MLB Picks - Get Today's Best Free MLB Predictions

There are three markets for the MLB Picks which are as follows:

Money Line: Which team will win? As simple as that, the majority of bookmakers include any extra innings but be sure to check.

Run Line: In the Asian Handicap of baseball, one team is given a head-start, the other a deficit. A -1.5 line would need to win by 2+ runs, a +1.5 line would need to better a 2-run defeat.

You may have seen the term 'against the spread' for MLB picks, this means betting on the underdog on Run Line, the team who has a deficit to make up.

Game Total: How many runs will there be in the game? You will have the option of over that total or under the total. Again extra innings are included by most bookmakers.

You can find each scheduled game on this page, with each game the best bet for the game is highlighted. This is the outcome of the three markets which has received the most predictions.

You can see how many predictions the outcome has compared to the total number on the market. This results in a confidence rating which is the percentage of picks for the outcome.

This percentage is then used along with the current odds to give you a 'Value Rating'. This is displayed by a five-star rating, the more stars, the more value.

Check out our MLB Betting Guides over in the blog section, the guides are packed full of useful MLB stats to help you decide on your MLB picks along with the selections on this page.

With each best bet in the MLB above you will see an Add to betslip option. When finding any MLB predictions you want to place a wager on, hit this option. As a result, the MLB pick will be added to your OLBG betslip. You use a single pick or you can continue to add other MLB predictions.

Additionally, you can click on the event names and enter the event page. Here you can see all three markets and all of the outcome options. As well as how many predictions each outcome has received from our tipsters.

You can use the 'Add' to the betslip option to add the predictions to your betslip. When happy with your betslip, you can then see which bookmaker is offering the best odds. Select this bookie and your betslip will be transferred to their site where you can then place your wager.

Before placing your MLB bets you may wish to take a few minutes to read our Best Bookies For Baseball Betting article which has useful info including the latest bookie offers to help maximise your baseball betting.

Use our Best Baseball Tipsters page to see what our very best tipsters on the MLB are picking for today's games.

These are tipsters who have made a profit over the past twelve months on the MLB.

You can also head over to our Baseball Tipster Competition Table for an array of statistics.

Using the sorting options, you can see our best MLB tipsters by LSP, ROI, Strike Rate or profitable months.

This can be done for the current month, for the past six months or for the past twelve months to find consistent tipsters who offer MLB best bets.

As you can see in the table below which looks at the last five seasons, there is not a great difference depending on whether the home side of the road team is favourites, the home team has a win percentage of .601 whilst the road team when favourite has a .583 which means roughly 6 in 10 MLB favourites win.

The most successful home favourite is the LA Dodgers who have a .710 record (247-348) when favourites at home, the next best are the Tampa Bay Rays with .661 (199-301) whilst on the road as favourites, it's the Pittsburgh Pirates with .733 although that is from just 15 games (11-15), next are the Detroit Tigers with .679 (19-28). The Reds (.494), the Diamondbacks (.493) and the Rangers (.468) are the only teams who have a sub-.500 record when favourites on the road.

For all of the latest news on the MLB, upcoming fixtures and past results, head over to the Official MLB website.

There are so many factors that can come into play when wagering on the total run line, like many other sports weather can be a massive factor in this and this is the same if, for example, you are looking for NFL Totals Tips where the weather can be a major factor on the result.

If you are looking to hit into a headwind out to the left wall at Wrigley Field then you are going to struggle to make the 355m to get it out of the park and the pitchers will know this and will try to make you hit into the headwind.

Alternatively, the headwind might not play as much of a factor if you are looking to do the same at Fenway Park as the left-field wall is 45m closer (310m). This means the weather can play a major part in selecting whether to go over or under the line depending on which stadium the game is being played at.

Wigley Field (355m), Coors Field (347m), Angel Stadium (347m) & Comerica Park (345m) have the longest left-field walls whilst Fenway Park (310m), Tropicana Field (315m), Minute Maid Park (315m) and Yankee Stadium (318m) have the shortest distance to the left-field walls.

These factors are what our expert MLB tipsters look at when giving their free MLB tips on today's games and, of course, it goes the other way too for those who predominately hit out to the right field, Wigley Field (353m) is once again the longest and Fenway Park (302m) is once again the shortest.

Does Altitude play a part in the number of runs? Coors Field is by far the highest stadium at a 1,579m altitude and has been the stadium in recent years to produce the most average runs per game so do not let the high altitude put you off.

Current MLB Stadiums

*Measurement in brackets is the height of the wall and altitude closest to the home plate in meters above sea level

You may want to combine multiple outcomes into one bet, this is an accumulator where the odds are multiplied based on the picks, this is what the Americans call a parlay bet.

