After a thin slate of games yesterday, all 30 MLB teams are in action tonight beginning at 7:05 p.m. ET. Taj Bradley will take the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Clayton Kershaw will look to get his strikeout numbers up against the Colorado Rockies and Jose Ramirez has a juicy matchup in Kansas City.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Tuesday, June 27th's MLB action.
Monday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 48-59
After a thin slate of games yesterday, all 30 MLB teams are in action tonight beginning at 7:05 p.m. ET. Taj Bradley will take the mound against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Clayton Kershaw will look to get his strikeout numbers up against the Colorado Rockies and Jose Ramirez has a juicy matchup in Kansas City.
Here are the best PrizePicks plays for Tuesday, June 27th's MLB action.
Monday’s Best MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions
This Season: 48-59
There are a few reasons why we like this under tonight. First of all, the number is way lower than it should be. If you look at Taj Bradley's stats, you will see 19 strikeouts in his last two starts, including 11 in 4.1 innings against the A's. Additionally, Bradley has struck out at least six in eight of his 10 games this season. So why isn't this number higher?
That brings us to the second reason we like the under. The Diamondbacks don't strike out. As a team, they're 28th in the league in strikeouts. In 79 games, they've struck out just 595 times. Bradley has had success striking out batters even when being pulled from games early, but the Diamondbacks are going to be the toughest lineup he has faced in terms of striking out batters.
Clayton Kershaw has struck out just five batters in each of his last two games. This includes a seven-inning outing against the Angels the last time he took the mound. However, prior to those two outings, Kershaw had struck out at least six in 10 consecutive games.
This is the first time Kershaw will face the Rockies this season. They have the sixth-highest strikeout rate in baseball, and they struck out 13 times last night, despite winning. Kershaw has decent numbers against this lineup. He has struck out 27 batters in 98 attempts. That rate wouldn't be enough to get him to six strikeouts, but with how the Rockies have been swinging, he should be above his average tonight.
Jose Ramirez loves hitting against Brady Singer. In his career, he is 7-16 with one double, two home runs and eight RBIs. Singer has given up 91 hits in 76.2 innings this season. He has allowed at least five hits in 13 of his 15 starts this season.
Ramirez went 0-4 last night. That ended a six-game hitting streak. But Ramirez is a hard batter for pitchers to consistently retire, and he hasn't had back-to-back hitless games since June 3 and 4. He will need to have either two hits or a double tonight. Considering this matchup, we love him to clear it with ease.
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