ASA TOP PLAY 10* ON Tampa Bay Rays Money Line (+) @ Washington Nationals, Monday at 6:05 PM ET

The Rays are the top team in the American League this season and are 14-7 in road games on the year. The Nationals are enduring a post-World Series Championship season slump and are dead last in their division and an ugly 6-13 in home games this year. Washington is starting Max Scherzer in this one and he commands respect from the betting markets but that has led to value here with the Rays Charlie Morton certainly no slouch on the mound either! In fact, and a key here, Morton is trending the right direction while the same can not be said for Scherzer. The Nationals right-hander has allowed at least 3 earned runs in 3 of his last 4 starts. In those 3 outings Scherzer has given up 12 earned runs and 5 home runs! As for Morton, he recently returned from injury and his numbers are still "off" early this season only because his first start of the season way back in July was a rough one. Morton has since pitched to a 2.45 ERA in his last 4 starts. He might only work through about 4 innings in this one but a strength of Tampa Bay is having one of the best bullpens in baseball. As for Scherzer he may not work too deep either and that's, in part, because he has a 4.42 ERA in home outings this season and our computer math models show him getting touched up a bit early on in this one. Then a sub-par Washington pen will take over after Scherzer exits. The Rays are 22-5 in their last 27 games! The Nationals are 3-11 in their last 14 games! Grab that underdog value with the much better team. Bet the Tampa Bay Rays on the money line in early evening action Monday.