MLB · 1 year ago

Best MLB Player Prop Bets Today (Sept. 18)

Paul Connor

Host · Writer

It’s another full 15-game slate in MLB today, and a pair of enticing home run opportunities headline our daily player props.

Swing for the Fences with SportsGrid’s free daily MLB Game Picks and MLB Prop Picks.

Leading off is Seattle Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena in the second game of a three-game set against the New York Yankees at T-Mobile Park.

Note: All odds and props courtesy of FanDuel Sportsbook.

SEA Randy Arozarena to Hit a Home Run (+470) vs. New York Yankees

Arozarena is 7-for-26 (.269) lifetime against Yankees left-handed starter Nestor Cortes (9-10, 3.90 ERA), with four of those hits leaving the yard.
Across 130.0 innings this season, right-handed batters are slugging .468 with 22 home runs against Cortes.
Cortes is posting a 48.6% flyball rate this season to RHB.
Since 2022, Arozarena has slugged .496 with 21 homers in 428 plate appearances against lefties.

Walker homered in last night’s game and has 26 home runs in 119 games this season.
He is 6-for-15 (.400) with two homers in his career against Rockies left-handed starter Austin Gomber (5-10, 4.44 ERA).
Gomber has allowed 27 home runs this season, tied for the seventh-most in MLB.
Right-handed batters this season are slugging .475 with 20 home runs in 118.2 IP against Gomber.
Since 2022, Walker has slugged .494 with 24 home runs against lefties in 468 plate appearances.
Colorado’s bullpen (league-worst 5.32 ERA) has allowed the sixth most home runs this season (73).
Coors Field effect is in play.