MLB Best Bets for Friday, May 26 from Pickswise expert handicapper Mark Zinno

We have a big day of MLB action on Friday and I’ve picked out the 3 plays I like most on today’s baseball slate. I went 2-1 in Wednesday’s article, making it a nice 6-1-1 run in my last 3 across the NBA and MLB.

Today I am looking at a run-line play, a first 5-innings money line bet and a first 5-innings under. Let’s get into the reasoning behind those picks.

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Nationals +1.5 over Royals (-178, FanDuel)

The Kansas City Royals and Washington Nationals begin a 3-game series at Kaufmann Stadium on Friday and the Nationals will send beleaguered starter Patrick Corbin to the mound. However, Corbin has actually been better than most people notice, and over his last 4 starts he's gone at least 6 innings and given up 2 or fewer earned runs. The Nationals have won 3 of his last 4 starts – all games in which the team has allowed 4 or fewer runs. Corbin has also managed to avoid the long ball, allowing just 2 home runs over that same 4-start span.
Kansas City starts Jordan Lyles, who is 0-8 on the season with a 7.15 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP. Lyles has been better at home, but it's hard to justify the Royals being favored here at all considering Kansas City has lost all 10 starts that Lyles has made this season. This feels like a perfect spot to grab the Nationals on the money line at a plus-money price, but just to be sure, I'm willing to pay the heavy juice to take the +1.5 in the run line.

Yankees first 5-inning ML over Padres (+104, FanDuel)

The Yankees and Padres start a 3-game series in the Bronx today. The Padres are starting Joe Musgrove, who has yet to round into form. In May, he's 0-2 with a 4.60 ERA and has walked 8 batters in 15.2 innings pitched. The Padres lineup also continues to struggle and is dead last in MLB with a .233 average and 22nd out of 30 teams in slugging on the season.

  
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