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MLB Prop Bets Today (Aug. 7): Top MLB Player Props
Paul Connor
Host · Writer
Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal (12-4, 2.57 ERA) is the leading AL Cy Young candidate and one of three player props I’m Highlighting for today’s 16-game MLB slate (which includes two doubleheaders).
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DET Tarik Skubal OVER 7.5 Strikeouts (-132) @ Seattle Mariners
- Tarik Skubal has recorded 162 strikeouts across 136.1 IP this season (10.69 K/9).
- He has struck out at least eight batters in back-to-back starts and four of his past five.
- Seattle has struck out an MLB-worst 1,165 times as a team this season – 58 more than the second-ranked Colorado Rockies.
- Seattle’s .218 team batting average is the second-worst in MLB.
NYM Jeff McNeil to Record 2+ Hits (+160) @ Colorado Rockies
- New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil is hitting .400 (8-for-20) over his past seven games, including three multi-hit efforts.
- Left-handed batters are hitting .288 this season against Colorado Rockies starter Ryan Feltner (1-10, 4.97 ERA).
- McNeil is 3-for-6 (.500) in his career against Feltner.
- Colorado’s bullpen (5.57 ERA) has allowed an MLB-high 461 hits this season.
AZ Ketel Marte to Hit a Home Run (+460) @ Cleveland Guardians (Game 1 of Doubleheader)
- Arizona Diamondbacks star second baseman Ketel Marte is slashing .300/.366/.557 with a team-leading 28 home runs in 108 games this season.
- He has hit four home runs in his past five games.
- Marte is 3-for-5 with two home runs in his career against Guardians right-handed starter Ben Lively (10-6, 3.42 ERA).
- Lively has allowed seven home runs over his past six starts.
- Lively is posting a 45.7% fly ball rate this season to left-handed batters.
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