MLB PrizePicks Predictions Today: Top Plays for Wednesday, July 24th
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In this space, we’ll explore a few PrizePicks plays for the upcoming MLB slate. This article isn’t the be-all, end-all of great plays or a recommendation for a full ticket; it’s simply a starting place for you to explore thinking about the game within the game. Maybe you want to scatter these plays across entries. Maybe there are only two or three you think are worth playing. Daily fantasy pick’em gives us the flexibility to make only the plays in which we think there is value rather than being forced to create a full lineup while competing against the best DFS players in the industry.
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MLB PrizePicks Predictions for Wednesday, July 24th
- Tyler Glasnow MORE Than 6.5 Strikeouts
- Nathan Eovaldi MORE Than 6.5 Strikeouts (DEMON) and 18.5 Outs (DEMON)
- Edward Cabrera MORE Than 4.5 Hits Allowed (DEMON) and MORE Than 5.5 Strikeouts (DEMON)
- Yariel Rodriguez MORE Than 5.5 Strikeouts (DEMON) and MORE Than 2.5 Walks Allowed (DEMON)
Tyler Glasnow MORE Than 6.5 Strikeouts
I don’t know how we should handle the DEMON projection on Tyler Glasnow once it’s released, and it seems that PrizePicks is also unaware of what to do, yet. But we have Glasnow projected for 8.3 Ks despite only 75 pitches because the Giants projected lineup has a 25.1% K rate against righties, while Glasnow is one of the most electric strikeout pitchers in the game. If the DEMON comes in at 7.5, we can play it. At 8.5, the decision gets really tough because the pitch count is capping his ceiling.
Nathan Eovaldi MORE Than 6.5 Strikeouts (DEMON) and 18.5 Outs (DEMON)
Nathan Eovaldi has gone 7 IP in 4 of his last 5 starts. The only start where he didn’t, he only went 5 against the Orioles. Eovaldi is the Rangers’ innings eater as of late, throwing 39 IP over his last 6 starts, and the White Sox shouldn’t threaten how Bruce Bochy wants to use Eovaldi. They’re just incapable with their projected lineup’s .274 wOBA and .128 ISO against righties. Eovaldi has 8.55 K/9 and should highly exploit this lineup’s 26.2% K rate against righties. We have Eovaldi (conservatively) projected for 6.3 Ks and 18 outs.
Edward Cabrera MORE Than 4.5 Hits Allowed (DEMON) and MORE Than 5.5 Strikeouts (DEMON)
The Marlins really wanna push this guy into a normal amount of innings. He just keeps shooting himself in the foot with a 1.67 WHIP because he can’t get ahead in counts, so we have him projected for 5.5 hits allowed against the great Orioles offense, a team who can get this done in a couple of innings.
The strikeouts are where things get tricky. He’s surpassed 4 Ks in only 4 of 8 starts, but those 4 have been 7, 9, 7, and 10, so there’s a huge range of outcomes here. Pitching in the extremely pitcher-friendly loanDepot Park, his baked-in Ks could be the supply of his outs, as he is getting 11.73 K/9 if he can just survive 4 IP. We have him projected for 5.3 Ks, and this is risky, but the juice is just enough to get some exposure if we’re playing a high volume.
Yariel Rodriguez MORE Than 5.5 Strikeouts (DEMON) and MORE Than 2.5 Walks Allowed (DEMON)
The Rays projected lineup is a potent three-true-outcome lineup, but they have a 25.3% K rate against righties, so anyone with a shot at 6 IP should get play on a 5.5 DEMON projection. Yariel Rodriguez is more than just anybody. He’s averaging 9.44 K/9, and the Jays are trying to stretch his 80-85 pitches into 6 IP. The problem with Rodriguez is the walks. This lineup also has a 10.1% BB rate, and Rodriguez is averaging a whopping 4.98 BB/9. I think we should like their approach to get Rodriguez the volume to break both projections, as we have him projected for 5.3 Ks and 2.6 BBs. These are tight squeezes, but we should have some exposure to these plays.
All projections referenced are accurate at the time of writing but subject to change.
This is a night to shoot for huge payouts on a smaller percentage of tickets, given the sweet DEMON juice PrizePicks is giving us here. As always, consult the pick ‘em tool for the best edge on standard projections, and sprinkle the DEMONs around for cheap shots at big prizes.
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