NFL Week 9 FTN Staff Bets
FTN Staff
Welcome to a Friday edition of MLB best bets. This time, we’ll look to keep our momentum rolling from last weekend as we take a look into Game 1 of a weekend series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Boston Red Sox, taking place in Fenway Park in Boston.
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Boston Red Sox
The biggest headline of this MLB weekend will be the return of Mookie Betts to Fenway Park. Betts left a lasting impression on the Fenway faithful in his elite 2018 season that ended with him earning an AL MVP award and the Red Sox winning the World Series. Friday marks Betts’ first return back to Boston since being traded to Los Angeles in 2020.
Awaiting Betts will be RHP Kutter Crawford of the Red Sox. Betts enters on absolute fire, racking up 19 total bases, 5 RBIs and 6 runs over his last four games. Betts has tallied a .309 AVG, .561 SLG and .960 OPS against RHP this season.
Kutter Crawford has used his four-seam fastball, cutter and sweeper 80% of the time against RHB this season. Below I will show how Betts stacks up against those pitches:
| Kutter Crawford vs. RHB | Mookie Betts vs. RHP |
| 4-Seam Fastball | .309 ISO, 7 HR, 15 XBH |
| Cutter | .287 wOBA, 8 Hits, 2 XBH |
| Sweeper | .204 wOBA, 2 Hits, 1 XBH |
Best Bet
Mookie Betts over 2.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs (+105, BetMGM) — 1-Unit Wager
Mookie Betts has been lights out at the plate in August. He enters Friday with a .463 AVG, .817 SLG and 1.333 OPS this month. With Friday being big for the sport and the Boston faithful, we’ll back the best in the game to show up when the lights are bright once again.
