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Friday Player Prop Best Bets

Below you’ll find my official plays on the player prop market for Friday. These are the ones that make the VSiN Pro Picks page and count towards my season-long record. I’ll write three up per day, but I’ll add additional ones in an “Additional Best Bets” section. I go lighter on baseball than I do other sports. My MLB units are 50% of what my normal units are.

Cody Bellinger Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-112) vs. Red Sox

Red Sox at Yankees – 7:05 pm ET

With Aaron Judge out, nobody in the Yankees lineup will be better off. That’s someone that produces runs at a high clip and allows everyone to see better pitches. Keep that in mind for the next 4-6 weeks. This isn’t like other sports where other players will consistently come in and produce more in his absence. However, I do like Bellinger to have a decent game tonight. This season, Bellinger is averaging 2.0 combined hits, runs, and RBIs (HRR) per game against right-handed pitching, and Sonny Gray isn’t exactly someone he should fear. Gray has had a good season for Boston, but Bellinger is 3 for 10 against him and I think it’s a strong matchup.

Drew Rasmussen Over 4.5 Strikeouts (-112) vs. Marlins

Rays at Marlins – 7:10 pm ET

Rasmussen’s swing-and-miss stuff isn’t as consistent as you’d like, but this is a good pitcher and the total is very low. Rasmussen is averaging 5.0 strikeouts per game this season, and he has gone Over 4.5 Ks in seven of the 11 games he has started. Rasmussen has also been better about missing bats on the road, striking out 5.2 hitters per game over the last six outings — and striking out six hitters in three consecutive road starts. Miami is also a middle-of-the-pack team when it comes to both K rate (21.8%) and wRC+ (98). This isn’t an awful matchup.

Nick Kurtz Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-116) vs. Astros

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Athletics at Astros – 8:10 pm ET

Kurtz absolutely crushes righties. This season, the 23-year-old is batting .301 with a SLG of .545 and OPS of 1.016 when going up against righties, and he has eight homers and 29 RBIs against them. The lefty slugger has also gone Over 1.5 HRR per game in 29 of his 44 games against righty starters this year, plus he’s averaging 2.4 HRR per game in those games. I just get excited about backing this kid in favorable situations, and this feels like one of them. The Astros will have a righty on the mound in Peter Lambert, and that means Kurtz has a chance to do some damage.

Additional Picks

Dansby Swanson Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (+100) vs. Giants

Julio Rodriguez Over 1.5 Total Bases (+105) vs. Tigers

Mitch Keller Over 4.5 Strikeouts (+113) vs. Braves

Michael Wacha Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-105) vs. Twins

Parker Messick Over 16.5 Outs Recorded (-130) vs. Rangers

TJ Rumfield Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-155) vs. Brewers

Merrill Kelly Over 2.5 Earned Runs Allowed (-127) vs. Nationals

Roki Sasaki Over 5.5 Strikeouts (-130 – 1.5 units) & Alt Strikeouts 7+ (+150 – 0.5 units) vs. Angels

Noteworthy OptaAI Player Prop Edges

Check out the BRAND NEW OptaAI Player Props MLB pages for more of these! VSiN Pro subscribers can find 50+ player prop ideas on a daily basis! We’ll list the top edges in some of the biggest markets below, but there will always be a lot more to uncover on the pages themselves.

Michael Helman Over 0.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-132) vs. Guardians

Our OptaAI player prop projections have him going for 1.64 hits, runs, and RBIs, suggesting these odds should be -416 — a +23.7% edge to the Over.

Connor Wong Over 0.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-148) vs. Yankees

Our OptaAI player prop projections have him finishing with 1.59 hits, runs, and RBIs, suggesting these odds should be -391 — a +20.0% edge to the Over.

Brady Singer Over 4.5 Strikeouts (+139) vs. Cardinals

Our OptaAI player prop projections have him projected for 5.30 strikeouts, suggesting these odds should be -157 — a +19.3% edge to the Over.

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