Mariners vs. Rangers prediction: Odds, picks, best bets for Monday’s MLB matinee

The bad news just keeps piling up here in New York.
Juan Soto and Cody Bellinger are headed for the IL.
LeBron James is heading to Philadelphia.
And police have cleared Geno Smith. They have concluded their investigation, so Geno will indeed be the Jets starting quarterback when training camp opens this week.
We have been trying to get our numbers above the betting equator, but the baseball gods won’t allow it.
Yet.
The Mariners didn’t help our cause when they lost in Texas on Friday.
Another try. Seattle’s George Kirby is 3-1 in his last four starts, allowing five runs over those 26 innings.
The Rangers’ Kumar Rocker tossed a one-hitter at the White Sox in his last start but gave up 10 runs in his previous 10 innings.
Play $50 on the Mariners (-132, FanDuel)
Jittery Jeffrey Springs helped the Twins build a 7-0 lead. The A’s tried, but they couldn’t fully recover and lost 11-8.
Down -217 bluemoonodoms.
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