MLB Best Bets Today: Two Player Props in Plus-Money for Wednesday's Slate

Jennifer Piacenti | May 22, 2024

May 17, 2024; Bronx, New York, USA / Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

There’s a full day of MLB on the slate!  Here are a couple of plus-money props to consider if you want to get in on the action. All odds are from DraftKings Sportsbook.

Kyle Tucker over 1.5 total bases (+105) 

Hurry and grab this before it moves! No hitter is hotter than Tucker, who has two multiple-home run games across his last three games played and now leads MLB with 17 home runs.

Maybe we are getting value on this play because he is facing a lefty (Tyler Anderson), but here’s the rub: Tucker is just as good vs. lefties as he is vs. righties. Tucker’s 10 extra-base hits vs. southpaws is second only to Ketel Marte (13). He’s hitting .275 vs. lefties with a .997 OPS this year, and he’s exceeded this prop in seven of his last 10 games played. Tucker is hitting .315 at home this season with a 1.198 OPS, and yes, this game is at Minute Maid. 

Sign me up for the plus-money payout and hand me some bright orange sneakers. 

Nestor Cortes over 6.5 strikeouts (+110)

Cortes has only exceeded this prop twice this season so this is a little bold, but today he gets a Seattle Mariners lineup that has a 25.4% K-rate vs. left-handed pitching. That equates to 9.5 strikeouts per game. 

Cortes has pitched seven innings or more four times this season, and the Yankees are trying to avoid the sweep, so I am willing to bet on Cortes. Cortes has a sparkling 1.27 ERA pitching at home this season and should pitch like an ace in an important spot. 

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