The Chicago Cubs are 8-3 against Milwaukee this season and left-hander Jose Quintana (10-8, 4.28 ERA) a dominant 4-1 with a 0.92 ERA in seven career starts against the Brewers. Milwaukee righty Jhoulys Chacin (11-4, 3.91 ERA) 3-4 with a 3.30 ERA in eight games (seven starts) against the Cubs, and note that he has struggled somewhat lately and surrendered 11 runs in his two starts this month.

Brewers are 1-6 in their last 7 games vs. a left-handed starter. Cubs are 5-1 in their last 6 home games vs. a right-handed starter and 14-3 in Quintana's last 17 home starts.

8* play on Chicago Cubs.

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The Angels are 5-1 in left-hander Andrew Heaney's (7-7, 3.96 ERA) last six starts while Padres left-hander Clayton Richard (7-10, 5.13 ERA) is 0-4 (and the Friars are 2-4) in his last six starts with a 7.50 ERA.

Angels are 9-2 in their last 11 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of less than .400 and 4-1 in their last 5 interleague games vs. a left-handed starter. Padres are 1-5 in their last 6 home games vs. a left-handed starter.

8* play on LA Angels.

The Kansas City Royals have more or less given up on the season already and they enter Monday as losers of nine of their last 10. This looks like as good of a spot as any for Toronto to give 22 year old right-hander Sean Reid-Foley his big leagues debut.

Reid-Foley has been rather dominant in the minors, going a combined 12-4 with a 2.98 ERA in 23 starts for Double-A New Hampshire and Buffalo and I think he'll make the most of his chance to play with the big boys.

The Blue Jays scored a total of 31 runs in a 3-0 sweep against the Royals back in April and KC righty Brad Keller (4-5, 3.57 ERA) was tagged with one run on four hits in 0 2/3 innings out of the bullpen.

Keller is 3-4 with a 4.09 ERA in 12 turns since becoming a starter in late May, but Royals are just 4-8 on those games and he has given up six runs on 12 hits with six walks in 12 1/3 innings in his last two starts, both Royals losses.

KC is a pathetic 16-42 at home, Blue Jays are 19-7 in their last 26 games vs. a team with a winning % below .400.

Free pick on Toronto Blue Jays.

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The Washington Nationals took a heartbreaking 4-3 loss at Chicago Sunday night as Cubs' David Bote hit a walk-off grand slam. The St. Louis Cardinals meanwhile recorded a 8-2 triumph at Kansas City Sunday afternoon for their fifth straight win.

Cardinals righty Miles Mikolas (12-3, 2.74 ERA) is 4-0 over his last seven starts (Cardinals 6-1 in those games) and has allowed more than two runs just once in that span. Mikolas is 5-3 behind a 2.01 ERA in 11 home starts on the season.

The Nats turn to left-hander Tommy Milone (1-1, 5.50 ERA) who took a 10-hit, seven-run pounding from Atlanta over six innings his last time out.

Nationals are 3-8 in their last 11 road games vs. a team with a winning home record and 6-16 in their last 22 road games vs. a right-handed starter. Cardinals are 4-0 in their last 4 home games vs. a left-handed starter and 5-2 in their last 7 home games vs. a team with a winning record.

8* play on St. Louis Cardinals.

The Arizona Diamondbacks avoided the embarressment of getting swept at Cincinnati by beating the Reds 9-2 Sunday afternoon. They scored a total of five-homers in the victory, and I like their bats to stay hot here at Texas Monday night.

Texas right-hander Bartolo Colon (6-10, 5.18 ERA) has been tagged with four earned runs of more in each of his last four outings and served up a pair of homers against Seattle his last time out. Colon is 1-3 with a 4.67 ERA in six career meetings with the Diamondbacks.

Arizona counters with Zack Greinke (12-7, 2.89 ERA) who is 3-5 against Texas, despite a strong 2.61 ERA. The right-hander is having a solid season and Diamondbacks are 6-0 in Greinke's last 6 road starts.

