With June right around the corner, Saturday represents another opportunity to sift through a full slate of MLB games and obtain some winners for PrizePicks. Following a 2-1 performance a week ago, our picks have been solid of late, with a now-overall line of 11-9-1. With zero weather concerns expected to impact any game on Saturday, let's see what gems we can find to cash out on this week.
Saturday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Projections
Overall record: 11-9-1
Webb and the Giants face the Brewers on Saturday afternoon, a team that has not seen the 26-year-old much over the course of his five-year career. Webb is in the midst of his best season as a professional; through 10 starts, he has a 2.91 ERA and 65:13 K:BB ratio. Webb has surpassed his PrizePicks strikeout total in three out of his last five appearances.
With June right around the corner, Saturday represents another opportunity to sift through a full slate of MLB games and obtain some winners for PrizePicks. Following a 2-1 performance a week ago, our picks have been solid of late, with a now-overall line of 11-9-1. With zero weather concerns expected to impact any game on Saturday, let's see what gems we can find to cash out on this week.
Saturday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Projections
Overall record: 11-9-1
Webb and the Giants face the Brewers on Saturday afternoon, a team that has not seen the 26-year-old much over the course of his five-year career. Webb is in the midst of his best season as a professional; through 10 starts, he has a 2.91 ERA and 65:13 K:BB ratio. Webb has surpassed his PrizePicks strikeout total in three out of his last five appearances.
The Brewers are striking out as the sixth-highest team in the MLB, averaging 9.20 hitter strikeouts per game. This season, Webb is also on pace to post the highest strikeout total of his young MLB career. He has upped his K% by 30 points since 2022 and currently sits in the top-65th percentile of the league. This has been accomplished by a fifth-year man using his four-seamer less, his sinker more, and finishing guys off with his devastating changeup. Webb has also pitched at least through the sixth inning in each of his last eight starts, giving him a strong chance of making it deep into the game on Saturday. He has a great shot of punching out at least half a dozen in the affair.
Kyle Farmer Over 0.5 Hitter Strikeouts
Kyle Farmer has been getting regular starts at third base for the Twins of late, and Saturday should be no different. Assuming he slots into the middle-back half of their lineup, he should be a good bet to strike out at least once against Chris Bassitt and the Blue Jays.
Farmer has, in fact, struck out at least twice in four out of his last five games and, across the month of May, has posted an overall 15:4 K:BB ratio. His full-season ratio looks even worse at 26:6. The 32-year-old veteran has no problem swinging and missing, which is why his 2023 K% currently sits at the second-highest of his career at 26.8%.
The aforementioned Bassitt, meanwhile, is off to a hot start in 2023, posting a 3.03 ERA and 52:24 K:BB ratio across his first 10 starts. It is also a minuscule sample size, but Bassitt has struck out Farmer in two of the three appearances they have matched up. This pick's merit lies in both the surging hot streak of Bassitt and the swinging struggles of Farmer of late.
Take this pick with some discretion, as Starling Marte has struggled mightily throughout the month of May, slashing just .247/.282/.284 with ZERO extra-base hits across the entire month. One would look at those numbers and immediately run towards the under, and quite possibly rightfully so. But I see an opening for Marte to finally pull through on Saturday as the Mets take on the Rockies in hitter-friendly Coors Field.
Factor number one for Marte to provide us with either two simple singles or one XBH on Saturday is certainly the ballpark. Obviously, if he is going to come out of a slump anywhere, Coors is always the ideal place to be at. Factor number two is actually as simple as factor number one: Marte has dominated Brewers' incumbent starter Chase Anderson over the course of his career.
As a matter of fact, there are few current pitchers across the MLB that Marte has had success against more than Anderson. Across his career, Marte has taken Anderson to work to the tune of 16-for-37 (.432), hitting with three doubles, a triple, and two long balls. Anderson has only struck him out five times across the appearances. Marte sees Anderson well, and it should hopefully be on display Saturday night. I'm taking the over.
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