Manaea looks like a rather obvious choice in this pitching match-up, but Richards is going better lately. So the advantage there is a bit muted. Then, Boston gets our check-mark in the split with the sticks. In fact, after going 1/11 with RISP Wednesday night, we expect much better luck with Sox sticks tonight. So we're betting Boston for our free MLB pick for Thursday.    

Houston seems to be headed in a better direction than Los Angeles, so we're leaning Astros off the bat. Plus, Garcia is better than his 0-3 record might indicate. Also, that Angels bullpen is iffy. So we like Houston here for our free MLB pick for Monday.

We're calling this pitching match-up a wash, but we give Atlanta edges in both the splits with the sticks and in the bullpen comparison. So we like the Braves here for our free MLB pick for Sunday.   

Rodon gets the obvious check-mark in the pitching match-up, and Chicago owns the better bullpen, so we like the Sox in this spot. And in knowing Chicago, as the road team, will bat nine times, we'll chase a better price and lay the run and a half on the run line.

Rodon gets the obvious check-mark in the pitching match-up, and Chicago owns the better bullpen, so we like the Sox in this spot. And in knowing Chicago, as the road team, will bat nine times, we'll chase a better price and lay the run and a half on the run line.

Toronto comes in hot, Oakland a little cool. Also, we give Matz a short edge in the pitching match-up. Plus, the Blue Jays are running at full strength for the first time this season, with Springer and Teoscar back. We like Toronto here for our free MLB pick for Monday.

We're calling this pitching match-up a wash, and while Philly might own an edge in the splits with the sticks, the Mets own an advantage in the bullpen comparison. Betting baseball often comes down to betting the value on the line, and in this case, we like the value with the underdog Mets. So we'll take New York for our free MLB pick for Sunday.   

We give Darvish the check-mark in the pitching match-up, and San Diego owns an edge in the bullpen comparison. Plus, San Francisco is missing a key left-handed stick. So we like the Padres here. But we don't like that price. So we'll take a chance and play San Diego against the run line.     

We're giving Morton the check-mark in the pitching match-up, and we'll also give Atlanta the edge with the sticks, despite Sunday's dismal display. So we're betting Braves here for our free MLB pick for Monday.

We're giving Musgrove the edge in the pitching match-up, and while Los Angeles might own an edge with the sticks, San Diego holds a short edge in the bullpen comparison. Plus, the Padres want this one bad after losing a series to the Dodgers last weekend. So we like San Diego here, getting a short underdog price for our free MLB pick for Sunday.

We're giving Kikuchi a short edge in this pitching match-up and while Boston owns an edge with the sticks Seattle gets the check-mark in the bullpen comparison. Plus the M's are getting an underdog price. So we're betting Seattle with our free MLB pick for Friday. 

Most signs point toward Los Angeles here, and the line reflects that. But betting baseball often comes down to betting value, and for a game that's likely to play out at 3-2 or 4-3, we like the value here with a supposed contender getting such a tempting underdog price. So we're betting San Diego for our free MLB pick for Thursday. 

We're calling Monday's pitching match-up a push, but San Diego gets our handicapping check-marks with the sticks and in the bullpen comparison. Plus, the Brewers are down a couple of key people. So we like the Padres for our free MLB pick for Monday.  

Snell might own the edge in the pitching match-up, but Los Angeles holds edges with the sticks and in the bullpen comparison. And that Dodgers pen will probably pitch six or seven innings Tuesday, which certainly could work to their advantage. We've played LA with our free pick on every game in this World Series and see no reason to deviate now. We'll take the Dodgers to close this Series out Tuesday night.

The Game 5 pitching match-up resulted in an 8-3 Los Angeles victory back in Game 1, and we won't be surprised by a similar outcome Sunday night. Kershaw owns the edge on Glasnow and the Dodgers' own advantages at the plate and in the bullpen. So we like Los Angeles here. We also like the idea that the Dodgers will bat nine times, so we'll play LA against the run line.

We give Urias the check-mark in the pitching match-up, and Los Angeles owns edges in both the bullpen comparison and the splits with the sticks. So we like the Dodgers here, again. Also, while LA is scoring runs – 18 in this Series so far – the Rays are struggling in that department. So we'll take a chance and play the Dodgers against the run line.

We'd give Snell the check-mark in the pitching match-up, but he'll probably really go against the Dodgers bullpen. So we'll call that factor a wash. Meanwhile, we give Los Angeles a solid edge with the sticks and in the momentum department. We're playing LA for our free MLB pick on Game 2. 

We give the Dodgers slight edges in all three of our main baseball handicapping factors - the pitching match-up, the bullpen comparison, and the splits with the sticks. Plus, LA rides some nice momentum into this World Series, having just rallied from down 3-1 in the NLCS, winning the last three games. So we like the Dodgers to take Game 1 Tuesday night, and we'll chase a better price and play LA against the run line.