OffshoreInsiders.com Senior Sports Handicapper Matt Rivers has a free pick Friday is on the Anaheim Angels (+114) to the New York Mets.

Reasoning: Anaheim is certainly not what they used to be and the Mets have looked a lot better of late but let’s not exactly crown Terry Collins’ squad just yet. New York is still a franchise in regression and without David Wright and Ike Davis is not the most talented of teams. I am not at all saying that Jose Reyes and Jason Bay and Angel Pagan and Carlos Beltran don’t have enough to be a dangerous team that can’t win this game but the Mets are still a sub .500 squad overall that is not going very far this season.

The Angels are that squad which is a good team to back when getting a solid amount and are a good team to fade when they are laying too much. Anaheim is very mediocre themselves, but they also have a few players that are no joke in Kendrick, Abreu, Hunter and Trumbo. Are they great no but like the Mets these four guys can be very good at times.

Chris Capuano is a solid lefty that like his team as a whole could be pretty good. But he isn’t really anything to write home about even if things have been better of late and he isn’t on a higher level than the decent enough Joel Pineiro so the pitching matchup is a wash.

The bottom line here is that either pitcher can pitch well and that either team can win this game. With that thinking I’ll grab a decent enough takeback on the visitors from the left coast and take my chances.

Top expert pick on this game: Anaheim

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