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It’s shaping up to be a great pitching matchup when the Minnesota Twins take on the Boston Red Sox on Friday evening. With the Red Sox coming off a 3-game sweep over the Kansas City Royals, they’ll hope that rising star Payton Toll will be able to continue his great play against another breakout pitcher in Connor Prielipp. Boston and Minnesota have similar records heading into this series, sitting 5 and 4 games below .500, respectively, but are still in contention in a weak American League wild-card race.

It’s hard to have worse luck than Prielipp over his last 2 starts. The lefty has back-to-back starts with 1 earned run, but has taken the loss on his record in both outings. He now sits with a 2.88 ERA over 5 starts since his call-up on April 22. The problem for Prielipp is that Boston is currently the best team in the majors at hitting lefties.

In almost a mirror image of each other, Tolle came back to the majors on April 23 and has been lights out ever since. Like Prielipp, his team hasn’t given him much run support, as evidenced by his 2-2 record while owning a 2.05 ERA. Minnesota isn’t quite as good at hitting lefties, but they sit in the top 10.

The Red Sox are red-hot coming off their sweep over the Royals, and with Fenway Park behind Tolle and the best offensive team against lefties on Friday night, take them to get the win here.

Twins vs Red Sox prediction: Boston Red Sox ML (-150) available at time of publishing. Playable to that number. 

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Chris Bassitt has had a shaky start to his 2026 season, but the veteran right-hander is my preferred starting option in Friday’s game between the Detroit Tigers and the Baltimore Orioles. Bassitt has posted a 5.44 ERA through his first 43 innings as an Oriole. His performance has been far stronger in his home park, however, posting a 2.91 ERA in 21.2 innings. Bassitt’s 2 most recent starts at home were his best of the season, tossing 6 innings of 1-run ball against the Athletics and 6.2 innings of 1-run ball against the Astros. Now, he will face a Detroit offense ranking just 21st in wOBA with a 97 wRC+. Look for Bassitt to avoid barrels and keep his team in the game.

Jack Flaherty is scheduled to start this game for the Tigers. Flaherty has had a rough go of it in 2026, posting a 5.77 ERA in his first 43.2 innings. The right-hander is walking a ton of batters and failing to generate any ground balls. That is a poor combination when ranking just 39th percentile in whiff rate. Flaherty has struggled both at home and on the road, and both righty and lefty hitters are mashing him. Furthermore, Baltimore ranks 14th in wOBA against righties with a 103 wRC+. Detroit has lost the last 6 Flaherty starts, and I look for that trend to continue on Friday.

Orioles vs Tigers prediction: Baltimore Orioles ML (-130) available at time of publishing. Playable to -135.

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The last game of the night features the Chicago White Sox and the San Francisco Giants on a typical cool and windy night in the Bay. The Giants return home after getting swept in the desert. They’re just not a very good team this year, but have you noticed the White Sox? The Sox are above .500, they sit in 2nd in the AL Central and they have the 5th-best record in the AL. In other words, as we approach the quarter pole of the season, the Chicago White Sox would actually be a playoff team at the moment — not bad! I do not recall the last time we could make the White Sox a 5-star best bet, but we are doing it tonight! Let’s play the White Sox on the money line.

Davis Martin takes the ball for the Sox. You can be forgiven for not knowing who he is, but he is having a great season. His worst start of the year was his first one, and that was 5 innings with 3 runs allowed. Since then, he has only once allowed 2 runs, and he has logged a quality start in 7 of his 8 games — the 8th game fell only 1 out short of a quality start. Martin is flat-out dealing right now. He will face Trevor McDonald, who will be making his 4th start for the Giants. He has been solid also, but the biggest issue for the Giants’ pitchers has been run support. The Giants have the worst scoring offense in the league, producing less than 3.5 runs per game. This is a great spot for the White Sox, so I’m backing them with confidence.

White Sox vs Giants Prediction: Chicago White Sox ML (-115) available at the time of publishing. Playable to -130.

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