Underdog Fantasy MLB Picks August 27: Shohei Ohtani Continues To Rake For Los Angeles Angels

College football is back, NFL is almost here, and baseball is still on the TV everyday. What a time to be alive and dive into some MLB player props over at Underdog Fantasy! My best bets of the day on Underdog Fantasy feature Alec Marsh facing off against the streaking Seattle Mariners, and Shohei Ohtani taking on the New York MetsMLB weather report and the confirmed MLB lineups when placing those MLB betting picks. Furthermore, our MLB daily projections and MLB Batter vs Pitcher page will help uncover the best matchups for MLB player props and your MLB DFS lineups. Let's dive into the top MLB player picks on Underdog Fantasy for Sunday, August 27th.

Alec Marsh hasn’t started a game since August 5th, and his first start since then comes against one of the hottest offenses in baseball. In a bulk relief role back on August 16, he held the Mariners to just four hits across five innings, but can he do it again? I don’t think so. Over the last two weeks, the Mariners have the best batting average, OBP, and OPS as a team in Major League Baseball, not to mention a .537 SLG and .228 ISO that rank second during that stretch. They have hit lefties at a .324 clip in the month of August, and to say this offense is red-hot at the moment is an understatement. Marsh has been serving as a bulk reliever of late, but he’s handled 90+ pitches in three straight outings, so he should be able to handle a full workload in this one. The Royals are going to need some innings from him today, as the bullpen has handled a sizable workload this month. While Marsh won the last battle between these two teams, I don’t expect the same results today, and this Seattle offense is going to pounce early and often.

Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels - HIGHER than 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBI

No UCL, no problem! Ohtani has surpassed this line in four straight games, and in one of those games he only needed one at-bat to do so! He has three extra-base hits, five walks, three runs scored, and one RBI over his last two games, and he’s hit left-handed pitching at a .333 clip this month with two home runs. New York’s David Peterson has surrendered a .298/.359/.536 slash line to left-handed hitters, and while Peterson is one the better side of his home/road splits, he has a 4.20 ERA (7.54 FIP, 5.39 xFIP) and a 2.40 HR/9 over his last four starts. Ohtani is in the lineup, he’s going to continue to hit, and it only takes one swing of the bat from the best player in baseball to surpass this line. So, why not go in on this line? What can’t Ohtani do?