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Mark Lammey
MLB HR PICK
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Kazuma Okamoto (TOR)
To Hit a Home Run (+330)
Targeting A's starter Jacob Lopez is so polarizing because he's a guy who pitches to contact, but can rack up K's at time. He also avoids hard contact, but also pitches for the A's. That's why his home/road splits are so severe - the lefty is 0-3 at home and 6-1 on the road. Well, he's back at the Triple-A ballpark tonight, and with the Blue Jays third baseman being a righty, he's set up perfectly to go yard with his .500 slugging vs. southpaws.
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Howard Bender
MLB STOLEN BASE PICK
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AJ Ewing (NYM)
To Steal a Base (+329)
Marlins righty Eury Perez has allowed 28 stolen bases this season which is the most allowed in all of MLB. Since trading away Liam Hicks, their catchers have steadily posted a worse caught-stealing rate and while Joe Mack is sitting right about at league-average, we know the Mets, Ewing most of all, will test him. A 29-percent caught-stealing rate on almost 50 attempts is not that great, is it. Ewing's OBP numbers aren't blowing anyone away, but his 16 steals against righties, makes this a bit more encouraging.
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