Kansas City Royals @ New York Mets

Published pick reasoning

The core of this pick is a fade of the New York Mets' bullpen, which is absolutely gassed after throwing 291 pitches over the last two days. Mets starter Christian Scott isn't a deep-game pitcher (averaging under 5 IP in his last three), meaning that compromised bullpen will be called upon early and often. The Royals' offense also holds a platoon advantage, with a .719 OPS against right-handed pitching compared to the Mets' .677 OPS. While the Royals' own bullpen is listed as tired, the Mets' fatigue is far more severe, compounded by playing their fifth game in five days. We're getting a run and a half of insurance in a game where the home team's pitching staff is stretched to the breaking point. Sized at 1u — confidence is tempered by negative EV and the Royals' own bullpen concerns, but the situational edge against the Mets' pitching is too significant to ignore. [SIGNALS USED] • MLB_BP_FATIGUE_HEAVY_HOME — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y~shrunk(liveN=0/20) / n=1876 / 48.9% WR / toxic_fadeable / context-derived • TRAVEL_B2B_AWAY_AWAY — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y / n=1875 / 53.0% WR / healthy / context-derived • MLB_BP_FATIGUE_HEAVY_AWAY — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y / n=1850 / 51.9% WR / toxic_fadeable / context-derived • TRAVEL_LONG_TRIP_3PLUS_AWAY — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y~shrunk(liveN=0/20)~alias:TRAVEL_LONG_TRIP_3PLUS_AWAY / n=1648 / 51.5% WR / healthy • MLB_NIGHTGAME_OVER — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y / n=1474 / 53.0% WR / healthy / context-derived • MLB_GETAWAY_DAY_UNDER — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y~shrunk(liveN=0/20) / n=752 / 49.6% WR / toxic_fadeable / context-derived • MLB_PARK_PITCHER_UNDER — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y / n=487 / 54.8% WR / healthy / context-derived • LINE_DISPERSION_SOFT — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y / n=94 / 47.9% WR / unproven • MLB_BP_RESTED_AWAY — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y~shrunk(liveN=0/20) / n=6 / 33.3% WR / unproven • MLB_BP_RESTED_AWAY — MLB / MLB/BACKFILL_3Y~shrunk(liveN=0/20)~alias:MLB_BP_RESTED_AWAY / n=6 / 33.3% WR / unproven • MLB_BP_GASSED_OPP — MLB / MLB/LIFETIME / n=84 / 49.4% WR / unproven • REST_DISADV_TRAVEL — MLB / MLB/L30 / n=41 / 41.5% WR / toxic_fadeable • +3 more signal tag(s)

Result notes

Final: Kansas City Royals 2 @ New York Mets 6 · margin -4 vs 1.5

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