Brad Evans' MLB bet of the day (June 25)

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MLB Prop Bet of the Day

Wil Crowe UNDER 4.5 strikeouts at St. Louis (-122, BetMGM)

What does a teenage drug user’s room look like? Well, it probably doesn’t contain an office-grade berber and a drop-ceiling system. The Mile 420 sign, however, is a dead giveaway. Thanks, St. Louis CBS affiliate KMOX, for the intrepid reporting. Sticking with the Gateway City theme, mind-altering substances would be needed to bet on anything positive related to Pittsburgh hurler Wil Crowe, especially on the road. The righty sports a puke-inducing 6.57 ERA away from PNC. Equally inexcusable, he’s given up 12 ER in his last 13.2 IP. His mixture of a high contact rate (81.0%), long-ball proneness (1.99 HR/9) and control issues (4.43 BB/9) explain the fattened ERA. Under 4.5 Ks in six of nine starts, including an outing against the Cardinals in early May, he should again fall short. Keep in mind on the year, the Cardinals own the seventh-lowest K percentage in baseball, though they’ve only scored a laughable 90 runs over the past 30 days.

Units risked: 1.22
Column record: 30-38 (-4.24 units)