San Francisco at Cleveland

San Francisco's rookie call-ups have become a weekly occurrence in this lost season, and Wednesday brings another: left-hander Matt Wilkinson makes his major league debut against the very team that drafted and developed him. Cleveland took Wilkinson in the 10th round back in 2023, and after two-plus years in that farm system, he was included in the return package when the Guardians landed catcher Patrick Bailey in May. His track record since is modest at best: a 3-4 mark and a 5.15 ERA over 10 Triple-A starts at Sacramento, and now he's thrown into the fire on the road with zero big-league innings on his ledger. On the other side stands Parker Messick, who hasn't allowed more than two runs in any start since the end of June and carries a 2.59 ERA into tonight. This is a last-place Giants club that's lost 67 games already, walking a green arm into a matchup against a pitcher who's been one of the more reliable starters in the American League all summer. I like Cleveland on the moneyline.