The weekend MLB series have already gotten underway, and with that in mind, you’re going to want to add to your Saturday with our MLB best bets today. That’s because we’ve got afternoon games starting with Gerrit Cole, with games all day leading up to Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight. To make your MLB picks even more valuable as well, we’ve also laid out how to easily snag today’s GUARANTEED 5x Courtside Sports promo code bonus!

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⚾ MLB Picks, Predictions & Best Bets Today, 8/8

As if Cole + Yamamoto didn’t sound exciting enough, the slate also features Sandy Alcantara, Chase Burns, Gavin Williams and more to target for MLB predictions! That’s why our MLB expert picks are a must, as it will help you have even more options than the ones below. That said, the ones below are still our MLB best bets today, so let’s break ‘em down!
 

 

 

🔥 Braves vs. Yankees Best Bet: Chris Sale Over 7.5 K's (-137 at Courtside)

There is no time to waste when it comes to breaking things down, as this interleague East matchup is the first game of the afternoon. One guy who did get to wait is Chris Sale, who had his start pushed back a day, setting us up with an epic showdown vs. the aforementioned Gerrit Cole. For our MLB best bets today, we’re focused on the lefty.

That alone is reason enough to do so, as the Bronx Bombers have NOT been blasting southpaws; instead, they’ve been getting defused. That’s great news for all lefties, especially one the caliber of Sale. As great as it’s been to see George Lombard, Jr. burst onto the scene, New York’s lefty K rate is still through the roof at over 27%.

When you pair that with the 30.4% K rate of the Braves ace, we love leading off our MLB best bets today with Chris Sale over 7.5 strikeouts (-137 at Courtside).

🔥 Rays vs. Mariners Best Bet: Griffin Jax Over 5.5 K’s (-103 at Courtside)

We’re going from the very first matchup of the day to the very last one, where we’ll see quite the cross-country clash with the Tampa Bay Rays all the way up in the Pacific Northwest against the Seattle Mariners. That’s where it all starts: T-Mobile Park is the best pitcher’s park out there. Of course, we need more than just that for this to be one of our MLB best bets today.

Tampa had their ace - Drew Rasmussen - on the mound last night, but we are still confident in what we’ve seen from Griffin Jax. He’s recorded eight and 10 K’s in his last two outings, and the Mariners are a solid matchup with a top-10 righty K rate. It’s not perfect, but with Jax having a chase AND whiff rate just shy of the 90th percentile, it’s more than enough.

Let’s see the righty continue making it so that more and more fans recognize the name by adding to our MLB best bets today with Griffin Jax over 5.5 strikeouts (-103 at Courtside).
 

 

 

⚾ Best MLB Prop Bets & Other Picks Today, 8/8

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