Who's the Better Buxton?
Now Byron Buxton may be better at Buxton, but from a bad guy standpoint he ain’t got nothing on the great Francis Buxton from “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.”
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Now Byron Buxton may be better at Buxton, but from a bad guy standpoint he ain’t got nothing on the great Francis Buxton from “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.” (Seriously if you’ve never seen this movie please stop depriving yourself of such pure stupid fun.)
Let’s jump into the plays for Thursday, May 8th. Reminder SIGN UP FOR PREMIUM (if ya ain’t already) to get the full list.
✅ TOP PICKS ✅
Byron Buxton (MIN) vs. Dean Kremer [GRADE: A-]
H/AB | AVG | wOBA | ISO | ExitVelo | HardHit% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9-30 | .300 | .371 | .400 | 95.5 | 71.43% |
This is actually a carryover from yesterday’s email since Kreme’s start got bumped a day. Side note: If BYRON Buxton doesn’t come thru I’m gonna channel the spirit of FRANCIS Buxton and drive to his house and steal his kid’s bike. C’mon Byron … don’t make me do it!!!!
TARGET MARKETS: H+R+R/TB (0.75u-1u), HR (0.2-0.3u), hit parlays
Quick note on the Target Markets section: These are the markets I’m going to be line/promo shopping for when the markets open up. Sometimes I will avoid them if they’re too juicy or the odds are just garbage (-130 and worse). Unit recommendation is a general guideline, but could change based on value. Also … feel free to visit GAMBLING SCHOOL 101 for a breakdown of all markets, bankroll, risk management and more
Corey Seager (TEX) vs. Bryan Bello [GRADE: B+]
H/AB | AVG | wOBA | ISO | ExitVelo | HardHit% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
21-58 | .362 | .394 | .241 | 94.7 | 56.52% |
Bello has been OK since returning from injury, but also has issues with lefties. I swear Seager never gets a hit when I use him, but here I am using him again cuz it’s gonna work!!!
TARGET MARKETS: H+R+R/TB (0.75-1u), HR (0.3u), hit parlays, H+R+R parlays
💰 THE RECAP 💰
These are all of our picks from Tuesday, May 6 …
✅ Freddie Freeman: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, run … MAN CRUSH CONTINUES!!!!
❌ James Wood: 1-4
❌ CJ Abrams: 0-0, 3 walks … both guys had better game 1’s but I told you to match up with Lively so I’d take credit for that
✅ Byron Buxton: 2-4, HR, 4 RBI, 2 runs
❌ Shea Langeliers: 1-4
❌ Lawrence Butler: 0-5 … picked the wrong A’s
❌ Max Muncy: 0-2 … dead to me now
Freddie and Byron carried the day. We will take it!
OK friends … this is the part of the email where we move on to the PREMIUM plays. So here comes THE DREADED PAYWALL!!!!! AHHHHH!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!