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 a losing day as we lost with the underdog Royals but won at -110 with the Reds. That leaves us with a 50-44-11 mark over the history of this 2021 MLB Betting column.
We’re ahead of the game because of the 30 underdogs and several short favorites we hit. Well 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.
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
Cincinnati Reds vs New York Mets
Game three of a three-game series takes place today at 1:10 pm. The series is split 1-1 and New York holds a 3-2 season series edge.
Vladimir Gutierez (5-3, 4.75) is expected to make the start today and over his last 16.1 innings of work has allowed nine earned runs with six strikeouts. He’ll face a Mets offense with a 24 percent strikeout rate, .149 ISO and wRC+ of 94 against right-handed pitching this season.
Marcus Stroman (7-9, 2.63) should make the start today and he’s allowed four earned runs with 14 strikeouts over his last 18 innings pitched. He’s up against a Reds offense with a 23 percent strikeout rate alongside a .176 ISO and wRC+ of 105 against righties this season.
Cash with Flash Sunday MLB Pick: Reds +155
Boston Red Sox vs Tampa Bay Rays
Game three of a three-game scheduled series takes place tonight at 7:05 pm. Tampa Bay can sweep the series with a victory and the season series is all knotted up at 4-4.
Nick Pivetta (8-4, 4.51) should make the start tonight and over his previous 15.1 innings pitched has allowed a dozen earned runs with 11 strikeouts. He’ll meet a Rays offense with a 26 percent strikeout rate, .187 ISO and wRC+ of 110 against righties this season.
Shane McClanahan (4-4, 3.93) is set to toe the rubber tonight and over his past 15 innings pitched has surrendered five earned runs with 18 strikeouts. He’s up against a Boston offense with a 22 percent strikeout rate, .172 ISO and wRC+ of 103 against left-handed pitching this season.
Cash with Flash Sunday MLB Pick: Boston +115
Good luck today!
