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Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/31/26

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Red Sox vs Astros Pickswise Expert Predictions

Money Line Pick
HOU Astros Win(-145)

The Houston Astros defeated the Boston Red Sox Monday night by an 8-1 final score, spoiling Ranger Suarez’s debut with his new club. Houston is now 3-2 on the season and will turn to their ace Tuesday night as he is scheduled to make his 2nd start of the season. Hunter Brown had electric stuff against the Angels in his season opener, striking out 9 batters in just 4.2 innings. Those strikeouts and his 4 walks ate at his pitch count, resulting in an early exit, but Brown was able to keep the Angels scoreless in during his time. Last season Brown posted a 2.43 ERA across 185.1 innings of work, flashing similarly impressive underlying metrics. He also has had success against this Boston lineup in a brief sample.

Brayan Bello is a pitcher I was always fond of in his early years, and the right-hander produced his best professional season last year for the Red Sox. Bello tossed 166.2 innings with a 3.35 ERA, but his underlying numbers do suggest regression. His xFIP, xERA, and FIP are all 0.84 runs higher than his ERA, and he is extremely dependent on ground balls getting him out of jams. In spring training competition Bello was able to garner a higher strikeout rate, but it will be important he continues that in the regular season. Boston does have the more rested bullpen in this matchup, leaving Houston with the larger edge early in the game. Bookmakers agree, however, pricing the first 5 markets more heavily in favor of Houston. I still side with the Astros and will back them through the full game at current pricing.

Astros vs Red Sox prediction: Astros ML (-145) available at time of publishing. Playable to -150 odds.

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