Yesterday, Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts each had huge days, which gave us two wins. Unfortunately, while Shohei Ohtani had a great day at the plate, he only struck out five. All 30 teams are back in action today.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Tuesday, May 16's MLB action.
Tuesday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 25-28
Luis Castillo hasn't had much success striking out the current Boston Red Sox lineup. He has rung up just six batters in 35 at-bats. Yet, this number is too low for a pitcher that strikes out as many batters as he does.
Yesterday, Xander Bogaerts and Mookie Betts each had huge days, which gave us two wins. Unfortunately, while Shohei Ohtani had a great day at the plate, he only struck out five. All 30 teams are back in action today.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Tuesday, May 16's MLB action.
Tuesday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 25-28
Luis Castillo hasn't had much success striking out the current Boston Red Sox lineup. He has rung up just six batters in 35 at-bats. Yet, this number is too low for a pitcher that strikes out as many batters as he does.
Castillo's season-low for strikeouts is four, which he has done just once this season. That means he has struck out at least five in his other seven starts. This may be too simple of a play, but there is nothing to suggest that this will be his first outing this season under 5.0 innings. With that consistency, Castillo should have no problem hitting this number.
Carlos Correa is one of the few MLB batters with solid numbers against Clayton Kershaw. He has a lifetime batting average of .308 against him, including one double and two RBIs. Correa is batting just .201 this season, but this is his best matchup out of all the pitchers the Dodgers have.
Many may be scared to take this over because of his bad batting average and the name of the pitcher he is going against, especially after Correa went 0-4 last night. But before that, he had hit safely in five consecutive games. Correa is turning a corner and will continue to do so tonight.
Josh Naylor doesn't have a good history against Lance Lynn. He is just 4-20 with only one extra-base hit in his lifetime. So why the sudden change tonight?
For starters, Lynn has pitched very poorly this season. He has a 7.51 ERA, a WHIP of 1.60 and he has already allowed 54 hits, which is nearly halfway to each of his totals from the last two seasons. This isn't the same Lynn that Naylor has faced in the past. Despite this line being higher than the normal line, Naylor will use the power he has had all season against a pitcher on the downslide of his career.
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