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Best MLB Player Prop Bets Today (Aug. 26)

Paul Connor

Host · Writer

Today’s MLB lineup features 12 games, including two doubleheaders, and we’ve highlighted two exciting home run opportunities as part of our daily player props.

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Leading the way is New York Yankees superstar Aaron Judge in the series opener against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.

Note: All odds and props courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.

NYY Aaron Judge to Hit a Home Run (+154) @ Washington Nationals

Judge leads MLB with 51 home runs this season.
He has homered in six of his past seven games, launching seven long balls during that stretch.
Left-hander Mitchell Parker will start for the Nationals — Judge is slashing .312/.503/.780 with 15 home runs against lefties (109 at-bats) this season.
Parker is posting a 43.0% fly ball rate this season against right-handed batters.
Washington’s bullpen holds a 4.09 ERA this season and has allowed 52 home runs.

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BOS Jarren Duran to Hit a Home Run (+680) vs. Toronto Blue Jays

Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran (.859 OPS) has hit 17 home runs in 127 games this season.
Duran is 4-for-11 (.364) with two home runs lifetime against Blue Jays starter Jose Berrios (12-9, 3.79 ERA).
Berrios has allowed the second most home runs this season (27), with 16 coming from left-handed batters.
Berrios is posting a 40.0% flyball rate this season to LHB.
In 13 road starts this season, Berrios has given up 19 home runs while posting a 4.91 ERA.
Toronto’s bullpen (4.91 ERA) has coughed up an MLB-high 77 home runs this season.