There were plenty of impressive accomplishments by individual Major League Baseball players recently, like Vladimir Guerrero Jr. tying his longest career hitting streak (22 games), and Alec Bohm entering today with a 29-game on-base streak, the longest active streak in the majors. But it is a trio of other MLB sluggers that we have our eyes on today.
Read on for our top MLB player prop bets for Tuesday, August 13.
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Tuesday's Best MLB Player Prop Bets
(MLB player prop bet odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
Jackson Holliday Over 0.5 runs scored (+140)
To say that Jackson Holliday’s second stint in the majors has gone much more swimmingly than the first is a massive understatement. When Holliday was promoted on April 10 until he was sent back down after April 23, he batted .059 with one RBI and a .170 OPS in those 10 games. However, since being re-called from Triple-A on July 31, Holliday has played 11 games and slashed .250/.318/.650 with a .404 OBA and five home runs. Holliday is also tied with teammate Gunnar Henderson for the highest wRC+ since being re-called, and his 10 runs scored suggest that he has provided a spark for the rest of the Orioles lineup, even he plated himself half of the time.
Nationals righty Jake Irvin has allowed an OPS 101 points greater to left-handed hitters (.749) than right-handed hitters (.648), and lefties have scored 35 of the 62 total runs he has allowed this season. Baltimore has also cashed its team total Over in five of its last six games at Camden Yards (+3.60 units/46% ROI), so all of this adds up to great value for Holliday to cross the plate at least once.
Julio Rodriguez Under 0.5 hits (+155)
Julio Rodriguez played his first game since July 21 in Sunday’s series finale against the New York Mets, but he showed the rust after a long layoff and promptly struck out in all five of his at-bats. It was Rodriguez’s first career game with five strikeouts and his third game this year with at least four.
Optimists will say that Rodriguez was batting .375 with a 1.122 OPS along with four home runs and eight RBIs in 15 games in July before heading to the IL with a sprained ankle. However, I prefer to look at his poor year altogether, as he was on pace for career-worsts in nearly every single offensive category after winning Rookie of the Year in 2022 and finishing fourth in the MVP voting last year. Rodriguez will not find things any easier when facing Tarik Skubal, who ranks in the top two in the majors in wins (13), ERA (2.57), strikeouts (171), and WHIP (0.93).
Rodriguez has never faced Skubal in his career, but I would not expect Rodriguez to all of a sudden start raking, especially when coming off a five-strikeout day and now facing the likely AL Cy Young Award winner.
Teoscar Hernandez Over 0.5 RBIs (+150)
Teoscar Hernandez entered yesterday's series opener with a nine-game hitting streak while batting .432 with 10 extra-base hits, 10 RBIs, and a 1.394 OPS during that span. And although he went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts yesterday, he has not gone consecutive games without an RBI for eight straight games, making him an attractive option to drive in a run tonight.
Hernandez's RBI odds are somewhat lowered when facing Colin Rea, who leads all Brewers starting pitchers in WAR (2.4). Rea has allowed just two earned runs in his last 17 1/3 innings, but Hernandez now benefits from batting behind Mookie Betts once again and fellow former MVPs Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman. Thus, Hernandez is a great bet to drive in a run for the sixth time in the last eight games, especially since Rea’s ERA and HR/9 rates are much worse at home than on the road this season.
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