MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions: Saturday (6/10)

Last Sunday provided a nice bounce back from the day prior's porous affair, bringing us back to a .500 record at 14-14-2 for the second week of June. Today, we will look to get back over that hump and send everyone home with some profits in their pockets. For what seems like the umpteenth week in a row, the MLB is providing us with another 15-game slate on Saturday, allowing for plenty of choices to pick from on a loaded PrizePicks platform. Let's dive into some recommended weekend picks.

Overall record: 14-14-2

Saturday’s Best PrizePicks Player Projections

Here are my top PrizePicks plays for Saturday.

Bobby Miller Under 2.5 Runs Allowed

I fully predict Saturday to be the day the Phillies’ six-game win streak comes to an end at the hands of the struggling Dodgers, who have lost six of their last seven. Luckily, they have their stud rookie on the hill in this matinee weekend affair.

Overall record: 14-14-2

Saturday’s Best PrizePicks Player Projections

Here are my top PrizePicks plays for Saturday.

Bobby Miller Under 2.5 Runs Allowed

Simply put, Miller has been too dominant and impressive even to consider taking anything other than the under here. In his first three career appearances, Miller has yet to allow more than one earned run in a single game. As a matter of fact, he has only allowed eight total hits and two total runs across that timeframe. During this stretch, the 24-year-old rookie has also posted a sublime 16:4 K:BB ratio, and he is coming off a six-inning, one-hit, shutout performance against the Yankees his last time out. This is one of those instances where I'm going to scream that this pick is not rocket science- simply take the under here and reap the benefits.

Kodai Senga Under 5.5 Pitcher Strikeouts

Following our successful Francisco Lindor under pick last Sunday, I am willing to dip back into the Mets' well once again this week. New York is riding an impressively bad skid right now, dropping their past seven games in which they are allowing an average of over seven (!!) runs per game. This includes yesterday's series opener against the Pirates (who they will face on Saturday), where they gave up 14 runs in the most recent loss.

Japanese rookie phenom Kodai Senga is coming off his worst outing of the campaign, in which he lasted just 2 2/3 innings against Toronto while giving up four runs and walking five batters. Walks have been a major point of concern for Senga so far in 2023, and he has issued at least three free passes in nine of his 11 starts.

As a team, Pittsburgh ranks third in the MLB in hitter walks per game at 3.66, and over their past five games, that number has bumped all the way up to 5.33. They are set up beautifully for success against the wild Senga on Saturday and will have a great chance of chasing him from the game early. The Pirates are also top-10 in team strikeouts per game, and they particularly have not been swinging and missing much at all of late (4.33 team strikeouts per game over their past three). The under here seems nearly assured.

Corbin Carroll Over 0.5 runs

We'll conclude this week's article with a rookie that has been playing like a 10-year veteran of late. The early-June near-lock for the NL Rookie of the Year, Corbin Carroll has scored at least one run in each of the last four games and in seven of his last ten. The 22-year-old has also been fantastic in reaching base in the month of June, as he sits with a .414 average and .485 OBP through seven games so far.

Carroll will have ample opportunities on Saturday to reach base against the struggling Tigers. Arizona has also been scoring a ton of late, averaging nearly seven runs per game over their last five. Batting at the top of the order against Matthew Boyd and his 5.57 ERA on Saturday, Carroll has a fantastic chance of keeping his scoring streak going.

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