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Total Dominator - Rickenbach MLB Rotation #967 Tuesday 10* Top Play OVER the total in Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers @ 7:10 ET - The Rangers and Tigers feature two of the worst bullpens in the majors based on both opponents batting average and team ERA for their respective bullpen work. Certainly that could prove to be an issue here but Texas right-hander Jesse Chavez is making his first "real start" since July of 2017. What I mean by "real start" is that he has been used as an "opener" this season but those are truly short stints. This is the first time Texas is using him in hopes of getting 5 or 6 innings out of him as a starter. That said, he may struggle the 2nd time through a lineup and also could struggle early in this start too. Why? Well he has allowed 7 earned runs on 15 hits in less than 11 innings of work in his last two starts at Comerica Park. The good news for Rangers fans here is that the Tigers starter is also likely to struggle. Jordan Zimmerman just recently returned from injury and certainly he was not sharp in his first start back. Detroit is now 0-5 in Zimmerman's last 5 starts and the over is a perfect 5-0 in those starts. That is due in large part to the fact that Zimmerman is 0-4 in those 5 starts and has compiled an ugly 9.58 ERA in those outings. The right-hander is coming back from an elbow injury and he could be limited here. With both starters unlikely to work deep into this game, their sub-par bullpens could be exposed in this one. Texas is scoring an average of 5.8 runs per game against right-handed starters this season. Certainly the Tigers numbers are not good in terms of offensive production this season. However, other than a shutout last week, the Tigers did average scoring 5.3 runs per game in their other 4 games. Couple that with the history of Chavez struggling in this park and you have a recipe for some Detroit success at the plate in this one. Look for the over to move to 6-0 in Zimmerman's last 6 starts as the over also moves to 10-3 in Rangers Tuesday games on the season. 10* OVER the total in Detroit

Contrarian Crusher - Rickenbach MLB Rotation #969 Tuesday MLB 10* Top Play Tampa Bay Rays Money Line (-) vs Minnesota Twins @ 8:10 ET - It looks "easy" here to take the Twins at home. Long-time followers know what that means for me. In typical contrarian fashion I am grabbing the "hidden value" with the Rays in this one. Yes, Minnesota is tied with the Yankees for most wins in the American League. However, the Rays are right up there with the Twins in terms of best road record in the majors so far this season. That said, I like the small road favorite price here. Like I said, many will be attracted to the home dog Twins here since Minnesota has fared well against left-handed starters this season and since the Rays Blake Snell has struggled in 3 of his last 4 starts. However, let us not forget that the odds makers are often the sharpest people in the room. This line is set this way with good reason and I like Tampa Bay in this one. Snell is fully capable of spinning a game here as he also has plenty of extra rest after short starts in each of his last two outings. The Twins Kyle Gibson also certainly has proven to be shaky of late. Yes he had a great outing two starts ago but that was against a Royals team that is one of the worst in the majors. In his other two most recent starts, Gibson has allowed 11 earned runs in just 9 and 1/3 innings. The Minnesota right-hander has a team record of 3-6 in his 9 career starts against TB and he has compiled a 5.22 ERA versus the Rays. Snell has a 3.60 ERA in his last two starts against the Twins and both were against Gibson. The Rays won the first one but lost the next one. Now it is payback time for Snell and the Rays in this one. 10* TAMPA BAY