T.M. Selection: Atlanta Braves.

I like the Atlanta Braves to win this game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday. The Braves just put up a series win against the Marlins after splitting their series before that, but they have still looked really good in their games lately and haven't lost a series in their previous 4. They have been putting up a lot more runs lately and I think they are going to continue that here against the D-Backs who I think have been overachieving lately and are due for some regression. The Diamondbacks looked really good in a majority of their games over the last 2 weeks but they finally just got swept by the Dodgers in a 4 game series and I expect them to start coming back down to Earth a bit since their team is not really as good as they were playing. Zac Gallen (3-0, 2.22 ERA) is up for the Diamondbacks here and he has looked great all year but he finally looked shaky in his most recent start, giving up 6 runs in 5 innings and against the Royals too who have a really bad team this year and are at the bottom of their division. Now that Gallen is starting to show some cracks in his armor, I think he is going to get touched again here for some runs and he will be facing a much tougher lineup than the Royals too. The Braves also started off really slow this year and have started to get hot now and are putting up a lot of runs in their games. Spencer Strider (1-1, 2.22 ERA) is up for the Braves here and this will be his 1st start of the year but he has already played many games this year as a reliever and even went 3+ innings in a lot of those games. He hasn't had a bad game yet and I don't think he is going to be in this game long enough to do damage to his own team either. I expect a good pitching effort from the Braves here and a great offensive effort too. I like the Braves to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 6-2 Braves.