Rangers are 8-21 in their last 29 vs. a team with a winning record. Diamondbacks are 10-3 in their last 13 road games vs. a team with a losing record.

10* play on Arizona Diamondbacks RL.

The St. Louis Cardinals have won four straight and eight of their last 10 while the Royals have dropped seven of their last eight.

Kansas City right-hander Jakob Junis (6-11, 4.98) is winless in his last seven starts at Kauffman Stadium. He is 3-7 with a 5.11 ERA in a dozen home starts this year and Royals are 0-7 in Junis' last 7 starts vs. a team with a winning record.

The Cards hand the ball to right-hander Luke Weaver (6-10, 4.66 ERA) who has posted a better ERA on the road than at home this season. He limited the Marlins to a pair of runs through six innings at Miami his last time out, but was still charged with the 2-1 loss. Cardinals are 12-4 in Weavers last 16 starts following a team loss in their previous game.

8* play on St. Louis Cardinals.

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The Arizona Diamondbacks should fired up for this one after back-to-back losses as the Reds followed up a 3-0 win on Friday by rallying for four runs in the eighth inning.

Arizona Right-hander Zack Godley (12-6, 4.35 ERA) held Philly to a pair of runs through 7 1/3 innings his last time out and limited the Reds to a pair of runs throgh six solid innings on May 29. Cincinnati righty Luis Castillo (6-9, 4.91 ERA) is 1-2 with a 4.08 ERA against the Diamondbacks in three career starts, taking the loss in that May 29 game by allowing four runs in five innings.

Reds are 2-6 in their last 8 during game 3 of a series. Diamondbacks are 8-3 in Godley's last 11 starts.

10* play on Arizona Diamondbacks.

MLB DOG OF THE DAY

The Tampa Bay Rays have won seven of eight meetings with the Blue Jays this season, and I think we're getting excellent value on the road dog in this matchup.

Tampa Bay righty Tyler Glasnow (1-2, 4.14 ERA) has a 2.57 ERA in his two starts since coming over from Pittsburgh. He struck out nine while allowing two hits, no walks and one run in four innings Tuesday against the Baltimore Orioles. This will be his first career start against Toronto.

The Blue Jays turns to Marcus Stroman (4-8, 5.20 ERA) who is 5-4 with a 4.37 ERA in 11 career starts against the Rays. Stroman left his last start with a blister on his right middle finger and it could very well affect him today.

Blue Jays are 1-7 in their last 8 home games and 1-4 in Stroman's last 5 home starts vs. Rays.

8* play on Tampa Bay Rays.

Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer owns a 14-3 preseason record, even though his team was just 2-2 in 2017. The reigning NFC North champions look strong with new quarterback Kirk Cousins and backup QB Trevor Siemian will no doubt be looking to air it out here against his former team. The Vikings are deep on most positions and they can always rely on their defense, no matter if it's their starters or reserves out on the gridiron. The Broncos on the other hand are not what they used to be and held just four opponents under 20 points last year. Denver coach Vance Joseph was perfect 4-0 in preseason last year, but that winning streak ends now.

NFLX Game of the Week: Minnesota Vikings.

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The St. Louis Cardinals have won seven of their last nine and they put a solid beating on the Kansas City Royals Friday night. I expect more of the same here in Game 2 of the series.

Cardinals righty Jack Flaherty (5-6, 3.27 ERA) is coming off six scoreless innings at Pittsburgh while KC left-hander Danny Duffy (7-10, 4.70 ERA) was lit up for six runs in six innings at Minnesota his last time out. Duffy is 1-5 with a 6.48 ERA in nine starts home at Kauffman on the season.

Royals are 2-8 in Duffy's last 10 home starts. Cardinals are 4-1 in their last 5 games vs. a left-handed starter.

8* play on St. Louis Cardinals.