MLB Picks – Check out Who’s Hot for “Over” Plays, Including the Scorching D’Backs

The All-Star Break is here, and with just over half the season complete, BetOnline Sportsbook looks at the hottest teams on the diamond. Check out who’s hot for your MLB picks on ‘over’ bets, including the scorching D’Backs!

Season Standings

1: Arizona Diamondbacks (53-34-2) – Going into the break, Arizona’s leading hitter is only batting .276 (Kelly Johnson), but the team’s woeful 5.27 ERA still isn’t helping matters any. The surprising stat? The Diamondbacks closed out the first half of the year with three straight ‘under’ games against the Fish. Is the tide finally turning on all of these ‘overs’? We think not.

2: Milwaukee Brewers (46-37-6) – The Brew Crew finally woke up from their offensive slumber that started on the Fourth of July, but a lot of teams do great work against the Pirates. Milwaukee plated 15 runs in three days against the Buccos over the weekend, which is seven more runs than it scored in its previous five games. The great equalizer has been allowing 6.07 runs per game since June 28th.

3: Los Angeles Dodgers (48-39-1) – Los Angeles still has plenty of problems with its pitching staff right now. The unit allowed 14 runs over its L/3 games before the break against the Cubbies, but that was after a shutout on Sunday. A 4.09 team ERA is something that Dodgertown isn’t used to seeing. However, the offense continues to pick this team up, as RF Andre Ethier leads the charge with his .324 batting average over the first half of the season.

Who’s Hot?

1: Minnesota Twins (4-0-2) – The Twins are freefalling in the AL Central, and it’s not just a mistake that it’s happening. After losing out on the Cliff Lee sweepstakes, they still have plenty of work to do, particularly on a pitching staff that has conceded 6.5 runs per game in its L/8. In those eight games, Minnesota is 6-0-2 for ‘over’ bettors. Until the pitching staff gets its act together, the Twinkies are going to find it difficult to keep up with the surging Tigers and White Sox within the division.

2: San Diego Padres (5-1) – It’s not often that you see the Padres on the list of top ‘over’ teams this season, but that was the case after getting raked for 21 runs in three days in Colorado and 14 runs in three days in Washington. Still, there’s no shame in having a 3.27 team ERA going into the All-Star Break, and that’s why San Diego is still hanging on to the lead in the NL West at 51-37.

3: Washington Nationals (5-1) – We already discussed the three game set between the Nats and Padres early last week, but Washington played a heck of an offense series at home against San Fran as well over the weekend. The 10.7 combined runs per game in that series was nothing new for Washington. Sunday’s 6-2 defeat was the first time that this squad had played an ‘under’ affair since July 2nd. In that stretch, they combined to score an average of 11.1 runs per game.