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Best Bet Major League Baseball Thursday NY Mets (Santana) (-135) @ Cincinnati (Cueto) (+125) (7:10PM ET) (MLB PPV)

The Mets hit the break playing good baseball and are within a ½ game of the first place Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets hit Cueto pretty good in their meeting this season on May 11th as NY put up 6 runs on 8 hits over 4 2/3rd innings. The rookie right-hander has pitched 111 innings so far on the season and has lacked consistency in recent outings. I like to look to bet against first year starting pitchers during the second half of the season. They are just not used to the amount of innings big leaguers put in throughout a season. The Mets are set for a good second half run and have their ace Johan Santana on the hill. Santana is giving the club good outings as he has allowed 3 earned runs or less in 9 of his last 10 starts. Your Major League Baseball Best Bet for Thursday’s action is taking the NY Mets at –135.

Selection: NY Mets -135