We swept the board yesterday with all three picks, bringing our record for the week to 9-1. Unfortunately, it’s a fairly quiet day of baseball on Thursday.
Today, we have just one pick on the smaller slate.
Let’s dive into my MLB NRFI picks and model predictions for Thursday.
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MLB NRFI, YRFI Picks — April 24, 2025
Mariners vs Red Sox NRFI/YRFI Prediction
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Starting Pitchers: Bryan Woo vs. Garrett Crochet
This NRFI is all about the pitchers. Not only are both Bryan Woo and Garrett Crochet strong overall arms, but they also have solid first-time-through-the-order splits.
Crochet has allowed just one run his first time through the order across 11.1 innings this season, and that run came in the second inning. That means he’s a perfect 5-0 to the NRFI so far in 2025.
While Woo hasn’t been quite as dominant, he’s been a strong starter historically. This season, he has a solid 3.38 ERA his first time through the order.
That makes the Red Sox a slight risk here, but not one we can’t overcome at reasonably low juice.
Plus, we’re looking at fairly solid pitching weather that cuts scoring about 8%, according to Weather Edge.
The best line is at BetRivers, but I’d play the widely available -130 if I had to.
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