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MLB Player Prop Bet Odds & Picks: Tuesday (4/9)

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With the NCAA Tournament completely behind us and the Masters not starting for a couple of days, Major League Baseball takes center stage among the sports world, and Tuesday’s action is loaded with a full 15-game slate, including two games played in the afternoon window.

Read on for our Top MLB Player Prop Bets for Tuesday.

    Tuesday's Best MLB Player Prop Bets

    (Odds courtesy of DraftKings Sportsbook)

    Cole Ragans Under 4.5 hits allowed (+115)

    Kansas City Royals southpaw Cole Ragans has pitched to a minuscule 1.46 ERA through two starts despite facing two teams (Baltimore and Minnesota) that were widely considered favorites to win their divisions entering the season. Ragans’ success is due in large part because of increased velocity that has seen him top out over 98 mph on his fastball consistently.

    He has had great career success against the Houston Astros, holding current Astros hitters to a .221 batting average and .315 on-base percentage in 77 combined at-bats. We are not backing Ragans’ under earned runs prop given that he has allowed a somewhat concerning .730 OPS to Astros hitters, and we are laying off his strikeout total considering Houston strikes out at the third-lowest rate in the majors (18.2%). However, he has allowed just six hits in 12 1/3 innings, so even if he has command issues again (he has allowed two-plus walks in both starts), we expect few Astros to reach base via hits.

    Ronald Acuna Over 0.5 Runs (-155) 

    The Atlanta Braves may be dealing with terrible news at the moment as they fear they may lose ace Spencer Strider for an extended period of time (perhaps the whole season), but as of now, their offense is more than capable of carrying the load for these World Series contenders. Entering Monday, the Braves were averaging seven runs per game and were leading the majors in ISO, BABIP, wRC+, and slugging. In fact, their gap betweentheir .532 slugging and the second-place Rangers and Dodgers (.450) was more than the gap between the second and the 17th-place team.

    Ronald Acuna has once again been an outstanding tablesetter for this dynamic lineup, and he had scored at least one run in five of Atlanta’s eight games entering Monday. Acuna is 7-for-12 with a .615 on-base percentage and 1.282 OPS against Mets starter Adrian Houser, who has allowed a .329 batting average to current opposing Braves hitters in his career. Thus, we expect Acuna to get on base early and often, and for players like Austin Riley to drive him in, as Riley also has a 1.071 OPS in 14 at-bats (with one career home run) against Houser.

    Shohei Ohtani Over 0.5 RBIs (+125) 

    Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani has been on a tear after a somewhat muted start to the season. Over the first eight games, Ohtani batted .242 with a .631 OPS and a 22% strikeout rate, while averaging a 52% hard-hit percentage. Over the three games prior to Sunday, Ohtani batted .462 with a 1.500 OPS and a 14% strikeout rate, while raising his hard-hit percentage to 64%. He then followed up with a 2-for-4 day on Sunday (which was his fourth straight multi-hit game) and drove in the team’s only run during an 8-1 loss, which makes these odds for him to drive in another run manageable given the streak he is on.

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