A pitchers’ duel is expected in Atlanta on Thursday night, as Jesus Luzardo and Spencer Schwellenbach get the ball for their respective teams. Both pitchers have been dominant in their first 2 outings.
Let’s dive into why I’m backing the Phillies and Luzardo with my top MLB prop bet for Thursday, April 10.
Odds available at FanDuel at time of publishing.
The Phillies and Braves will conclude a 3-game series on Thursday night after splitting the first 2 games–both in dramatic fashion. Jesus Luzardo will get the ball for the Phillies following 2 magnificent starts in his debuts with his new squad. He shut down the mighty Dodgers in 7.0 innings, allowing just 4 baserunners. His test tonight against the Braves gets much easier, as they are hitting below .170 vs LHP in a small sample size.
On the Phillies’ offensive end versus Spencer Schwellenbach, they are familiar with the lethal righty. They saw him 3 times last season, with some success. In a probable pitchers’ duel as we have in this one, give me the team swinging the better bat and a run of cushion on the first 5 innings line.
From a player props perspective, I lean Luzardo under 2.5 earned runs at -140 on DraftKings.
