【willbetget the cheese】-MLB Over/Under Best Bet: Cincinnati Reds vs. San Francisco Giants, April 7

Clutch, clutch victory yesterday in that White Sox-Tigers Under bet to preserve a winning first full week of the season. We’re now 2-for-2 in winning weeks to start, and such a mindset is a good way to evaluate progress for any bettor: Take it one week at a time.

To begin the next seven-day stretch, let’s navigate toward a late West Coast game that will see the Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants reconvene for a three-game set in the Bay Area after both clubs met the first weekend of the campaign.

An Opening Day rematch takes center stage in the opener, with staff aces Hunter Greene and Logan Webb set to lock horns once again. When both All-Stars faced off to get 2025 started, that game resulted in an over—though that was thanks to a four-run Giants outburst in the ninth that got them the duke.

Greene fared well in that assignment, turning in five strong innings in which he allowed a pair of runs and a handful of baserunners while garnering eight strikeouts compared to only one walk.

This has been the usual work supplied whenever Greene opposes the Giants, even if it is only three career meetings since the former No. 2 overall draft pick arrived in the majors a few years ago. In those three matchups—spanning 16 1/3 innings—Greene posted a 1.10 ERA and microscopic 0.61 WHIP. But even more impressive than that, he also had a 25-to-3 K/BB ratio.

To further emphasize that last point: He’s got a strikeout rate of 13.8 K/9 against this opponent.