MLB Player Props Today: McClanahan, Trout, Plus a PrizePicks Prediction (May 19)
What kind of performances can we expect on Friday from Shane McClanahan, Mike Trout, and Starling Marte? Follow along as our MLB betting expert, Nick Galaida, breaks down three of his favorite MLB prop bets and DFS pick’em predictions for today – Friday, May 19, 2023. Get all of Nick’s picks, including more MLB player props, at ScoresandOdds.
Happy Friday! We have 15 games on this evening’s slate, with the action beginning at 6:35 p.m. EST with a matchup between the Arizona Diamondbacks and Pittsburgh Pirates. There are seven contests with a scheduled first pitch of 8:05 p.m. EST or later.
We went 3-0 again yesterday in this article, improving to 16-1-1 across the last six posts. During the month of May, we are 39-16-3 on non-Home Run props. We are now 51-24-1 on pitcher prop recommendations for the season. There is plenty of opportunity once again on the player prop market today – below are three prop leans for May 19!
MLB Props Results – Wager Type
HITTER PROPS
Dinger Tuesday: 2-6
Hitter: 30-23-2
Stolen Base: 0-2
PITCHER PROPS
Hits Allowed: 1-0
Outs Recorded: 19-7
Strikeout: 31-17-1
MISCELLANEOUS PROPS
1st Inning: 0-4
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MLB Player Props Today
- Shane McClanahan o17.5 outs recorded
- Mike Trout o0.5 total bases
- Starling Marte u0.5 hitter strikeouts
Shane McClanahan o17.5 outs recorded (-150), BetMGM
During the month of May, the Milwaukee Brewers’ offense has been unimpressive against left-handed pitching, ranking 26th in OPS, 23rd in ISO, 19th in walk rate, and 29th in strikeout percentage. Tonight, they have to contend with Shane McClanahan, who is one of the most talented southpaws in all of baseball. McClanahan lasted only 4.0 innings in his most recent turn through the rotation, but he had recorded 18 outs in six of his previous eight trips to the hill. Facing an anemic Milwaukee lineup on Friday night, McClanahan should have little trouble completing six innings – take the over.
Mike Trout o0.5 total bases (-149), Caesars
Joe Ryan, one of the better pitchers in the American League, will start tonight’s game for the Minnesota Twins. However, the market is still far too cold on Mike Trout in this spot. Entering play on Friday, Trout has at least one total base in 30 of his 42 games played, including 13 of his 18 home games. Simply, a player of Trout’s caliber, someone who owns a .280 batting average for the season, should not be playable at this price against any pitcher. Factor in that Trout will likely get at least one, if not two, plate appearances against the Minnesota bullpen, and we are in a good position to cash an over here.
MLB DFS Pick’em
Starling Marte fewer than 0.5 hitter strikeouts, PrizePicks
PrizePicks is astutely not allowing us to play less than 0.5 hitter strikeouts on Masataka Yoshida tonight, so we are forced to look elsewhere for a player who we trust to make contact on Friday evening. Starling Marte fits our criteria for tonight – he owns a 16.3% strikeout rate against right-handed pitching in 2023. On Friday, he gets a matchup with Cal Quantrill, who has a meager 7.1% strikeout rate against right-handed batters this year. It would be very very surprising to see Marte get punched out in the early portion of this contest. We will take our chances that Marte can avoid a strikeout in the late innings against some of Cleveland’s more powerful arms.
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