The set-up: Seattle is 3-4. The Mariners are still "rebuilding," but they won't be going down without a fight here with Yusei Kikuchi on the mound. Kikuchi is coming off a great Spring and fantastic opening start, allowing three runs over six innings, walking one and striking out ten in the victory.

The pick: The Twins got five shutout innings from Michael Pineda in his season opening win over the Brewers. Milwaukee continues to struggle at the plate no matter who it faces though, so Pineda's performance needs to be taken with a grain of salt in my opinion. I like Kikuchi to match his counterpart inning for inning and in a situation like that, I believe the value swings to the undervalued underdog. That said, I'm going to lay the very reasonable price here for the extra 1.5 runs of insurance in the end.

This is a 10* RUN-LINE PLAY OF THE MONTH on the Mariners.