National League at American League 7/9/19 - MLB Betting Picks & Odds
National League vs. American League
MLB: 7:30 PM EST
Jul. 09, 2019
TV: FOX
Latest Odds : AL -110 Total 8.5
It is going to be an exciting start of the week in Cleveland as the All-Star game takes place on Tuesday. However, the game is one that has a lot of power coming in from the American League in what has historically been a very high scoring affair so far. That is the good news for the fans of the American League.
The bad news actually comes from the fact that the National League seems to have the better pitching staff coming into this game. Now, the reason the National League has better pitching will vary, but a major contributing factor is the fact that the National League does not have the designated hitter and that means they tend to have an easy out in the pitcher in most cases.
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The National League does have quite a bit of pitching depth that could help them out, but it is unlikely to really be as productive as what the National League would like. Even with some of the bigger named pitchers who have amazing records and great ERAs, they are going to face lineups that have more power hitters than what you can imagine. The other factor that can creep up is who is the National League going to put in the designated hitters spot.
With the American League pitchers they will most likely look at this like they do any other game. Yes, they have to face the DH each night, but in this game the team will be facing one from the National League. Granted, one front runner the National League has to put in the DH spot is Anthony Rendon from the Nationals, but even he may not be enough to add the pop into the lineup that the National League will need to compete.
Free Betting Pick: American League -110
The National League will have a great chance to shut down the American League hitters in this game. The problem is the National League is missing a lot of the pop that it will need to be competitive in this game here and that will easily lead to the American League being able to control this game rather easily and bring home a strong offensive win. Final Score, American League wins 10-5.