The New York Yankees won a crucial series against the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend and moved into first place in the American League East, leading the Rays by a half-game and Boston by 4 ½ games. In the AL Central, the Minnesota Twins have moved 4 ½ games of Cleveland, who has struggled since losing Corey Kluber to injury. Looking at the AL West, Houston has won nine of ten as the rest of the division has slumped, and they lead the Angels and Rangers by 8 ½ games. In the National League East, Philadelphia leads Atlanta by 2 ½ games — and the Mets were swept over the weekend by Miami, who won their 11th, 12th and 13th games of the season against 31 losses. In the NL Central, the Cubs and the Brewers keep swapping the lead, but the Cubs lead by 1 ½ games now. The Dodgers lead the NL West by 5 ½ games over the Arizona Diamondbacks, winners of seven out of ten. Are you going to include baseball in your MLB betting this week? We have some solid picks for you to consider.
Top MLB Betting Picks of the Week – May 20th Edition
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Tuesday, May 21
Cincinnati at Milwaukee (7:40pm ET)
- Projected Pitching Matchup: Sonny Gray (0-4, 4.30 ERA) (CIN) vs Gio Gonzalez (2-0, 1.69 ERA) (MIL)
Chicago White Sox at Houston (8:10pm ET)
- Projected Pitching Matchup: Dylan Covey (0-2, 4.41 ERA) (CHI) vs Justin Verlander (7-1, 2.38 ERA) (HOU)