Caleb Wilfinger
The 2025 MLB season keeps rolling along, and Sunday features a full 15-game slate for us to enjoy. I’m 21-10 on my MLB best bets and the Pickswise MLB handicapping team as a whole is 54-33-4 in these MLB best bets this season. Let’s keep it going as we get into today’s top picks on Sunday, June 1.
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MLB best bet: LA Dodgers first 5 innings -0.5 over NY Yankees (-125)
Odds available at DraftKings Sportsbook at time of publishing. Playable to -135.
For my first MLB best bet on Sunday’s slate, I’m going with the Dodgers in the first 5 innings over the Yankees. New York has been completely outclassed through the first 2 games of this massive series, and while I do think the Dodgers complete the sweep on Sunday, I’d rather target the portion of the game in which Los Angeles has a distinct advantage on the mound. After all, Ryan Yarborough shouldn’t be a pitcher that the Dodgers red-hot lineup struggles with. And even if the soft-tossing lefty puts together a solid start, all it takes is a couple of runs for this wager to be in play.
Los Angeles is going to send Yoshinobu Yamamoto to the mound, and this typically means good things are in store for the Dodgers. After all, Yamamoto has established himself as a dominant ace and he is coming off a pair of outstanding outings against the Diamondbacks and Guardians, where he allowed just 4 hits and 2 total runs in a 13-inning span. Given that has enjoyed success against the Yankees lineup in multiple previous meetings, I’m expecting another strong outing from the Dodgers best pitcher on Sunday.
MLB best bet: New York Mets -1.5 over Colorado Rockies (-160)
Odds available at bet365 at time of publishing. Playable to -180.
For my second MLB best bet, we’re heading to Queens, New York for a matchup between the Rockies and Mets. I’ve backed the Mets on the run line in each of the first 2 games of this series, and this matchup is a another instance where I don’t mind eating the juice and laying the big number against a Colorado team that is clearly the worst unit in baseball by some distance. Fading the Rockies has proven to be a profitable endeavor all season long, and the Mets should be in a good position to pick up another win by margin at home. Colorado is now a whopping 3-27 away from Coors Field following Saturday’s defeat, so it’s hard to ignore the data and stay away from fading Carson Palmquist (8.78 ERA) on the road.
Clay Holmes is set to take the mound for the Mets, and that has typically meant good things for New York this season. The former reliever currently holds a 2.98 ERA, while also allowing just 20 earned runs in 60.1 innings pitched. It certainly helps matters that the Rockies lineup is going to be the worst unit he’s faced all season, which should mean another quality start for Holmes at Citi Field. I’m starting to sound like a bit of broken record about fading this Rockies team, but this price is warranted — especially against a unit like the Mets. New York has every reason to lead this game by multiple runs going into the 9th inning, so let’s back the much better team on the run line on Sunday.
