Caleb Wilfinger
The 2025 MLB season keeps rolling along, and Saturday features a full 15-game slate for us to enjoy. I’m 27-15 on my MLB best bets this year and the Pickswise MLB handicapping team as a whole is 63-42-5 in these MLB best bets this season. Let’s keep it going as we get into today’s top picks on Saturday, June 14.
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MLB best bet: NY Yankees first 5 innings -0.5 over Boston Red Sox (-125)
Odds available at DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing. Playable to -130.
My first MLB best bet for this slate comes in Boston, where the Red Sox will square off against their hated rivals from New York. While I backed Boston in Friday’s contest, the Yankees have the decided edge on the mound on Saturday, which is why I’m going to target the visitors in the first 5 innings of this one. New York is due for a bit of positive regression on offense following a paltry 1-run performance in the series opener, especially since they’ll be taking on Hunter Dobbins (4.20 ERA, bottom 20th percentile strikeout rate), who just surrendered a couple of homers to Aaron Judge and New York a week ago. The Yankees should also get a bounce-back outing from Carlos Rodon, who has allowed just 6 runs over his past 5 outings on the road this season.
MLB best bet: Atlanta Braves -1.5 over Colorado Rockies (-150)
Odds available at BetRivers Sportsbook at time of publishing. Playable to -165.
For my second MLB best bet on Saturday’s card, I’ll be fading the Rockies once again in Atlanta. While I successfully backed the over in Friday’s contest, the Colorado offense can’t be expected to produce at the same level against Spencer Strider and a Braves bullpen that has found its groove of late. The Rockies are countering with Chase Dollander, who holds a very poor 6.85 ERA and ranks inside the bottom 10 percentile among all qualified starters in xERA, barrel rate and chase rate (Baseball Savant). The Braves lineup had a terrific showing on Friday, and I’m expecting a similar result in a game where Atlanta has a myriad of hitters (Ronald Acuna Jr. and Austin Riley chief among them) who should see success against Dollander and the Rockies shaky bullpen.
