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Best Prop Bets Today: 5-Star Picks for Friday (9/18)

Best Prop Bets Today: 5-Star Picks for Friday (9/18)

There's no such thing as a surefire bet that will win you $1 million. But with BettingPros' suite of tools, we can help put you in a better position to make informed betting decisions each day and over the long run.

Whether you're a first-timer or an experienced bettor, we can all use a little help. One way to find value is to use the BettingPros prop bet cheat sheets for your sport of choice and filter by star rating.

On a scale of one to five stars, BettingPros rates player props across multiple sports. The star rating is determined by our projections, expected value and advanced modeling.

From WNBA rebounds to MLB home runs, there is no shortage of props to bet on every single day. And if you're too busy to spend hours digging through the data, we've done the research for you.

Read on for our top five-star prop bet of the day.

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Best Prop Bets Today

On top of pinpointing our best prop bets today by star rating, we can take it a step further by identifying which five-star props also have a 100% hit rate over the player's last five games. You can also filter hit rates over the past 15 games, but let's not push our luck.

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Brett Bateman 0.5 Runs

Last Week: 1-0 | Season Record: 8-7 | Best Odds: +105 at BetMGM

A single by Travis Bazzana in the fourth inning cashed our ticket early last week and put us back on the plus side in the win column. He finished with four combined hits + runs + RBIs. Let’s keep the good times rolling.

The MLB prop bet cheat sheet for Friday lists a whopping 67 player props with a 100% hit rate over the last five games - 13 of them labeled as 5-star bets.

The 5-star bet we settled on today is Blue Jays outfielder Brett Bateman to go over 0.5 runs - a feat he has accomplished in six straight games.

brett bateman prop

The Blue Jays’ leadoff hitter is in a good spot to cross home plate, averaging 4.1 at-bats per game this season. More at-bats mean more opportunities to get on base, which increases Bateman’s chances of scoring. He’s recorded at least four at-bats in five of his last six games, including a couple of five-at-bat outings.

The Blue Jays, as a whole, have averaged five runs over the last six games and have an implied team total of 3.5 runs tonight. Rangers starting pitcher Kumar Rocker is allowing 2.6 runs per game this season. He has no history versus Bateman, and in two career appearances against Toronto, he’s allowed just two runs over nine innings.

Looking at the splits, Kumar has allowed 46 of his 68 runs to lefties, such as Bateman, this season. The Blue Jays’ lineup should include four left-handed bats tonight. Two of the four career hits Rocker has allowed to the Blue Jays have come from George Springer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who are projected to bat 2-3 behind Bateman.

Bateman just needs to get on base to give his supporting sluggers an opportunity to drive him home. He currently has a 14-game streak of reaching base via a hit or a walk. The MLB Prop Bet Cheat Sheet projects Bateman for 0.6 runs today with a +21% projection EV. Leaving us very little room for error.

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