It's Sunday, and we have an exciting 15-game slate of Major League Baseball ahead of us.
Our staff of baseball bettors has expert picks from the first game, Orioles vs. Rays (12:15 PM ET at Tropicana Field), through Sunday Night Baseball with Mariners vs. Astros (7:20 PM ET at Daikin Park).
Read on for our 5 MLB Best Bets Today.
MLB Best Bets Today
The team logos in the table below represent each of the matchups that our MLB betting staff is targeting from today's slate of games. Click on the team logos for any of the matchups below to navigate to a specific bet discussed in this article.
| Game | Time (ET) | Pick |
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  | 12:15 PM | |
  | 1:37 PM | |
  | 3:00 PM | |
  | 4:05 PM | |
  | 7:20 PM | |
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Tony Sartori's Orioles vs Rays Over/Under Bet
By Tony Sartori
The Orioles hand the ball to left-hander Trevor Rogers, who should serve as a good fade candidate. After a tremendous 2025, Rogers has taken a big step back this year.
From the other perspective, this current Tampa Bay roster boasts a .375 batting average, .575 slugging percentage and .422 weighted on-base average. The Rays have been massive threats at the dish this year, ranking in the top 10 in runs scored per game, hits per game, on-base percentage and OPS.
This team will need to rely on this hitting to succeed again, given that right-hander Freddy Peralta takes the mound. It's been catastrophic regression in Peralta's first season away from Milwaukee, posting a 5-9 record through 24 starts.
Given the starting pitching matchup, a high-scoring affair could be in order. Both teams can also hit, highlighted above by Tampa Bay's dominance at the plate this year.
Baltimore can go toe-to-toe, given that it also ranks in the top half of the league in runs scored per game, on-base percentage and home runs.
Read Sartori's full Orioles-Rays analysis here:
Pick: Over 7.5 (-120 or Better)
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BARTOLO'S Projected Edge for Yankees vs Blue Jays
By Sean Zerillo
Among today's biggest edges is a Total Pick in Yankees vs. Blue Jays — below is just a taste of what you can get with full access to BARTOLO:
Read All Sunday’s Best Bets Using BARTOLO
Pick: Under 7.5 (-125 or Better)
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Sean Paul's Cardinals vs Cubs K Prop
By Sean Paul
When I looked at this Cardinals/Cubs Sunday series finale, one thing stood out from the jump — the 3.5-strikeout prop for Cardinals hurler Hunter Dobbins.
Dobbins has been a solid find for St. Louis, coming over from the Red Sox in the Willson Contreras trade. He owns a 3.40 ERA, a 3.81 xERA, and a 4.21 FIP over nine outings spanning 45 innings.
Dobbins is pretty even in how he records his outs. He punches out 22% of hitters, gets grounders 44% of the time, and a flyball out 36% of the time. Dobbins' ability to record outs in myriad ways helps him get deeper in games but can pull off his strikeout prowess when needed.
For this pick, I want to target Dobbins' strikeout ability. His strikeout prop sits at 3.5 at -111. The under is a bit more juiced, so I love this play on Dobbins to get four punchouts even more.
Read Paul's full Cardinals-Cubs analysis here:
Pick: Hunter Dobbins Over 3.5 Strikeouts (-150 or Better)
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Ryan Minion's Rangers vs Athletics 2 Picks
By Ryan Minion
The Rangers will send out Cody Bradford. While he’s only made two starts so far, he looked rather impressive in both, entering this game with a 2.38 ERA.
Jacob Lopez will start for the A’s. He’s surely looking to improve upon his abysmal 2026 campaign, as he’s running a 5.38 ERA and 1.56 WHIP after 82 innings pitched.
Ultimately, I think Texas will win this game behind a considerable starting pitching advantage, but I’d love to fade Lopez even more.
So, I’ll target Jake Burger in the player prop market.
Burger is slugging over .500 with a .240 ISO against Southpaw pitching this season, while Lopez has allowed a .371 wOBA to right-handed hitters (compared to .287 against fellow lefties).
Read Minion's full best bets for Sunday here:
Pick: Rangers ML (-135 or Better), Jake Burger Over 2.5 HRR (+135 or Better)
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Frank Ammirante's Mariners vs Astros Best Bet
I'm going with Mariners/Astros Under 7.5. This is a bet on a pitcher's duel between Bryan Woo and Hunter Brown.
Woo has been rolling lately, coming off back-to-back scoreless outings, including one on the road vs. the Yankees. He's deserved better results all year, as his 3.59 xERA is much lower than his 4.15 ERA. When Woo faced the Astros on May 12th, he pitched six innings, allowing only two earned runs.
While Brown has given up three earned runs in each of his last two starts, we all know his ceiling. We saw him pitch seven scoreless innings vs. the White Sox back on July 25th.
Brown has a rock-solid 3.65 xERA so far, inducing ground balls at a high rate of 55.9%. Facing an underwhelming Mariners offense, I like him to turn in a quality start in this spot.
Read Ammirante's full Mariners-Astros analysis here:
Pick: Under 7.5 (-105 or Better)
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