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Tuesday offers a full slate of Major League Baseball games and Monkey Knife Fight has contests for all of them, meaning lots of chances to play and win!
- There are some star pitchers on the bump Tuesday, including Jacob deGrom making his return to the Mets.
- Corey Kluber, Max Scherzer, Aaron Civale, Rich Hill, Jose Berrios, and Kevin Gausman are some of the top starters going Tuesday.
- But there are also some prime matchups, including the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw at the Astros’ Zack Greinke and the Cardinals’ Jack Flaherty at the White Sox’s Lucas Giolito.
- The best pitching matchup may be in Milwaukee, where the Brewers send Corbin Burnes to the mound against San Diego’s Joe Musgrove.
With this many quality pitchers set to start on Tuesday, it could be a night for lower scores. Just something to keep in mind when looking for value on the MKF board.
Here are some options to consider when playing Tuesday’s MLB schedule on Monkey Knife Fight.
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STAR SHOOTOUT - MAIN GAMES
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Corbin Burnes MORE THAN 8.5 STRIKEOUTS
It is the irresistible force vs. the immovable object. Milwaukee’s emerging ace Burnes has recorded at least nine strikeouts in each of his seven starts this season and the San Diego Padres have a road strikeout rate of 20.8%, the lowest in the National League. Given how he has pitched this season, have to ride with Burnes.
Max Scherzer LESS THAN 8.5 STRIKEOUTS
While the National veteran is delivering more of a vintage Scherzer season, bouncing back from a mediocre 2020 season, he has at least nine strikeouts in five of his nine starts. He is going against a Cincinnati Reds lineup that tends to make contact, with a road strikeout rate of 21.3%, the third lowest rate in MLB.
Aaron Civale MORE THAN 5.5 STRIKEOUTS
Although he is not a big strikeout guy, the Indians right-hander is going deep into games, going more than six innings in four of his past five starts and he has recorded at least six strikeouts in five of nine starts. He goes against a Detroit Tigers lineup that has a home strikeout rate of 27.2%, fourth highest in MLB.
Aaron Judge LESS THAN 1.5 RUNS + RBI
Counting on multiple runs plus RBI is a lot. Even though Judge has destroyed left-handed pitching, he has hit better on the road than at home and the Yankees are at home against the Blue Jays. While Judge has been crushing it in the month of May he has accumulated multiple runs plus RBI in just seven of 21 games this month.
Tyler Mahle LESS THAN 5.5 STRIKEOUTS
The Washington Nationals have a lower-than-average home strikeout rate (22.3%) and Mahle has struggled lately. After posting 31 strikeouts in his first four starts of the season, Mahle has 23 strikeouts in his past five games, finishing with six or more once in those five games.
STAR SHOOTOUT - LATE GAMES
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Jack Flaherty LESS THAN 6.5 STRIKEOUTS
The Cardinals ace is pitching well but has recorded at least seven strikeouts in two of his nine starts and goes against a Chicago White Sox lineup with a lower-than-average home strikeout rate (23.2%).
Andrew Heaney LESS THAN 6.5 STRIKEOUTS
There are often extremes in the performance of the Angels southpaw and at his best he looks like an ace. Heaney has had three starts this season with nine or more strikeouts but he has had five strikeouts or fewer in his other five starts this season. He does face a Texas Rangers lineup with a higher-than-average road strikeout rate (25.6%) but that might not be enough.
Adolis Garcia MORE THAN 1.5 TOTAL BASES
Texas’ rising star in the outfield has been one of the most productive hitters in baseball since getting called up. He is slugging .574 against left-handed pitchers (facing the Angels’ Heaney) and a robust .699 on the road, with both percentages suggesting that he should be able to get a couple of bases against the Angels.
STAR SHOOTOUT - NIGHT GAMES
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Kevin Gausman LESS THAN 6.5 STRIKEOUTS
This has been a fantastic season so far for the Giants ace but he may not pile up the strikeouts in Arizona, against a Diamondbacks team with a lower-than-average home strikeout rate (21.3%). As well as Gausman has pitched, he has recorded seven or more strikeouts twice in six road starts this season (compared to reaching that threshold in all three of his home starts).
Anthony Rendon LESS THAN 1.5 HITS + WALKS
There may come a time when the Angels third baseman snaps out of his slump but there is not much to like about his performance at the plate this season, which includes a .330 on-base percentage, which is well below his .371 career mark.
Mike Yastrzemski MORE THAN 1.5 TOTAL BASES
Yaz is slugging .552 against right-handed pitching and gets a reasonably favorable matchup against Corbin Martin of the Arizona Diamondbacks. He is slugging .413 on the road and is averaging 1.63 total bases per road game, enough of an edge against an unproven pitcher.
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