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MLB Player Prop Bet Odds, Picks & Predictions: Tuesday (6/27)

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With Shohei Ohtani toeing the rubber tonight, his player props will likely be some of the most heavily-bet ones of today’s 15-game Major League Baseball slate. However, we have identified two other pitcher props and one batter prop that catch our eye more.

Tuesday’s Best MLB Player Prop Bets

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)

Jose Ramirez Over 0.5 RBIs vs. Royals (+100) 

If Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez does not earn the start for this year’s All-Star Game (currently, Texas Rangers rookie Josh Jung leads the voting), it would be considered one of the biggest snubs. Ramirez leads all players at his position in win probability added, as well as runs created and OPS+. Considering that he has slashed .438/.550/.875 with two home runs in 16 career at-bats against Singer, he will likely drive in at least one run today if he has traffic on the basepaths ahead of him. Lead-off man Steven Kwan will likely oblige, as his 51 runs scored leads the team, paying off his second-ranked .335 on-base percentage. Kwan has gotten the better of Kansas City Royals righty Brady Singer in his young career, going 5-for-10 with just one strikeout. Those two at the top of the lineup are big reasons current Guardians have combined for an impressive .359/.415/.554 slash line in 78 career at-bats against Singer.

Singer has allowed 4+ runs in five of his previous nine starts, making us confident that Ramirez will drive in at least one run today.

Clayton Kershaw Under 2.5 earned runs allowed vs. Rockies (-105)

If one looked at Clayton Kershaw’s recent history at Coors Field against the Colorado Rockies, no one would rush to back the positive side of any of his player props.

Kershaw has won 11 of his 26 career starts at Coors Field but is 0-3 with 14 earned runs allowed in his previous 15 innings spanning three starts there. However, this Rockies team does not have as fearful of an offense as those that got to Kershaw the last two years, as they rank dead-last in wRC+ at home against left-handed pitching.

The Rockies are just 4-15 against NL West rivals this season and have lost four of their last five home games to the Los Angeles Dodgers (and 53 of the previous 74 meetings overall). In addition, the Under has cashed in their last four games at Coors Field against a left-handed starting pitcher, while Kershaw has won three of his previous four starts and pitched to a 1.33 ERA in that span. Ignore Kershaw’s troubles in the altitude and back him with confidence tonight.

Bryan Woo to record a win vs. Nationals (+155)

The Seattle Mariners lost four of six games (all on the road) before returning home to the friendly confines of T-Mobile Park, where they have won four of their last five series, including yesterday’s series opener against the Washington Nationals. And while the Nationals have covered the run line in 26 of 38 road games this season (26.7% ROI is second-best in MLB), we are backing the Mariners in a battle of rookie pitchers.

Bryan Woo has settled nicely into his last three starts, not allowing a hit in the first inning of any of those appearances. And after a rough MLB debut where he was tagged for six runs by the Texas Rangers, he has allowed two or fewer earned runs in three straight and amassed 21 strikeouts in 15 â…” innings. Conversely, Nationals rookie Jake Irvin has not fooled many batters through his first five starts, ranking in the third percentile or worse in chase rate and whiff percentage. With one pitcher toting elite swing-and-miss stuff early in his career opposing another who cannot generate whiffs, we will ride with the better offense to buoy their starting pitcher to the second win of his young career.

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