Posted at 11:00 AM EST. Odds subject to change.

Pinnacle  -101 BET365 -105 Sportsinteraction -103 888Sport -105

Washington -101 over Kansas City

2:10 PM EST. MacKenzie Gore (LHP - WAS) is a former top prospect who has shown flashes of tapping into that upside. His early 2023 results have been good (3.88 in 51 IP), which has the support of his 3.85 xERA. Gore is close to being elite with the only thing holding him back is an elevated 37% Ball%. If he ever corrects that, he’s going to be lights out because his stuff is nasty. Gore has 63 K’s in his 51 frames. His swing and miss rate is elite at 14%. His groundball rate was 57% last game and is now at 46% for the year. Man, he’s close to being a true ace. At age 24, he's a post-hype prospect worthy of getting behind at this reduced rate against this host.

Making his first start of the year, Daniel Lynch (LHP - KC) cannot be evenly priced here against Gore and the Nationals. Incidentally, Washington ranks 6th in the entire league in OPS v lefties. As for Lynch, he comes off the injured list to make his season debut after a mixed bag of results in his first full season last year. Dude had a very respectable swing and miss rate last year before blisters sent him to IL twice. He cut down on walks in the 2nd half but the positives end there. The negatives are that quality starts were few and far between; His K% fell off late; his slider was hit hard and missed fewer bats. He might improve as the season wears on but he’s behind everyone else and doesn't look close to being ready to put it all together yet.

Sherwood

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