We will take a 2-1 result all day, every day. Let’s keep the momentum up for today, albeit with a subpar slate of games. Here are three of my favorite player props for Thursday, August 8.
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We will take a 2-1 result all day, every day. Let’s keep the momentum up for today, albeit with a subpar slate of games. Here are three of my favorite player props for Thursday, August 8.
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MLB Sleeper Picks Player Predictions
Sleeper Record: 161-97 (62.4%)
Typically speaking, the Rockies are a target for strikeouts, but I’m willing to back them in this case. David Peterson is not a strikeout pitcher anymore. He has failed to go over this mark in eight of his 11 starts this season, ranking in the bottom 22nd percentile in K%. Pitching at Coors Field will do him no favors either. The altitude puts a significant toll on breaking pitches, so take the under here.
This isn’t the Montas of old, but it isn’t the Braves of last year either. Atlanta is eighth in K% (25.6%) and 25th in wRC+ (91) against right-handed pitching over the past month. 15 of the last 19 righties to face them have found at least five strikeouts against them. That includes Montas himself, who struck out six in four and a third innings pitched. Again, Montas isn’t the pitcher he once was, but he can find at least five strikeouts in a solid matchup. He has gone over this in seven of his last 11 starts.
Greene is on a tear as of late. He is sporting a 0.27 ERA over his last five starts (33 innings). Opponents are batting a paltry .094 against him over this span, and he has stayed under this line in eight of his last nine starts, and 14 of 22 overall on the season. Today he gets the luxury of facing the Marlins squad, which resembles a AAA lineup these days, so bank on him shutting them down the way he has done with others lately.
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