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MLB Player Prop Bet Odds, Picks & Predictions: Saturday (4/8)

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Another profitable 2-1 day with yesterday’s best bets column has us over +6.00 units so far since the beginning of the regular season. We are looking for another jolt to our bankroll with two of our three plays at plus-money odds today.

Here are our best MLB player prop bets for Saturday.

View the best player prop bets for tonight’s slate with our MLB Prop Bet Cheat Sheet >>

Saturday’s Best MLB Player Prop Bets

(Odds courtesy of DraftKings)
YTD: 13-10-1 (+6.26 units)

Kodai Senga Under 5.5 strikeouts vs. Marlins

The Over on Kodai Senga’s strikeout total will likely be one of the most popular pitching prop wagers on Saturday’s MLB slate, considering he struck out eight Marlins in 5.1 innings in his MLB debut last week. The craziest stat note about those eight strikeouts is that they all came on ghost fork pitches, and the movement had Marlins hitters baffled all game. David Adler took to Twitter to break down the movement on those strikeout pitches.

Backing the Under is a risky play, especially since Miami has scored three or fewer runs in seven of eight games, and the Under on its team total is 6-1-1. While that means Senga is more likely than not to have a longer outing, this is Miami’s second time seeing Senga in less than a week. Thus, they are more familiar with Senga’s repertoire and have more film to break down, making a contrarian play on the Under worth it at plus-money odds. 

Bet: Senga Under 5.5 strikeouts (+100 at DraftKings) 

Brady Singer Under 2.5 earned runs vs. Giants

Kansas City’s offense ranks near or at the bottom of every offensive category, including 30th in BABIP (.208), 30th in wRC+ (55), and 28th in ISO (.111) and runs scored (17). However, the Royals have arguably their best pitcher on the mound, and he needs to be dialed in, given that his team will likely give him little run support today.

Singer won 10 games for the first time last year and had career-bests in ERA (3.23), FIP (3.58), WHIP (1.141), and BB/9 (2.1). In addition, his tOPS and sOPS of 90 and 84 against right-handed bats versus 111 and 102 against left-handed bats bodes well for his chances of success against the righties in San Francisco’s lineup. At the very least, Singer should make it out of the first inning unscathed. Per Inside Edge, he has not allowed a hit in the first inning of his last four appearances.

Trends suggest we are in for a high-scoring affair, as the Over has cashed in seven of Kansas City’s previous eight road games and four of the Giants’ last six at home. However, even if this game has more offense than projected, we expect that to result from the Giants beating up the Royals’ 22nd-ranked bullpen in terms of ERA (4.85).

Bet: Singer Under 2.5 earned runs (-165 at DraftKings)

Kris Bryant to homer vs. Nationals

Kris Bryant entered Friday with a home run in every 20.2 career at-bats, which meant his 28-at-bat homerless streak to start the 2023 season was an anomaly. And while Bryant has just three extra-base hits in 32 at-bats, that has not stopped him from leading the team with a .344 batting average and a .400 on-base percentage.

Bryant has an excellent chance to break his homerless streak against Washington’s Trevor Williams, against whom he is 6-for-17 (.353) with two home runs and a 1.365 OPS. In addition, opponents had an average launch angle of 18.3 against Williams last year, by far the highest he allowed in any season in his career. It helps that this game is at Coors Field, which has historically seen around 30% more runs scored than at an average MLB ballpark. Bryant has just two home runs in 164 career at-bats at Coors Field, but we hope prior success against Williams will be the catalyst for a power surge.

Bet: Bryant to hit a home run (+550 at DraftKings)

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