitched has surrendered four earned runs with 19 strikeouts. He’s up against a Yankees offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate, .174 ISO and wRC+ of 112 against left-handed pitching this season.
Cash with Flash Friday MLB Pick: Yankees +108
Chicago White Sox vs Milwaukee Brewers
Game one of a three game scheduled series takes place tonight at 8:10 pm. Tonight also marks the first meeting this season between the two clubs.
Lucas Giolito (8-6, 3.90) should make the start tonight and over the past 19.1 innings of work has surrendered nine earned runs with 22 strikeouts. He’ll face a Brewers offense with a 26 percent strikeout rate alongside a .156 ISO and wRC+ of 88 this season against right-handed pitching.
Freddy Peralta (7-3, 2.39) is expected to start tonight and over his past 17 innings pitched has allowed seven earned runs with 21 strikeouts. He’s up against a White Sox offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .163 ISO and wRC+ of 111 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Friday MLB Pick: White Sox +115
Good luck today!
