hi it's Mitch from piic dogs.com here with your free pick in the Nationals versus Cubs Major League Baseball matchup on Sunday September 1st 20124 if you like all the free picks we do at piic dogs you'll love our premium picks our Best Bets go to piic dogs.com click on the premium picks tab of course you can also click on the link in the description we also have uh VIP type Services if you bet like a th per game looking for a long-term plan to bet like the professionals we have that as well not for everyone like I said you got to have like a 10,000 Plus bankroll for that system to work but a regular premium pick something for everyone so check those out and of course tons of free picks here at Pi dogs but let's get to it got the Nationals taking on the Cubs two teams kind of playing out the season you know the Cubs a playoff team a year ago not going to be a playoff team more than likely this season sitting 10 back in the uh National League central sitting five back in the nation League wild card but a lot of traffic around and um you know around them and in front of them and all kinds of stuff I think for the Cubs it they're playing strong here down the stretch but probably just a little bit too little and a little bit too late you know for this run that they've been on but they have been playing some solid baseball here down the stretch for this one the Cubs are going to uh for this one the Cubs start Jameson tyion while the Nationals go with Mitchell Parker I don't know for some reason my screen switched over to a different game so it made a little confusing there but but it happens we do a million videos but tyone one of these guys that generally over the second half of the season starts to tail off last time out gave up four runs and as he has in his prior three starts and gave up five in the one prior to that so tyone generally starts the season with very strong numbers tails off towards the end and ends up in the mid4 erra so when he has a erra lower than that he is a fade all the way and he has been he's got a 3.85 erra allowing 20 home runs and striking out 100 four over 133 and a third Innings of work but over his last three starts it is a 6.11 erra Mitchell Parker for the Nationals started the season Gang Busters he wasn't a guy that we had really ever heard of and you know really didn't follow much in the miners came out pitched really really well the start the season then kind of the book came out on him and you know he got hit pretty hard but he has regrouped and pitched decently a little bit to the inconsistent side like two three games back against the Phillies he got racked giving up nine runs in three Innings of work but then bounc back with just a run against the Rockies and two runs against the Yankees so you know he has pitched okay 4.26 ER for the season striking out 104 batters over 122 and 2/3 Innings of work over his last three starts because of that nine nine runs in the in those three Innings it's a 7.71 ER we look at the way these teams are hitting the baseball coming in of course Parker is a lefty and the Cubs pounding lefties to the tune of 322 over their last 10 games while the Nationals hitting righties at 268 but while the Cubs have been hitting it the bullpen still not so good 5.67 erra through their last 10 while the Nationals 2.65 to be honest normally I think the Cubs are playing Better Baseball but tyone in September well I got to just almost automatically take the other side I'm going to take the Nationals and that's going to be my free pick of course why you're doing your picks putting your bets in be sure to 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