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Monday Player Prop Best Bets

Below you’ll find my official plays on the player prop market for Monday. These are the ones that make the VSiN Pro Picks page and count towards my season-long record.

Salvador Perez Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-145) vs. Twins

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Twins at Royals – 4:10 pm ET

I really don’t want to make a habit of backing -140 to -150 plays in this column, but Perez is hard to turn down when looking at his HRR total at -145 odds. In fact, a bunch of shops have moved to 2.5 with this total. The fact of the matter is that today’s game has a total of 10, which is the highest on the board for Monday. Well, last year, Perez averaged 3.3 HRR when facing righties in games with totals of 10 or higher. Salvy has always been a lethal hitter against right-handed pitching, he’s batting clean-up in what should be a high-scoring game, and he should be due to get to Simeon Woods Richardson. Perez is 0 for 6 against the righty in his career, but he’s too smart of a hitter to let that go unchanged. Perhaps tonight is the night he gets to him.

Cody Ponce Over 5.5 Strikeouts (-108) vs. Rockies

Rockies at Blue Jays – 7:07 pm ET

In Ponce’s final Spring Training outing, he threw 65 pitches, striking out five batters in 5.2 innings. I’m a little nervous about what his pitch count will look like in his first start of the season, as it wasn’t too high towards the end of ST and he hasn’t been in an MLB rotation since 2021. However, Ponce does have some decent stuff. He also has an awesome matchup. Last season, the Rockies had the second-highest strikeout rate in MLB (26.4%) against right-handed pitching, and they also had a 28.6% strikeout rate when playing away from Coors Field. With that in mind, it’s hard not to like Ponce to navigate his way towards six strikeouts.

Brent Rooker Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-110) vs. Braves

Athletics at Braves – 7:15 pm ET

Last season, Bryce Elder was 8-11 with a 5.30 ERA. He also did some of his worst work at home, going 3-6 with a 6.55 ERA when pitching at Truist Park. Elder is a guy that pitches to contact, so things can occasionally get ugly when he doesn’t have his best stuff. Well, Rooker is a player that I like to take advantage of that. While the 31-year-old is off to a rough start to this season, batting .077 with zero extra base hits and only one RBI, he should snap out of it soon. Don’t be surprised if it happens here. Last season, in 54 road games with totals of 9 or higher, Rooker averaged 2.9 HRR per game and had a .642 slugging percentage. He’s dangerous in these types of contests.

Junior Caminero Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-108) vs. Brewers

Rays at Brewers – 7:40 pm ET

Caminero could be in for a big night on Monday. Tampa Bay’s clean-up hitter averaged 2.1 HRR per game against southpaws last year, and it’s lefty Kyle Harrison that will be starting this game for Milwaukee. Caminero should enjoy the matchup, and he should also enjoy the venue. American Family Field is a hitter-friendly park, which should favor Caminero’s explosive bat. Harrison is also a pitcher that doesn’t have the most diverse arsenal when looking at his pitches thrown. He’s a fastball-dominant guy, which also suits Caminero. Last year, Caminero hit .271 with 12 doubles and 26 homers against fastballs. He was also quite good against breaking stuff, and Harrison’s second-favorite pitch is his slurve. Those two pitches made up about 80% of Harrison’s pitch profile when looking at Baseball Savant’s Pitch Tracking.

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.

Clay Holmes Over 3.5 Strikeouts (-128) vs. Cardinals

Our OptaAI player prop projections have him going for 5.41 strikeouts, suggesting these odds should be -372 — a +22.7% edge to the Over.

Justin Verlander Over 4.5 Strikeouts (+151) vs. Diamondbacks

Our OptaAI player prop projections have him finishing with 5.33 strikeouts, suggesting these odds should be -160 — a +21.7% edge to the Over.

Cole Young Over 0.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (-129) vs. Yankees

Our OptaAI player prop projections have him projected for 1.46 hits, runs, and RBIs, suggesting these odds should be -330 — a +20.4% edge to the Over.

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