The one criticism of Cristopher Sanchez last year is that his road splits weren’t as good as the home numbers.

I’ve beaten the home trend to death and won good chunks of money from it.

On Tuesday, the road version of Sanchez receives a big test against the Mets.

The sportsbooks don’t seem worried about the southpaw since the Phils are a -135 favorite on the money line. The Mets are a +115 underdog behind Griffin Canning.

A year ago, Sanchez had a 5.02 road ERA and opponents had a .307 batting average against him.


This year, Sanchez turned in a solid first road start in St. Louis. He scattered eight hits and allowed one earned run over 6.1 innings. The Phils will gladly take that version of Sanchez on Tuesday.

I’d target the over on Sanchez’s outs recorded prop of 17.5 instead of firing off on the over 5.5 strikeouts. I say that because the Mets have the fourth-lowest strikeout rate in the majors.

As for Canning, he’s been surprisingly consistent in his first Mets season. He was an okay-at-best arm in the Angels rotation, but he’s found something in New York.

The right-handed hurler allowed four or fewer hits in three of his four appearances. He’s also allowed one or two earned runs in three of the four starts.

No one on the Phillies roster has a significant head-to-head edge against Canning since he’s spent most of his career in the AL West.

The winds will be blowing out to right at Citi Field, but Sanchez and Canning have done a good job of keeping the ball in the park so far this season.

I’d look more to the hot hitters in each lineup for the best home run bets to use for FanDuel’s Dinger Tuesday boost and for DraftKings’ Home Run No Sweat.

Francisco Lindor is the hottest home run hitter in the majors over the last seven days, while Bryce Harper has the 10th-best OPS in that stretch. Lindor is +450 at DK and +500 at FD, while Harper is +360 on DK and +370 on FD. Notable also is that DraftKings users have made Phils/Mets the second most popular MLB game of the night, based on total bets, but the run line and moneyline are falling outside of the top three, suggesting that they’re looking more into props. That’s the trend for both Pennsylvania sports betting and NJ betting apps.