Rain wiped out two plays from yesterday’s article. At least Jose Quintana stayed under his strikeouts prop. There’s a full slate of games as we jump into the weekend, so let’s dive into three of my favorite player props for Friday, April 12 at Sleeper.
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Friday’s Best MLB Sleeper Picks Player Predictions
Sleeper Record: 20-16
Despite the difficult matchup against the Padres, this line does not make sense. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is filthy. He struggled in his first start against San Diego in Korea but has looked sharp since. He struck out eight batters against the Cubs across five innings in his last start and had five punchouts in a rain-shortened start vs. the Cardinals. This line should be at 5.5, at the very least. Watch his highlights from the previous start and you’ll get it.
Rain wiped out two plays from yesterday’s article. At least Jose Quintana stayed under his strikeouts prop. There’s a full slate of games as we jump into the weekend, so let’s dive into three of my favorite player props for Friday, April 12 at Sleeper.
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Friday’s Best MLB Sleeper Picks Player Predictions
Sleeper Record: 20-16
Despite the difficult matchup against the Padres, this line does not make sense. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is filthy. He struggled in his first start against San Diego in Korea but has looked sharp since. He struck out eight batters against the Cubs across five innings in his last start and had five punchouts in a rain-shortened start vs. the Cardinals. This line should be at 5.5, at the very least. Watch his highlights from the previous start and you’ll get it.
Michael King couldn’t find the zone in his first two starts but rebounded against the Giants. He permitted just one free pass in his seven scoreless innings of work. That’s more in line with the kind of pitcher he should be. We don’t have an extensive history of him starting, but projection systems have him closer to being a 3.02 BB/9 kind of guy. He stayed under this line in six of his seven starts with 69+ pitches last year. His BB/9 in that sample was 1.76. King is -165 to stay under his out prop of 15.5 at DraftKings right now, so he’s worth a shot at this price.
The Twins and Tigers were rained out yesterday. We’re going right back to this prop. Tarik Skubal is an elite strikeout artist. Last season, he had a 32.9% K% in 80.1 innings pitched. Once he got his pitch count built up, he had at least seven strikeouts in each of his final eight starts. He looked sharp last outing against the A’s with nine punchouts and shouldn’t have any trouble finding plenty in this contest either. The Twins own the second-highest K% (28.2%) on the season. It’s a small sample but the Minnesota roster has combined for a 37.5% K% in 48 plate appearances against Skubal.
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