Chicago at Tampa Bay

The Cubs ended an over century long drought by winning the World Series last year. While they are on an eight game winning streak, it is clear they have not played on the same level as they did last year. The Cubs went 28-9 in Jon Lester’s starts a year ago, but just 17-12 so far this season. The difference has been even greater than that. Opponents scored just 2.95 runs a contest when he took the ball a year ago, but a whooping 5.14 runs a contest this year. That is +2.19 runs a game, so he is lucky that the team is 17-12. Rays starter Blake Snell has really come on, with the Rays winning six of his last eight starts with opponents scoring 10 total runs in the six wins. Make the play on Tampa Bay.