Top 3 MLB prop bets today 8/13/2023

Today’s slate of games features four pitchers with sub 3.00 ERAs and six more pitchers with ERAs below 3.50. We’ve got 15 games of action including a double-header between the Reds and Pirates. The only two teams not in action today are the Royals and the Cardinals.

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Here are the best prop bets to consider for today’s games:

Cody Bellinger has sneakily been one of the more consistent hitters in baseball this year. The centerfielder has had ups and downs at the plate in his career. He won the NL Rookie of the Year in 2017 with the Dodgers and added on an MVP season in 2019 and a World Series in 2020. Bellinger then regressed post-injury to a batting average below .200 and an MLB-worst .265 OBP.

Now, Bellinger has found himself again in Chicago. He just won NL Player of the Month for July. In July, he had eight homers, 24 RBIs and batted .400 during the month.

He has 108 hits, 68 runs and 59 RBIs in his 89 games this season. Those numbers are good for a 2.73 Hits + Runs + RBIs average. Bellinger bats cleanup which puts him in prime position to hit the over on this prop. A hit with runners in scoring position can get Bellinger over in one at-bat. With a 2.73 average, -130 is great odds.

The Dodgers face the Colorado Rockies today in a divisional matchup at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers have Julio Urias (9-6, 4.39 ERA) taking the mound and Kyle Freeland (4-12, 4.84 ERA) does the same for the Rockies.

The Dodgers are one of the best teams in baseball and have the second-best odds (+450, BetRivers) to win the World Series. Los Angeles is a hitting powerhouse and gives pitchers trouble throughout the lineup. The team is top-3 in on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS, runs and homers.

They are led by the outstanding duo of Freddie Freeman, slashing .342/.419/.593 for a 1.012 OPS with 23 homers, 43 doubles and 83 RBIs, and Mookie Betts with an OPS of .967 who is fourth in the MLB with 31 homers.

On the other side, the Rockies are 29th or 30th in the MLB in six major pitching categories: ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, K/9, home runs allowed, opponent batting average and hits allowed.

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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Pfaadt (0-6, 7.16 ERA) takes the mound today versus the San Diego Padres. Pfaadt has started 10 games this season and thrown a total of 49.0 innings.

To record 16+ outs today, Pfaadt would have to pitch five innings and then get another batter out in the sixth before being pulled. In his 10 games, he has pitched more than 5.0 innings four times. He has a WHIP of 1.47 with 58 hits and 39 earned runs in his first year in the pros.

While the Padres have unperformed this season, Ha-Seong Kim has thrived and Juan Soto has found his own post-All-Star break. Kim is slashing .363/.463/.549 for an OPS of 1.012 since the break. Soto is just behind with a 1.005 OPS.

With Arizona 3.0 games back of the wild card and San Diego 5.0 games back, we can expect no pitcher to go long if they’re struggling. If Pfaadt continues to pitch how he has this season, he will likely not make it out for the sixth inning.

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