#975 ASA PLAY ON Atlanta Braves -115 / -120 over Houston Astros, Tuesday at 8:10 PM ET - These two teams, in recent years, have annually been two of the top teams in the majors. That said, it makes sense that the Astros are getting some respect on their home field in this match-up. But the fact remains that Houston is off to a very rough start this season and not really showing any signs of turning things around yet. That being said, there is a lot of value here with the Braves at a fair price and with a huge starting pitching edge. Hunter Brown gets the start for the Astros and he is off a horrendous start versus Kansas City. Sometimes a pitcher will have a tough start and it is a "one off" situation. However, Brown has now been rocked in back to back starts plus this is a guy that was 11-13 with a 5.09 ERA last season. Reynaldo Lopez, on the other hand, has been solid in both his starts this season and has allowed just 7 hits in 12 innings! As for Brown, he has allowed 14 earned RUNS (not hits) in less than 8 innings on the mound this season! You can see why we like the Braves at a reasonable price on the road even though the Astros have been one of the best teams in baseball in 6 of the last 7 seasons. The covid season was the lone outlier. As for this season however, Houston is 6-12 this season and has lost 5 of 7. Though the 2 wins in this recent 2-5 stretch were solid, the 4 most recent losses were by a combined score of 42 to 14 and we like the Braves to roll here. Atlanta has won 7 of 10 games and is already 6-3 on the road this season as well. Braves off the 6-1 win here in Houston last night and do it again here. Lay it!