4 Unit Play. Take the Seattle Mariners -110 over the Texas Rangers (Friday @ 10pm est). Indeed, it does seem Ian Snell is righting the ship. The Mariners come off a 4-2 win yesterday and the Rangers take some frustration out on the Angels winning 11-3. More importantly, Snell has been improving steadily for the Mariners and that is a positive sign going into next year. Snell has put together three straight quality starts and has given up just four runs in his last eighteen innings. McCarthy on the other hand comes off a gem against the Rays where he gave up 0 earned runs in seven innings but the Rangers still fell short. I expect him to have a bit of a let down today as I like Snell in this matchup overall. The Rangers have lost McCarthy's last three starts and given that he helped defeat Seattle last time around 6-5 (where he picked up a no-decision), I still expect Seattle to have a beat on his pitches this time out. After all, in Texas the Rangers did hit the young fella’ for four runs in seven innings and they can have similar if not better success today. The Mariners are 9-2 when facing a pitcher with a WHIP greater than 1.30 and the Rangers are 2-10 when McCarthy starts as an Underdog.

Good luck,

IC

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