You can build an accumulator by adding MLB predictions to the betslip, you can add as few as you like and then as many as the selected bookmaker allows.

An example of an accumulator would be:

• NY Yankees (Moneyline) at 8/15 (1.53)
• TEX Rangers (Moneyline) at 4/7 (1.57)
• CHI White Sox (Moneyline) at 4/6 (1.67)

How do you work out your MLB accumulator odds? The easiest way is to convert the Fraction odds into Decimal odds which we have already done in the list above, the decimal odds are in brackets, if you want to know how to convert these odds then check out our Betting Odds Explained article.

Using the three decimal odds, it's a case of multiplying the three, so it would be 1.53 * 1.57 * 1.67 which comes to a rounded 4.02, so if all three were successful and you staked £10 on the parlay then your total return would be £40.16 (4.02 * 10 roughly), a profit of £30.16.

Also, it is worth remembering that you are not restricted to just the MLB Moneyline market, you can add any combination meaning you can also use the total runs outcomes and/or the run line predictions.

The 2024 Home Run Derby will take place on the 16th of July 2024 and will be hosted for the first time at the Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.

The Home Run Derby has only previously been held at the home of the Rangers once in the past, that was in 1995 when they were playing at the Ballpark in Arlington, Hall of Famer Frank Thomas won it on that occasion.

Previous Home Run Derby Winners

The first-ever home run derby took place in 1985 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota where Dave Parker of the Cincinnati Reds won the event, and since then it has taken every year bar 1988 and 2020.

The 2024 event will be the 38th time this has been staged and we have had 39 previous winners, both the 1986 & 1989 tournaments saw multiple winners in the same year.

So far the American League has provided the most winners, 22 winners were playing for an American League team at the time of winning compared to 17 who were playing for a National League team, however, the National League has produced four of the last five winners.

Last Ten Home Run Derby Winners

The 2024 MLB All-Star Game will take place at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers on the 16th of July 2024, this will be the first time it has been hosted at this stadium.

The Ballpark in Arlington in 1995 was the only other time that the Rangers had hosted the All-Star weekend, the National League (3-2) was successful that year.

Future MLB All-Star Games

• 2024 - Globe Life Field (Rangers)
• 2025 - Truist Park (Braves)
• 2026 - Citizens Bank Park (Phillies)

Previous MLB All-Star Game Winners

Below are the last ten MLB All-Star Game winners, the running records, the final score of the game, and where the game was hosted along with the attendance for the game.

The highest attendance we have seen for an all-star game came in 1981 when 72,086 fans witnessed the National League win 5-4 at Cleveland Stadium.

In fact, the top three attendances have all come at Cleveland Stadium with 69,812 in attendance for the 1935 game and 69,751 in attendance for the 1954 game.

When it comes to the all-star game, the two teams are made of players who are playing for either a National League team or an American League team and the two leagues go head-to-head for bragging rights!

There have previously been ninety-three all-star games, and two of those have ended in ties, in 1961 it was a 1-1 tie at Fenway Park, and then in 2002 at Miller Park, it ended with a 7-7 score.

The National League went through a dominating period between 1960 & 1982 where they won all bar three all-star games, however, their last success in 2023 was their first since 2012.

Recent history is all on the side of the American League, they have won nine of the last ten all-star games and since 1997 they have won all bar four of the games taking their total number of victories to forty-seven.

That means with their recent success, the American League has passed the National League as the most successful league and is currently leading by a score of 47-44.

The MVP has been awarded since 1962 and is awarded to the deemed Most Valuable Player in the all-star game, the first-ever winner was the shortstop Maury Wills of the Dodger.

It has been awarded sixty-two times, in 1975 two players shared the award, of the last ten, two pitchers have won the award, Mariano Rivera in 2013 and Shane Bieber in 2019, in total eight pitchers have won it.

A catcher has won the award a total of seven times, however, Elías Díaz in 2023 was the first to win it since 2010 and last twenty-three games only two have won it which means 24% of the awards have gone with either the pitcher or catcher, however, only four of the last twenty-two (18%) have gone to one of those.

Here are the last ten All-Star MVP winners:

Andy Powell stands as the linchpin behind OLBG's dynamic baseball content, blending his passion for the MLB and international leagues like NPB and KBO by creating and maintaining the MLB Picks content on OLBG.

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Andy Powell, an ardent Pittsburgh Pirates supporter and MLB enthusiast, extends his passion for baseball across borders, delving into the NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball) and KBO (Korean Baseball Organization) leagues. His dedication to these diverse baseball landscapes enriches OLBG's comprehensive coverage.

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