{"id":348258,"date":"2025-05-21T12:36:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348258"},"modified":"2025-05-21T12:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:42:28","slug":"diamondbacks-vs-dodgers-predictions-may-18-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/diamondbacks-vs-dodgers-predictions-may-18-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers SGP predictions May 21: Back Ohtani and Moreno in +410 wager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers close out Wednesday&#8217;s MLB slate with a West Coast rubber match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak last night in extra innings and is slightly favoured to take the series-deciding game. Corbin Burnes (2.56 ERA) gets the ball for Arizona, and he has a stellar history against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Props on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/shohei_ohtani\/batting-stats\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/gabriel_moreno\/batting-stats\">Gabriel Moreno<\/a> are featured in my Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">+410 SGP<\/a> predictions for May 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SGP picks: Diamondbacks +1.5 | Moreno 2+ bases | Ohtani 1+ hit (+410)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Diamondbacks +1.5 (-190)<\/a>:<\/strong> This is a solid place to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona has a definitive pitching advantage in this matchup thanks to Burnes, who has been humming after a rough start to the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The righty has a 1.19 ERA across his last five starts, holding batters to a .187 average with a 9.9 K\/9. That includes an outing against the Dodgers on May 10, where he threw seven shutout innings in a 3-0 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burnes has held Los Angeles&#8217; star-studded lineup to a .207 average over 153 combined plate appearances, according to Baseball Savant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los Angeles counters with Dustin May, and the 27-year-old has been trending in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May has a 6.57 ERA in his last five starts. L.A. hasn&#8217;t covered a -1.5 spread in any of those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:114057\">Embed: #114057<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\">Full MLB betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\">MLB injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\">MLB stats &amp; standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Moreno 2+ bases (+165)<\/a>:<\/strong> This leg nearly quadruples the value of the SGP from +110 to +410.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Moreno has been wielding a red-hot bat lately, slashing .320\/.358\/.580 in May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has cleared this line in five of his last six games with two home runs and three doubles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona&#8217;s catcher is just 2-for-8 against May with a pair of singles, but the advanced metrics would suggest he&#8217;s been quite unlucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The catcher has a .396 xBA and .441 xSLG in those at-bats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Ohtani 1+ hit (-265)<\/a>:<\/strong> Ohtani has been on a rampage this month, batting .347 with 10 home runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three-time MVP has cashed this bet in 16 of his last 17 games, including all six matchups against the D-backs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ohtani hasn&#8217;t seen a ton of Burnes but has been productive in a small sample, going 4-for-8 with a home run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There isn&#8217;t much more to say here \u2014 bet on the NL&#8217;s best hitter to record a knock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers predictions made at 10:06 a.m. ET on 05\/21\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers close out Wednesday&#8217;s MLB slate with a West Coast rubber match. The pregame narrative: Los Angeles snapped a four-game losing streak last night in extra innings and is slightly favoured to take the series-deciding game. Corbin Burnes (2.56 ERA) gets the ball for Arizona, and he has a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":348262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-348258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers predictions: May 18 MLB SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Diamondbacks vs. Dodgers predictions for May 21, 2025. 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