Phil Naessens 
Welcome to Cash with Flash Best Bets Sunday MLB Betting Column. We’re excited to be here and we’ll try and write in this space as often as time allows.
Saturday was another profitable day as we hit our Indians picks and the Cardinals were rained out. That leaves us with a 21-11-5 mark over the history of this MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the nine 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.
Sunday 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
Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees
The rubber-game of a scheduled three-game series commences today at 1:05pm.
Southpaw Sean Manea (6-2, 2.99) is set to man the bump and over his past 20.2 innings pitched has allowed one earned run with 16 strikeouts. He’ll face a Yankees offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .164 ISO and 100 wRC+ against lefties this season.
Lefty Jordan Montgomery (3-1, 4.20) is scheduled to make the start today and has allowed eight earned runs with 16 strikeouts over 17.1 innings of work. He’s up against an Oakland offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate, .182 ISO and wRC+ of 113 against left-handed pitching this season.
Cash with Flash Sunday MLB Pick: Oakland +111
New York Mets vs Washington Nationals
Game four of a scheduled four-game series is set for today with the Nationals holding a 2-1 series edge with the sides at 3-3 over their season series.
Righty Taijuan Walker (6-2, 2.12) is making the start today and has allowed six earned runs with 23 strikeouts over his past 19 innings pitched. He’s up against a Nationals offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate, .140 ISO and wRC+ of 88 against right-handed pitching this season.
Lefty Patrick Corbin (4-5, 5.60) is the Washington probable starting pitcher and over the course of his last 18.2 innings pitched has allowed eight earned runs with 14 punchouts. He’s up against a Mets offense with a 23.5 percent strikeout rate, .145 ISO and wRC+ of 96 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Sunday MLB Pick: Mets -125
Good luck today!
