Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks, best bets, lines & odds today, 5/3

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03 May 2023

Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks, best bets, lines & odds today, 5/3

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The Mets and Tigers series begins today in Detroit after rainy weather forced the teams to reschedule and play a split doubleheader today. We’ve got all of our experts’ Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks you need to make today profitable.

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After the Mets saw three of their previous four games rained out, they must be hungry to play some baseball. They are traveling to Detroit for a three-game series with the Tigers, and they’ll be well rested and have some fresh legs despite a Monday doubleheader that they split with the Braves and another doubleheader today.

The Tigers enter this game following a tough series that saw them drop three of four games to the Orioles. Detroit is sitting at a rough 8-16 in non-division games this season. They’ve somehow struggled more outside of the AL Central than they have overall at 10-17. As such, it’s very tough to see the Tigers winning either game today, which certainly factors into our expert Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks and predictions.

We always love a home underdog, but the Mets roster is just flat-out better than the Tigers’

at this point. Additionally, while Joey Lucchesi isn’t an ace in the first game, New York will roll out Max Scherzer in the nightcap. While Mad Max didn’t pitch great in his first two outings (eight earned runs in 11.1 innings), he shut out the Padres and Dodgers in his most recent starts.

On the other hand, Detroit will be rolling out Michael Lorenzen, who has a 7.07 ERA in 14.0 innings this season. He held the Baltimore Orioles to zero earned runs across 5.0 innings but has allowed 5+ runs in his other two outings. New York ranks 15th in the MLB against right-handed pitching, and we think they can blow the game open against Lorenzen tonight.

With all that said, theMets’ -1.5 in Game 2 of the doubleheader (-135 at BetMGM)is our best bet. This is our best bet, but we’ve got all the expert Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks and predictions you need to make yourself money at BetMGM Sportsbook.

We don’t just have sides, we’ve also got expert Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks for our readers. Francisco Lindor has been raking of late, and we’re targeting him for one of our Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks. We also believe we’ve found a nice value spot for Matt Vierling, and we’ll be targeting him as well.

Lindor already has 22 RBIs this season after recording a career-high 107 RBIs last year. With four in his last four games, Lindor is really racking up the RBIs and coming up clutch in big moments. Despite all that, you can bet on Franciso Lindor to record 1+ RBI (+145 at BetMGM) for Game 1 of the doubleheader.

The Mets should have ample opportunities to score against a shaky Tigers defense and pitching, and Lindor has done a great job of not stranding runners so far this year, so this will be the first of two expert Mets vs. Tigers player prop picks.

Matt Vierling has three steals so far this season, well on pace to surpass his total of seven from last year within the next month or so. Historically the Mets have always had trouble keeping runners in check and have always let up a lot of stolen bases, so why not take a huge plus-money stab at Vierling to record a steal (+475 at BetMGM) in Game 1?

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