hi it's Mitch from pdgs dcom here with your free pick in the Mariners versus Ray Major League Baseball matchup on Monday August 26 2024 if you like all the free picks we do at pic dogs you'll love our premium picks our Best Bets just go to piic dogs.com click on the premium picks tab we've also got a link directly below this video in the description if you make bigger bets and you're looking for a long-term winning solution so not a single day or single game but like long-term winning solution you bet like a thousand or more per game we have a VIP service for that you just text the number you see on the screen so something for everyone here at pick dogs of course I bet my regular premium picks on the website click the link every single day let's get to it we've got the Mariners taking on the race two decent teams but two teams that won't be in the postseason this year the Mariners led the American League West for a very long time this year and well they fell right out of that lead they had 10 game lead on the Eon Astros and now they are five games back plus in the Lost column and uh doesn't look like they have a shot to make the Wild Card either that's what you call manager firing disaster and that is exactly what's gone on in Seattle I don't know if you fire the manager but you fire the hitting coach because it really it's been the Mariners bats that have been the problem the Mariners have one of the best young pitching staffs in all of baseball and certainly something to build around in the future but the top end of that rotation Luis Castillo hasn't really been the same Castillo this year either so some of these young guys like woo and Kirby and you know today's starter Miller all have done a nice job but at the same time uh you know it it hasn't been good enough because they don't get any run support meanwhile for the Rays just a tough team to figure out it just seems that when you count them out that's the time to count them in when you count them in it's the time to count them out it's always this next man up mentality I mean the Rays unloaded at the trade deadline but you know what their pace of play as to what they've done this season has stayed pretty much even ke you know the Rays never really have those star players but you know what they do they just always seem to have a competitive winning team they went into Dodger Stadium in La they didn't care that Otani hit a grand slam walkoff home run on them they just continued to play hard and you know hope that good things happen and of course if you do that and you don't beat yourself with a lot of Errors a lot of good things happen Bryce Miller who gets the ball for the Mariners 3.32 erra uh this season you know 133 strikeouts he 2.09 erra at home this season he's been very solid but like I said he just does not get the Run support Ryan pepio a key figure um in the Tyler glass now trade for the race um you know 3.65 ER he's been off and on as far as being uh injured this season but um you know for the most part what we've seen from him is some pretty solid stuff I think what we have here is one of these like low-scoring competitive style games to me I think the rays are just a better overall top to bottom team you know the Mariners are too reliant on you know Julio and and now maybe a Rosara type thing they're more riing on just a couple of guys in the order while the raay it doesn't matter who's up you know it's just next man up gets it done and I think that's the way they've gotten it done that's the way they get it done here I'm going to take the raise and that's going to be my free pick of course while you're doing your picks putting your bets in use our free betting tools at sportschatplace.com 100% free and they'll help put you on the most favorable bets on the board today