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While most teams are traveling back home or to visiting weekend series, 8 teams are in play on Thursday, with action starting at 12:05 E.T. in D.C. Let’s dive into the top MLB player prop bets for today’s slate. You can also get our MLB picks for today’s games and EVERY MATCHUP through the rest of the season.
Best MLB prop bet: Athletics F5 -0.5 over Washington Nationals (-102)
Odds available at BetMGM at time of publishing.
The first game of the slate takes us to D.C., where the Athletics and Nationals will duel it out with Jacob Lopez and Mitchell Parker dueling it out. Left-hander Mitchell Parker is coming off his worst outing of the season, allowing a whopping 8 earned runs in just 4 innings pitched to the Milwaukee Brewers. On the other side of the diamond, Jacon Lopez and his .217 xBA will have the advantage over the Nationals bats hitting below .200 versus LHP since the All-Star Break. The Athletics offense has put up 17 runs over the first 2 games of this series, and we can expect them to get back on track against Parker and (potentially) a Nationals bullpen that holds a 5.93 ERA, good for the worst in baseball. We’ll back the Athletics to lead after 5 innings on Thursday.
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