The scorching hot temperatures that most Major League Baseball games were played under around the country at the beginning of the week have mostly subsided, but that does not prevent us from backing a batter prop on one of the hottest hitters in the sport. Our best batter prop combines with our best pitcher prop to make two total MLB player prop wagers on Thursday’s small nine-game slate.
Read on for our top MLB player props and bets for Thursday, June 26th.
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Thursday's Best MLB Player Props & Bets
(Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)
Hunter Brown Under 1.5 Earned Runs (-105)
The under has cashed in 15 of Houston’s last 23 Interleague games, and I expect that trend to continue with righty Hunter Brown toeing the rubber. Brown’s 1.88 ERA ranks second in the Majors, and he also has the most games (seven) with at least nine strikeouts this season. He still has the longest scoreless innings streak of any pitcher in the Majors this season (28). Over the last two seasons, Brown's walk rate is the lowest among qualified starters.
Brown has the highest run value (+20) on his four-seamer and sinker, and his fastball ranks in the 99th percentile in run value. The following numbers on his fastball alone are eye-popping:
- .098 Batting Average Against
- 158 xBA Against
- 33.8 Whiff%
- 29.8 PutAway%
With the Astros as -140 Moneyline favorites in a game with a projected total of seven runs, I am backing Brown to turn in another sizzling performance.
Andy Pages Over 0.5 RBI (-105)
Dodgers slugger Andy Pages entered Wednesday with 53 RBI, which all came since April 8th. That was tied for the seventh-most in the Majors in that span, after he failed to drive in a run for the first 11 games of the season.
Before April 22nd, Pages had played 136 career games, while slashing .236/.301/.388 with 15 home runs, a 94 wRC+ and a 1.3 fWAR. Since the start of April 22nd until yesterday, Pages had played 56 games with a .332/.349/.583 slash line (his .332 average was sixth - minimum 150 plate appearances). He also had 14 home runs in that span, a 156 wRC+ and a 2.9 fWAR (which was sixth among position players).
Pages also owns the seventh-highest fly ball and line drive rates (minimum 150 batted balls). He has cut down his strikeouts significantly from last year, as his 5.6% difference from last year to this year is the 12th-best among all qualified hitters.
Pages has hit everything in sight of late. His .345 batting average against non-fastballs since the start of April 22nd (minimum 60 plate appearances) complements his .315 average and .622 slugging rate against fastballs over that span.
Los Angeles entered Wednesday with an eight-game winning streak versus the Rockies, which included a .973 team OPS and a 7.5 runs per game average. Since the start of 2023, L.A. is 24-6 against Colorado, while averaging 6.6 runs per game and owning a +83 run differential.
There should be runs aplenty in today’s series finale, and we expect Pages once again to be a key contributor to the team’s success.
Andy Pages continues to be one of the most underrated players in baseball.
He is hitting:
.294 Avg
.331 OBP
.514 SLG
.845 OPS
.360 RISP
134 wRC+
19 XBH (16 HR, 13 Doubles, 1 Triple)
53 RBI's
3.0 WAR (Tied with Francisco Lindor and Ketel Marte for 10th in MLB)#LetsGoDodgers pic.twitter.com/Y1NdMgvSYl— Paul McCoy (@pmccoy190) June 25, 2025
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