PITTSBURGH PIRATES +105 - The Pirates have been a nice investment in the first two weeks of the season, as they have a winning record of 6-5 despite being an underdog in every game! Pittsburgh is currently 6th in the National League in team ERA, and Benson has done his part to keep this number down. He has allowed just 3 earned runs and 8 hits in 11 innings over his first two starts, and he held the Cubs without an earned run over 6 innings in his last start, a 13-2 Bucs win. He is backed by a Pirate bullpen that has done a fine job to this point, posting a .2.88 ERA and 1.14 ratio over 34.1 relief innings. Offensively, the Pirates have teed off on right-handed pitchers, hitting .296 as a team against them. That is not a good sign for Seo, who is making his first start of the year after a poor exhibition season. Conversely, the Mets are hitting just .239 vs. right-handers, and Benson can be as nasty as they come when he is on his game.
