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Today’s Free Picks
| Sport | Game Selection | Game Time |
|---|---|---|
| MLB | (815) Pittsburgh Pirates at (816) Atlanta Braves | 7:15pm EDT - Jun 5/2026 |
The PLAY: Over +8.5 (-105) Action
Still waiting and hoping that Mitch Keller is going to be a good pitcher? Sorry, but your patience is not going to be rewarded. Keller has an ERA above 4.00 for the fourth straight season. He has a lifetime 4.57 ERA and 1.37 WHIP in eight seasons.
Now Keller is facing the best offense in baseball - the Braves. Atlanta is either first or second in runs, hitting, homers and OPS.
The Pirates are swinging extremely hot bats. They are averaging 8.1 runs in their last six games. Pittsburgh ranks fourth in runs, batting average and OPS.
Atlanta starter, 35-year-old Martin Perez, is due for regression. He has a 2.79 ERA and 1.06 WHIP. Perez's lifetime numbers in 15 big league seasons are a 4.36 ERA and 1.32 WHIP.
I find it extremely believable that each team should score at least four runs.
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Consultant Bio
Stephen Nover is unique among professional handicappers. A multiple award-winning sportswriter for numerous newspapers, including the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nover has one the best combinations of gambling and media sources in the world.
The author of two sports gambling books, "Las Vegas Sports Beat" and "Sports Gaming Beat", along with a book on fantasy football titled, "Winning Fantasy Football", Nover is a former professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas having taught a football handicapping class there. He also was the co-host of the Sunday night sports betting radio show "The Stardust Line" during the 1990's.
Parlaying nearly 50 years worth of professional gambling experience with tremendous knowledge of the players through elite deep-roster Rotisserie leagues and building on copious gaming and media sources - having worked for newspapers in the Midwest, South and West and also for legendary Hall of Fame oddsmaker Roxy Roxborough - Nover is a true Las Vegas wise guy. He helped learn his craft from such masters as Roxborough, Dave Malinsky, Lem Banker and Russ Culver.
Part of what makes Nover so special is the pride he takes in writing his deep-dive analysis, which always is unique, well-researched and sometimes entails out-of-the-box thinking.