Its Friday, May 23 and the Mariners (28-21) are in Houston to take on the Astros (26-24). Emerson Hancoc k is slated to take the mound for Seattle against Ryan Gusto for Houston. The Astros lost game one of the series, 9-2. Lance McCullers Jr. picked up the win for the Astros. He struck out eight batters, gave up two earned runs, on five hits.

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The Rockies are wretched, and they'll continue to plumb new depths as they collide with Clarke Schmidt, per our MLB betting picks for the pitcher prop markets on Friday, May 23, 2025.

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Our MLB player prop picks highlight the hot bat of Seattle's Jorge Polanco, as well as Carlos Rodon and Rafael Devers.