Seattle's Felix Hernandez is in excellent form right now and at this short price against Eric Milton and the Dodgers, it's impossible to pass up a play on Seattle in Los Angeles tonight.
Seattle's 23-year old Felix Hernandez is arguably the hottest starter in baseball right now. In his last six starts he has a 1.00 ERA, giving up one or less earned runs in five of six of those starts. He has pitched seven of eight quality starts in a row and has a 98/31 strikeout/walk ratio on the year.
The Mariners have won his last seven interleague starts as he continues to dominate National League batters. He has beaten both San Diego and San Francisco, allowing just one earned run in 2009 interleague play.
They get to face Dodgers hurler Eric Milton who is coming off the disabled list. It's a great spot to fade the southpaw today who hasn't pitched since June 5. In what will be his first start back from a back injury, he has to take on a Mariners club that is batting .317 vs. lefties in their last 10 games.
It's always a good spot to fade or stay away from a pitcher in their first appearance back from the DL; a pitcher's body is used to a routine of pitching every five days and it's amazing how one 15-day trip on the DL can mess things up.
This is tremendous value with Seattle and the hottest pitcher in baseball laying such a short number against a guy off the disabled list who has pitched just 18.2 innings all year. LA is 1-4 in their last five games as home pups. Grab up the value with the Mariners to even things up tonight.
Free Pick: Mariners -123