MLB All-Star Game Player Props & Bets: Tuesday (7/14)
Tonight, the best in the MLB will take the field, as the National League and American League square off in the All-Star Game. It can be hard to predict games like this, as motivations are all over the place, and we don't really know how many at-bats hitters will get or how many innings pitchers will pitch. With this in mind, I'm focusing my attention on batters at the top of the order and American League starter Dylan Cease.
Here are the best MLB player prop bets for the All-Star Game on July 14.
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Tuesday's Best MLB All-Star Game Player Props
Odds provided by DraftKings Sportsbook.
Dylan Cease 2+ Strikeouts (+105)
Cease is on fire entering the All-Star Game, striking out at least seven batters in 11 consecutive games. Of course, he's unlikely to pitch very long against the National League, but even if he only goes one inning, I'm willing to take my chances on him recording at least two strikeouts for this price.
Despite only one starter having more than 15 career at-bats against Cease, all nine National League hitters have struck out at least twice against him. At the top of the order, Kyle Schwarber has struck out four times in 13 at-bats, while Juan Soto has struck out five times in 11 at-bats. While Freddie Freeman has excellent numbers against Cease, CJ Abrams, who is batting fourth, is 0-for-9 with three strikeouts against him.
Also, if Cease gets to face the National League's fifth batter, Max Muncy, he has another great strikeout opportunity. Muncy is 2-for-15 with six strikeouts against Cease.
Yordan Alvarez 2+ Total Bases (+255)
What's really interesting about this matchup for the American League is that their starting hitters aren't facing the same Cristopher Sanchez that was terrifying hitters early in the season. Sanchez has allowed at least 10 hits in back-to-back games, and just over a week ago, he gave up 12 hits and nine earned runs in just 3.1 innings.
Alvarez has never faced Sanchez, but he enters the All-Star Game with the fourth-best batting average in the MLB. He's recorded two hits in three consecutive games, and even if he only gets on at-bat, I like his chances of getting a hit against a suddenly struggling pitcher.
But I'm not just backing Alvarez to get a hit. I'm also backing him to record at least two total bases for an incredible price. Alvarez is second in the league with 31 home runs, and he has six extra-base hits in 10 July games. This season, 48 of his 11 hits are for extra bases, making him a threat to hit this prop with one swing.
Shea Langeliers 1+ Hits (+100)
While Langeliers is only batting .257 this season, he is 2-for-4 against Sanchez in his career. Langeliers has at least one hit in four of his eight games in July and in nine of his last 14 games overall.
The only real concern is that Langeliers is hitting only .185 this month. But as I already highlighted, Sanchez has struggled of late. Three of his last four starts were subpar by his standards. In a matchup of two struggling players, I'll take the hitter with the better history in head-to-head meetings.
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