Thursday's MLB Best Bets: Roansy Contreras, Jordan Lyles, and the Strikeout Watch List

Thursday's MLB Best Bets: Roansy Contreras, Jordan Lyles, and the Strikeout Watch List

After what this list did yesterday, it's going to get banned by the sportsbooks at some point soon. They can't just sit around and get dominated day in and day out like this. It legitimately looks like the MLB managers and we are in cahoots at this point. Like they read the list every day and give us what we want for whiffs. Now obviously that isn't what's happening but that is definitely what it feels like. I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. Baseball is actually fun again. All because of the strikeout watch list. Lucky for us, we've got 13 MLB games on today which means plenty of chances for ladders to the moon. We're just living the dream out here. Feels good too.

Remember, we need to see AT LEAST five of these batters in these lineups when they are released. If that happens, get ready to fire away. If we don't see at least five of these names in each lineup, walk away. We'll find something better. Don't forget to be somebody today.

Pirates at Reds - 2:10 pm ET

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Pitcher Target - Roansy Contreras 6+ Strikeouts (+200) (Bet $100 to win $200)

Reds To Look For When Lineup Is Released:

• Tyler Naquin (60% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Mike Moustakas (48.4% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Matt Reynolds (41.4% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Joey Votto (31.9% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Aramis Garcia (31.8% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Albert Almora (30.4% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Michael Papierski (30% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Jonathan India (26% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Tommy Pham (25% strikeout rate last 15 days)

Angels at Orioles - 7:05 pm ET

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Pitcher Target - Jordan Lyles 6+ Strikeouts (+162) (Bet $100 to win $162)

Angels To Look For When Lineup Is Released:

• Monte Harrison (66.7% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Michael Stefanic (57.1% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Matt Thaiss (50% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Andrew Velazquez (43.3% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Max Stassi (40.6% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Brandon Marsh (39.4% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Mike Trout (37.8% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Jared Walsh (37.5% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Jonathan Villar (30.8% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Taylor Ward (25.5% strikeout rate last 15 days)

Yankees at Red Sox - 7:10 pm ET

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Pitcher Target - Josh Winckowski  5+ Strikeouts (+215) (Bet $100 to win $215)

Yankees To Look For When Lineup Is Released:

• Joey Gallo (47.1% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Matt Carpenter (31.8% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Marwin Gonzalez (30% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Aaron Hicks (30% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Josh Donaldson (28% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Kyle Higashioka (26.7% strikeout rate last 15 days)
• Aaron Judge (25% strikeout rate last 15 days)

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