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Best MLB Player Props to Watch Today: Bryan Reynolds, Jake Bauers (August 3)

Updated August 3, 2023 | 2:10 pm CDT by Isaiah Sirois

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Best MLB Player Props to Watch Today: Picks for Bryan Reynolds, Jake Bauers

New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros | 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX
Isaiah’s Target: Jake Bauers at FanDuel

The New York Yankees will host the Houston Astros tonight. Houston is expected to start RHP Cristian Javier, who I believe is exceptionally overrated. Despite his 7-2 record, Javier owns a 4.33 ERA and a 4.49 xERA. He has coughed up team highs in actual (15) and expected (19.3) home runs. Javier has fared terribly against LHBs, allowing them to hit .281 against him with 27 extra-base hits and nine home runs, good for a .838 OPS. Yankee Stadium is a tough park for LHBs, but Bauers still has 13 extra-base hits and four home runs here.

It’s unclear if the Yankees will use Bauers tonight, but they should — he is one of their best sources of left-handed power. Bauers doesn’t clear the eligibility threshold at Baseball Savant, but if he did, he would rank second on the Yanks in expected weighted on-base average at .377, trailing only Aaron Judge’s elite .495. That’s far better than the .319 that New York’s only everyday LHB, Anthony Rizzo, has recorded. Although Bauers is still fighting for his role on this team, he has started the team’s last four games, through which he has four hits, three extra-base hits and two home runs.

You’ll want to be careful with this MLB player prop to watch tonight. Although Bauers should play, not every book will give you your money back if he doesn’t start but comes in as a pinch-hitter later in the game. Those who do have his total bases prop set to 0.5 with the juice stacked on the over. As a result, I suggest waiting for the Yankees to release an official starting lineup before getting action on Bauers to record over 1.5 bases at +160 (38.5%) via FanDuel Sportsbook.

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Best MLB Player Prop: Jake Bauers Over 1.5 Total Bases +160 for 0.75 Units at FanDuel

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Pittsburgh Pirates at Milwaukee Brewers | 7:15 p.m. ET on FOX
Isaiah’s Target: Bryan Reynolds at BetMGM

I don’t have much faith in RHP Adrian Ha. Ha ranks as one of Milwaukee’s worst pitchers, as his 4.43 ERA and 4.53 xERA suggest. Although he has been better at home, he has struggled against LHBs. Ha is letting them hit .274 with 10 extra-base hits and five home runs, good for a .823 OPS. He also recorded a dismal 5.66 ERA in July across four starts and 20.2 innings pitched. Opposing batters have a .271 xBA against him as well, which ranks second worst among the entire Brewers staff.

Unfortunately for Ha, the Pirates have plenty of LHBs with power in Jack Suwinski and Bryan Reynolds, and we’ll target one of them tonight. I’m taking Reynolds in this spot because of his previous success when lined up with Ha — Reynolds is hitting .278 with two extra-base hits across 18 at-bats against him. Further, Reynolds has lit up RHPs for 27 extra-base hits and 10 home runs this year, good for a .779 OPS. He’ll face the Brewers in American Family Field tonight, which should help, as Reynolds is hitting .285 on the road with 23 extra-base hits and nine home runs.

The price for this one varies somewhat across the market. You’ll find the over for Reynold’s total bases set to 1.5 everywhere, but the over is priced at BetMGM.

Best MLB Player Prop: Bryan Reynolds Over 1.5 Total Bases +110 for 1 Unit at BetMGM

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Isaiah Sirois is a sports betting analyst at OddsShopper specializing in basketball, football and motorsports. Basketball is Isaiah’s favorite sport to handicap, and he has covered NBA, WNBA, NCAA and FIBA markets for OddsShopper and other sites. However, Isaiah’s favorite sport to follow is auto racing, and you can usually find him watching NASCAR or IndyCar on Sundays. He will be a fan of Team Penske and Ford Performance until the end of time. Isaiah graduated with a bachelor’s degree in history from Emory University and briefly attended Vanderbilt Law School before dropping out to work at OddsShopper.

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