Best MLB Strikeout Bets: Lock In This Expert's Best MLB Player Prop Bets for Thursday's Opening Day
Baseball is finally back for MLB Opening Day, and the rotations are filled with the aces for each team. Jason Radowitz brings us his best strikeout bets for Opening Day with these top pitchers on the mound. Tail these prop bets for Thursday.
Jason Radowitz - March 28, 2024, 9:12 AM EDT
5 minBest MLB Strikeout Bets: Lock In This Expert's Best MLB Player Prop Bets for Thursday's Opening Day
We've made it to Opening Day!
While there are a couple of games postponed until tomorrow, most of the MLB will begin their seasons today!
I've added three strikeout props for today's slate of games. Eventually, you might see four or five bets once we get some new data from this season. For now, we're going to use last year's data for our bets.
Numbers don't lie!
March 28 Best MLB Strikeout Props
Mitch Keller Over 4.5 K's (-140) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS
Last year, Mitch Keller struck out 25.5% of the 825 batters he faced.
Keller struck out 26.7% of lefties and 24.1% of righties, which are both solid rates.
He'll face a Marlins lineup that has four lefties and five righties. In last year's season, Keller held righties to a 1.07 ISO and wOBA of .287. This is a good matchup for Keller to get through at least five innings of work, if not more.
Meanwhile, the projected Marlins lineup struck out 23.5% of the time. That number is lower due to Luis Arraez's 3.6% strikeout rate. However, Jake Burger, Jazz Chisholm, Tim Anderson, Jesus Sanchez, Avisail Garcia, and Christian Bethancourt all struck out at least 24% of the time against righties last season.
Keller has six targets and needs only five strikeouts.
Tarik Skubal Over 6.5 K's (-111) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS
The left-handed Tigers ace, Tarik Skubal, struck out 36.6% of right-handed batters last year.
He also held righties to a .103 ISO and wOBA of .252. Tonight, he'll take on a White Sox lineup that will likely have at least seven righties in the lineup. Those seven righties have combined to strike out 26.7% of the time.
Yoan Moncada, Luis Robert, and Martin Maldonado each struck out more than 33% of the time against lefties. Paul DeJong and Kevin Pillar also struck out at a high rate against righties. Plus, this White Sox lineup only walked 5.8% of the time against lefties combined.
Skubal should have a big night.
Shane Bieber Over 6.5 K's (+110) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS
This is more of a play against the Oakland Athletics.
Shane Bieber didn't add a high strikeout rate last season, earning just 19.9% of strikeouts against 533 batters faced last year.
However, in Spring Training, Bieber delivered 17.1 innings and struck out 19 batters while holding a 1.56 ERA and a .81 WHIP. Maybe the old Bieber is back.
That would be nice, especially against this Athletics projected lineup. Oakland's lineup struck out 26.7% of the time against righties last year. Only Nick Allen struck out less than 22.8% of the time against righties. With eight targets for strikeouts and an awesome Spring, let's roll with Bieber to earn seven strikeouts at plus money.
Best MLB Strikeout Prop Bets Today
- Mitch Keller Over 4.5 K's (-140) (Bet $140 to collect $240)
- Tarik Skubal Over 6.5 K's (-111) (Bet $111 to collect $211)
- Shane Bieber Over 6.5 K's (+110) (Bet $100 to collect $210)
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