This is a 10* NL RL BK on the Cards.

I'm a contrarian at heart. I don't always "look" at where the public money is, and I don't always base my picks, or ONLY base my picks ever, on big contrarian selections.

But it's a factor that I do usually take into account along with others, and that's the case here, as I just don't think that the Pirates deserve to have nearly 75% of the early public money on them on the road hee, dspite having Paul Skenes on the hill.

Skenes is 3-0 with a 3.00 ERA, but regression for the rookie at some point is going to happen.

They say that divisional contests are always the most important and that they almost always mean the most to the home side. And that's the case here as well for Miles Mikolas, who is 4-6 with a 5.32 ERA so far for St. Louis.

While the outright is possible, I'm going to lay the price for the extra 1.5 runs of insurnace. The play is indeed on ST. LOUIS on the RUNLINE option.

Good luck, NP