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  1. 🎯 New to Chalkboard? Double Your Deposit Today
  2. FREE PROMO PICK: Nathan Eovaldi Over 0.5 Outs
  3. Nick Kurtz Chalkboard Pick'em — More 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBI
  4. Yusei Kikuchi Chalkboard Pick'em — More 5.5 Strikeouts

Looking for the best Chalkboard MLB picks today? Let's break down Monday's top More/Less selections on the Chalkboard platform, including a free promo pick that is as close to a lock as you will find anywhere on today's slate. Chalkboard consistently offers some of the sharpest lines in the pick'em space, and today's MLB card gives us two strong paying picks alongside a promo play that all but guarantees a winning leg. Whether you are a Chalkboard veteran or new to the platform, check out Fantasy Alarm's MLB picks and predictions page for daily matchup analysis and expert projections all season long. Here are the top Chalkboard MLB picks for Monday, April 13, 2026.

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FREE PROMO PICK: Nathan Eovaldi Over 0.5 Outs

Use this as your free promo card today. Nathan Eovaldi takes the mound for the Rangers at Sutter Health Park against the Athletics. He needs to record one out. One out. The man has made three starts in 2026. He is a 15-year major league veteran and a guaranteed rotation anchor for Texas regardless of the early-season results. He is going to take the ball, he is going to throw pitches, and he is going to get outs. There is zero realistic world where he fails to retire a single batter. Pair this with your two paying picks today and give your entry a near-automatic winning leg from the jump.

 

 

 

Nick Kurtz Chalkboard Pick'em — More 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBI

Kurtz just broke out of his 48 at-bat homerless drought in the best possible way yesterday. He launched a solo shot in the third inning at Citi Field against the Mets to provide the only run in a 1-0 Athletics shutout win that completed a three-game sweep. The churn-the-butter celebration is back, and the timing could not be better.

Now he returns to Sutter Health Park, which is a genuine hitter's haven and a park where Kurtz absolutely thrived in 2025, posting a 1.002 OPS with 36 home runs. His Statcast profile tells you the cold stretch was never going to last. An average exit velocity of 97 mph, a 57.1 percent hard-hit rate, and a 14.3 percent barrel rate in 2026 paint the picture of an elite contact quality that was simply not producing surface results. The underlying numbers per Baseball Savant, with an xwOBA of .354, pointed to massive positive regression. Yesterday was the start of that correction.

Today, he faces Nathan Eovaldi, who is 1-2 with a 7.98 ERA through three 2026 starts. Coming home off a homer, facing a struggling right-hander, at the best hitter-friendly park in his backyard, More 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBI has multiple paths to success. A base hit and a run. A hit and an RBI. Against a pitcher giving up runs in bunches, both are very reachable.

Yusei Kikuchi Chalkboard Pick'em — More 5.5 Strikeouts

Kikuchi is a proven strikeout arm, and tonight's matchup against a Yankees lineup that is among the worst offenses in baseball to start the 2026 season is as favorable a spot as he is going to find all year.

He posted 174 strikeouts across 178.1 innings in 2025, averaging a career-best 9.30 K/9 that earned him his first career All-Star selection. The curveball and slider are premium swing-and-miss pitches, and the arm angle change he made entering this season has added a deception element that opposing hitters are still working to solve. 

The Yankees make this pick even cleaner. Their team batting average is .201, ranking 29th of 30 teams in baseball. Their team OPS is .648, 23rd overall. As a team, they come into this game with a 28% strikeout rate against southpaws. More than 5.5 Strikeouts for a pitcher averaging 9.30 K/9 last year against one of the most punchout-prone lineups in baseball is the strongest strikeout play on today's Chalkboard card.

 

 

 

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