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Chi. Cubs 
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at u8 (-120)
Shota Imanaga may be an old rookie at 30 years of age, but he’s certainly been an impressive one nonetheless. The Japanese import has an MLB-record low 0.84 ERA through nine starts and is coming off back-to-back scoreless outings against the Pirates and Braves. He sets up for success again on Friday against a St. Louis Cardinals lineup that struggles to induce damage against southpaws, posting a 77 wRC+ (27th) and .272 wOBA (28th). The Chicago Cubs have been an Under team this year at 21-28 O/U. That gets exacerbated when Imanaga is on the bump — they’ve scored eight runs or fewer in all but one of his nine starts, and the lone exception was a nine-run performance against the L.A. Dodgers.
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JD Yonke - Pick Made 16 hrs, 2 min ago.
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Chi. Cubs at St. Louis
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Shota Imanaga Under 1.5 earned runs (+125)
The Cardinals have been mashing lately but their lineup has struggled for most of the year and I don't see them having much success against the Cubs and phenom Shota Imanaga tonight.Imanaga has been incredible in his first year in the majors pitching to a 0.84 ERA with a 0.91 WHIP through nine starts. He has allowed fewer than 1.5 runs in seven of his nine starts, and didn't allow a single run in six of those outings. Despite their recent tear, the Cards are still just 23rd in the majors in OPS (.669) with that number plummeting to .605 against southpaws like Imanaga. They are also just 29th in the majors in barrel rate and 26th in hard hit rate which suggests their recent hot streak has been a fluke.
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Rohit Ponnaiya - Pick Made 14 hrs, 26 min ago.
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