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Milwaukee -1½ +160 over Baltimore

American Family Field – Milwaukee, WI

1:10 PM ET. Today, we’re targeting Tomoyuki Sugano—and the numbers say now is the time to do it. At first glance, Sugano’s surface stats look solid: a 4-3 record and a 3.08 ERA. That’ll be enough to convince plenty of casual backers. But those numbers are built on some of the most extreme variance in baseball. Sugano owns the fifth-lowest BABIP in the majors at .226 and has stranded 88% of baserunners—an elite figure that simply isn’t sustainable over time. These are classic red flags for looming regression.

Dig deeper, and the warning lights flash even brighter. Sugano’s xERA is 4.52—nearly a run and a half above his actual ERA. His FIP? An inflated 4.84. The peripherals don’t just hint at regression—they scream it. What you’ve got here is a profile built on smoke and mirrors.

Milwaukee counters with Chad Patrick, whose 2-4 record and 3.35 ERA don’t jump off the page, but the underlying metrics are far more trustworthy. His .301 BABIP shows he hasn’t gotten lucky with batted balls, and his FIP sits at 3.65—suggesting his performance is in line with what the numbers say it should be.

But maybe the biggest tell is in the WAR. Patrick has posted a 1.1 WAR this season; Sugano sits at just 0.2. Despite the prettier surface stats, Sugano has had a far smaller impact—because so much of his success has been luck-driven. Patrick, on the other hand, has been quietly effective through less favorable variance.

We’re fading the illusion and siding with the metrics. We’ll gladly lay the run and a half to back the more reliable arm at plus money. This one’s about trusting what’s under the hood.

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