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| Put Marc's powerful database and 40 years of unparalleled service to work for you this season - you'll be glad you did! |
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MLB | Jul 12, 2025 Mets vs Royals |
Royals +115 at BookMaker |
Lost $100.0 |
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• Play - Kansas City with Lorenzen vs Montas (Game 978) • Main advantage for the Royals: • Lorenzen has a 3.64 ERA with 16 strikeouts and one walk in the last three starts • Main disadvantage against the Mets: • Montas is 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA on the road this season, with an overall season ERA of 6-14 • Conclusion: With Montas in poor current form and sporting a 6.35 career ERA on Saturdays, we recommend a 3-star play on the Kansas City Royals as our MLB Top Live Dog Key Play. Thank you, and good luck as always. |
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MLB | Jul 13, 2025 Phillies vs Padres |
UNDER 7½ -120 | |
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• Play - Phillies with Sanchez vs Pivetta UNDER 7 runs (Game 909-910) • Main advantage for the Phillies Under • Sanchez posts a 1.54 ERA with 33 strikeouts and one walk in his last five starts • Sanchez 0-5 UNDER in his last five starts • Main disadvantage against the Padres under: • Pivetta has a 0.48 ERA in his last three starts with 23 strikeouts and three walks • Conclusion: With both pitchers in excellent, commanding form, we recommend a 3-star play on the UNDER 7 runs in this game as our MLB Top Totals Key Play. Thank you, and good luck as always. |
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In addition to being on the faculty at Sports Data University, Marc writes a weekly NFL column for the USA TODAY Sports Weekly, and has authored hundreds of articles on the art and science of sports handicapping. He publishes the PLAYBOOK Football Preview Guide magazine and the weekly PLAYBOOK newsletter during the football and basketball seasons. In his over 40 years as a professional sports handicapper Marc has won over 500 documented Top 10 handicapping achievement awards, more than anyone in the nation. He hosts the Marc Lawrence Against The Spread podcast. Marc won the 2005 STARDUST INVITATIONAL Football Contest and is a two-time WISE GUYS CONTEST champion. Thanks to his powerful sports database, Marc's technical approach to sports handicapping strongly adheres to the theory of 'cause and effect' that the farther back you can look the farther forward you can see. Applying these findings to statistical and fundamental matchups makes for a solid handicap, and by applying 'value' to the handicap we learn become winners. And winning, in the long run, is what handicapping all about. |
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