It’s a pretty busy Thursday on the diamond with 11 games on the card. We do have some early starts on getaway day, including the conclusion of what has been an interesting Dodgers/Brewers series with the Dodgers in an underdog role at some shops against Corbin Burnes. We also have a great pitching matchup in Atlanta with Jacob deGrom as a slight favorite against Max Fried.
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This is also the last week of the MLB article, as my focus shifts almost fully to football, but I will write up some stuff on the postseason when that rolls around. September baseball is rather tricky to bet with inflated prices on teams in the playoff hunt, call-ups from the minors and other factors, so it’s a good time to make that shift. Hopefully the last week will be a good one.
Phillies/Reds: In a getaway day du jour, the Reds won 1-0 over a Phillies team that secured the series with an 11-run outburst on Tuesday. I’ve mentioned his name, but Nick Lodolo is really throwing the ball well for the Reds, who are showing some flashes of why so many people were high on their player development system. As for the Phillies, just one of those days where they got stymied by a good lefty that they hadn’t really seen much.