Game Picks - Thursday: July 2, 2009

Well, what do you know, a good day! That was a nice happenstance. It would be fun to keep this going. So without any more useless prose, let's get to today's picks. It's a short schedule Thursday:

• The Reds over the Diamondbacks: Harang over Davis. The Reds are simply a better team.
• The Pirates over the Mets: Redding won't or can't duplicate what Pelfrey did yesterday and a shutout is the only way the Mets are going to win these days.
• The Astros over the Padres: Wandy Rodriguez gets back on track.
• The Yankees over the Mariners: Sabathia completes the sweep over Vargas.
• The Phillies over the Braves: Everyone is picking the Braves in this game and Vazquez but Happ has been really good so the Fan is bucking the trend.
• The Cardinals over the Giants: The Giants just don't have the offense to compete with good teams.
• The Brewers over the Cubs: Hate to pick a team that has Seth McClung starting the game. But the Brewers are a better team right now than the Cubs and their offense will explode after getting bottled up.
• The White Sox over the Royals: The Royals can't do any better than Chen? Whuh?
• The Orioles over the Angels: The Angels are still reeling from the series in Texas. The Orioles (despite last night's meltdown) have been giant killers lately.

Yesterday: 11-4
Week: 29-16
Month: 11-4