While Thursday night's MLB slate is a condensed five-gamer following six matinees, there's still plenty of opportunities for player prop bettors looking to get action down. Tonight, two Cy Young-caliber starters go toe-to-toe for the second time in a week when Shane McClanahan of the Rays does battle against Dylan Cease of the White Sox. Aaron Judge also returns to Globe Life Field for the first time since breaking the American League home run record there last October.
For users looking to parlay player props on SuperDraft, you can win up to 3X the amount wagered if your two-legged parlay hits. The more legs you add, the more risk -- and potential payout -- you open yourself up to. Below, we'll break down four of our favorite player props available on SuperDraft for Thursday night's MLB slate.
Best MLB prop bets today: SuperDraft player prop picks for Thursday 4/27
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1. Joey Lucchesi, SP, Mets - UNDER 5 strikeouts
Although Lucchesi struck out nine batters in his season debut last week, we're thinking he has a bit more trouble generating swings and misses tonight. To the surprise of many, the Nationals offense currently boasts the league's lowest strikeout rate (18.5 percent), and despite Lucchesi sporting an elite 37.5-percent strikeout rate at the moment, his career strikeout percentage of 22.1 is indicative of a less dominant go-around this outing.
2. Shane McClanahan SP, Rays - OVER 7 strikeouts
In 45 career plate appearances against McClanahan, current White Sox players have struck out 42.2 percent of the time, making his OVER seven strikeouts rather appealing. He just faced the Sox lineup this past Saturday and struck out 10 in six innings, and another six-plus inning outing gives him a chance to rack up eight-plus K's.
3. Carlos Correa, SS, Twins - OVER 1.5 bases
Correa's gotten off to a slow start this year, slashing just .200/.259/.280, but he could be in line for a solid night at the plate against the contact-heavy Zack Greinke. Greinke's current K/9 sits at a subpar 6.26, and he's been hit hard through five starts, allowing an average exit velocity of 90.8 mph to go along with a batting average of balls in play (BABIP) of .299. We think Correa has a good chance of tagging Greinke for at least one extra base hit tonight.
4. Gerrit Cole, SP, Yankees - OVER 8 strikeouts
Even though he's one of the game's best power arms, it can be tough to rationalize betting on Cole's strikeout prop given how much the betting markets respect him. Cole's strikeout total sits at eight, the highest total out of all 10 starters in tonight's slate, but we still think he manages to go OVER this number. Texas's offense has been in a groove, ranking second in weighted runs created plus (120 wRC+), but Cole's thrived against this Rangers lineup in the past. In 93 plate appearances, Cole's posted an elite 35.5-percent strikeout percentage to go along with an expected batting average of just .217. Expect the Rangers' bats to quiet against one of the AL Cy Young favorites.
