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 was so-so as went 1-1 with our picks but missed the Phillies at plus money. That leaves us with a 15-10-2 mark over the history of this MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the seven underdogs 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.
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
Tampa Bay Rays vs Chicago White Sox
This is the first meeting between the two clubs this season when game one of a three game series begins tonight.
Righty Tyler Glasgow (5-2, 2.17) is set to toe the rubber tonight and over his previous 22 innings of work has allowed four earned runs with 30 strikeouts. He’s up against a White Sox offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .142 ISO and .323 wOBA against righties this season.
Veteran right-hander Lance Lynn (7-1, 1.23) is scheduled to make the start tonight and has allowed two earned runs with 22 strikeouts over his past 18 innings pitched. Tampa Bay has a 26.1 percent strikeout rate with a .169 ISO and .321 wOBA against right-handed pitching this season.
Cash with Flash Monday MLB Pick: Tampa Bay -115
Minnesota Twins vs Seattle Mariners
Game one of a season ending three-game series starts tonight with Seattle owning a 2-1 season series lead over the Twins.
Southpaw J.A. Happ (3-2, 5.75) is supposed to make the start tonight and has allowed 11 earned runs with nine strikeouts over his past 15 innings pitched. He’ll face a Mariners offense with a 27.6 percent strikeout rate, .158 ISO with a .281 wOBA against left-handed pitching this season.
Righty Chris Flexen (5-3, 4.68) is set to man the bump tonight and over his past 19 innings pitched has allowed eight earned runs with a dozen strikeouts. He’s up against a Twins offense with a 22.9 percent strikeout rate, .185 ISO and .321 wOBA against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Monday MLB Pick: Seattle +114
Good luck today!
