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Kansas City has struggled of late. They’re hitting .169 with a .516 OPS over their last seven days and have only scored eight runs in their last eight games. Michael Wacha has a good but small sample size against Cleveland in his career, 2-0 with a 1.02 ERA. Ben Lively owns 3.75 road ERA, but he’s only allowed two runs, or more, once in his last six starts and is backed by best bullpen in the league, 2.37 ERA. In the first game of a road series for Cleveland, the total has gone under in nine out of 14 games.

Texas enters off a three-game sweep in Milwaukee -- couldn't even beat Dallas Keuchel -- and has dropped six in a row away. Both of the Rangers' top relievers pitched Wednesday so they may not be ready here. Texas starter Jon Gray has has a 3.03 ERA, which would be a career best, but also a 4.31 xERA and 3.79 SIERA, so he's due for regression. This is why the Orioles got Corbin Burnes: To start a winning streak. The Birds snapped a four-game skid Wednesday. I may look at a Cedric Mullins hitting prop as he's batting .407 with two homers, four RBI and seven runs scored over his past seven. This was as high as -220 and not sure why dropped.

Tigers starter Jack Flaherty isn't getting distracted by trade rumors; he's 5-1 with a 1.56 ERA over his last six starts, fanning 45 in 34.2 innings. By many metrics he's a Top-3 starter in MLB right now. Look for another dominant performance Thursday as the Tigers grab a lead against Angels starter Davis Daniel, who was just called up from Triple-A Salt Lake.

Bryce Harper has scored in 10 of the past 12 games, and I like him to do it again Thursday against the lowly Marlins. Harper has an 1.197 OPS in June, a 1.086 OPS at home, and a 1.003 OPS against left-handed pitching. Miami lefty Trevor Rogers comes in with a career-high hard-hit percentage of 44.5, and a 5.10 expected ERA.

Thursday, the Philadelphia Phillies and Miami Marlins will meet for their second series. In the first series all three games went over the total, including Trevor Rogers giving up nine hits in an 8-2 loss. Even ace Zack Wheeler had issues against the Marlins as he gave up six runs on six hits. Take the over to hit for the fourth straight game between the Phillies and Marlins.

I'll be watching this today so let's make it a bit more interesting. The punchless Cubs continue to disappoint me as they face a four-game sweep but may only need a couple of runs today behind Shota Imanaga. He has come back to earth a bit but still been amazing -- and is 4-1 with a 2.60 ERA on the road. Counterpart Jordan Hicks has not logged a quality start since April 2 because he usually only lasts five innings. Lefties have really tuned him up of late. The SF bullpen might be very thin at the back end with setup man Tyler Rogers and closer Camilo Doval pitching each of the past two nights. A few Giants regulars are also taking a seat.

Martin Maldonado is not in our system yet and I have a feeling will be priced at least -220 to be Under 0.5 hits so we'll go with teammate Danny Mendick instead as Chris Sale returns to Chicago for the Braves. Mendick is hitting a robust .193 on the season and .175 this month. He has been much better vs. lefties, but Sale isn't your typical lefty and once he's out, the Braves surely will load up with righty relievers since the White Sox lineup is entirely right-handed. Mendick is hitting .149 off righties.

We expected to lay a price on the Run Line with the Phillies, though this isn't as bad as we were expecting. After all, we haven't even reached July or the halfway point of the season and the Phils are flying 25 games above the Marlins in the NL East standings into today. Miami's season-long offensive issues haven't abated, and several decent efforts on the mound by Thursday starter Trevor Rogers haven't been rewarded, as the Marlins have lost in 13 of his 15 starts. Given that Zack Wheeler has a 1.66 ERA at CBP this season for the Phils, we were thinking this Run Line price might be a lot more prohibitive. Play Phillies on Run Line

The Guardians just took two of three at Baltimore, which is no joke. They're playing great ball, are very athletic, and, after leaning heavily on their top relievers, were able to back off them Wednesday, putting them back in play tonight. KC has lost eight of 12 including half of those games by multiple runs. Outside of Bobby Witt Jr. and Sal Perez, the lineup is leaky. And the bullpen stinks. Michael Wacha has lost three straight starts (6-0, 11-8, 4-1). The Royals are 5-8 when he pitches, all losses by two or more runs. Ben Lively has been a stud for Cleveland. The Guardians are 46-32 on the run-line and 26-17 on the road. Cleveland's run differential is more than twice that of KC's.

Chris Sale gets a crack at his old team, only he will barely recognize this version of the Pale Hose. My god do they suck. Atlanta, much like Houston in the AL, was eventually going to come around and start producing runs in a more robust manner. And it's happening. Rookie starter Drew Thorpe is finding life in MLB quite difficult since his first start in Seattle, and only nine strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings is problematic. This is his first home start, which could bring some nerves, too. The Bravos are 9-2 in Sale's last 11 starts, winning all nine by three runs or more. Chicago is licking its wounds again and scuffling. Blowout potential.