Trea Turner is the headliner of Tuesday’s MLB prop bets, featured alongside one lesser-known player.
Today’s MLB props narrative: Turner has the benefit of playing in the offensive haven of Coors Field tonight, which is a great spot to keep a hot streak rolling.
Check out my MLB prop bets for May 20, which also includes a prediction on Ivan Herrera.
MLB prop bets
Best Bet: Turner over 1.5 hits (+115)
In a vacuum, this is a pretty tough price to pay for a multi-hit performance. But the ingredients are all there for Turner tonight.
- He’s swinging a hot stick, batting .368 over his past 20 games. Turner has 11 multi-hit games in that span.
- Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela (1-7, 6.39 ERA) has really been going through it. He’s allowing 8.2 hits per start this year.
- Technically, Senzatela has a platoon advantage in this righty-on-righty matchup. But he has allowed a .366 BA and 1.073 OPS to right-hitting opponents this year, so … the advantage definitely falls to Turner.
Turner is 7-for-15 with a double against Senzatela.
Also, Turner has a 36th-percentile walk rate (7.0%), so I’m not super worried about him foiling this pick with any free passes.
Key stat: In eight pro outings this year (six at the Triple-A level), Henderson has 5+ Ks in all eight games and 6+ Ks in six games.
Best MLB picks
Herrera over 0.5 hits (-154): The sample is still tiny, but Herrera has been superb for the Cardinals this year and should be well worth a juiced-up price like this.
- 23-for-54 (.426) batting on the season
- 1+ hits in 9 of 9 games this month
- .324 xBA
- .655 xSLG
Reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal is on the mound for Detroit, and I don’t expect him to make things easy.
But Herrera has an .822 career OPS against lefties, and one hit from the right-hitting catcher/designated hitter shouldn’t be too much of an ask.
MLB prop picks made at 11:40 a.m. ET on 05/20/2025.
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