Burdge: What I'm Betting on Thursday, May 18

Here are three bets that I love today for the MLB and NBA. BetQL subscribers can see all of our best bets with star ratings for every game. Take advantage of BetQL's 3-day free trial and see all of today's best bets! Start your free trial today!

Blue Jays ML vs. Yankees (-130, BetMGM)

The Blue Jays just took down the Yankees, 3-0, Wednesday and I think they can close out this series with another win tonight. Some BetQL trends in their favor are that Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios is 16-1 SU at home over the last two years vs. teams whose hitters strike out 7.0 or more times per game, and the team is 35-19 SU over the last two years against teams outscoring opponents by 0.5 or more runs per game. So I like the Blue Jays to take down the Yankees tonight.

Blue Jays' Whit Merrifield o1.5 Total Bases vs. Yankees (+120, DraftKings)

Merrifield has three hits in his last four games and five hits in his last seven games, so I think he can hit the over on total bases on this one against the Yankees. Mostly because in his 14 career at-bats against Nestor Cortes, Merrifield has five hits, including a single, three doubles and a home run. So he has done this before and I think he can do it again here and hit this over on total bases.

Nuggets -5.5 vs. Lakers (-110, BetMGM)

I initially was all-in on the Lakers to win this series, but after how Jokic completely dominated in Game 1, I just don’t see that happening anymore. Even though the Lakers were able to come back in the first game, I think the Nuggets can be dominant throughout this one and cover this spread.

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