St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds Prop Pick: Can Lars Nootbaar Make an Impact Against Reds?
The St. Louis Cardinals will battle the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday afternoon. Can Lars Nootbaar step up to the plate for the Cardinals and deliver a big hit? Ben Rajavuori is targeting him with his top prop pick in Cardinals vs. Reds.
Ben Rajavuori - May 29, 2024, 10:27 AM EDT
5 minSt. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds Prop Pick: Can Lars Nootbaar Make an Impact Against Reds?
The St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds will meet for game three tied up at 1-1 in this series. The series finale will be a rubber match tonight with Andre Pallante on the mound for the Cardinals and Frankie Montas on the mound for the Reds.
CARDINALS VS. REDS DATE, TIME, AND WHERE TO WATCH
- Date: May 28, 2024
- Start Time: 1:10 p.m. ET
- Where to Watch: MLB Extra Innings
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds Prop Pick
Frankie Montas is 2-3 with a 4.61 ERA this season. He has had an up-and-down season, but his splits against lefties and righties are pretty notable. Against right-handed batters, he is allowing a .213 average and has given up just five extra-base hits in 75 at-bats. Against left-handed hitters, he’s giving up a .295 average and has allowed eight extra-base hits in 88 at-bats. His strikeout rate is also higher against right-handed batters. The player we are targeting for this game is Cardinals' left-handed batter Lars Nootbaar. Nootbaar is one of the more notable left-handed hitters in this Cardinals lineup and usually bats second. While Nootbaar doesn’t have outstanding numbers this season with a .226 average and .735 OPS, he has a notable split that gives him an advantage today. Lars Nootbaar is hitting .258 against right-handed pitching with a .872 OPS. He is hitting just .167 with a .466 OPS against left-handed pitching.
Nootbaar has all five of his home runs against right-handed pitching, and has been averaging an extra-base hit in about one out of every 11 at-bats against right-hand pitching. Has been especially hot in the last week, as he is hitting .357 over the last seven days and .314 over the last 15 days.
Nootbaar is riding a three-game hitting streak and is hot entering today’s game, just in time for an excellent matchup against Frankie Montas. Nootbaar has four home runs this month but hasn’t hit one in five games, and I think he either hits a homer or at least gets an extra-base hit today for us.
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Cincinnati Reds Prop Pick
Pick: Lars Nootbaar Over 1.5 Bases (+155) CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH SPORTSBOOK HAS THE BEST ODDS
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