{"id":292164,"date":"2024-08-17T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T17:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=292164"},"modified":"2024-08-17T13:25:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T17:25:28","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Target Alvarez, Ramirez and Cease on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Two sluggers and an all-star pitcher are the target of Saturday’s MLB prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pregame narrative<\/strong>: My best bet involves Yordan Alvarez doing damage in an intriguing matchup tonight. Elsewhere, I have eyes on a Dylan Cease strikeouts prop while also taking Jose Ramirez to score a run at plus money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find out why in the best MLB prop bets for Aug. 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MLB prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MLB Markets: Click Here<\/a> | MLB Stats: Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best bet: Alvarez over 1.5 total bases (-134)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #91845<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a matchup I see Alvarez exploiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The slugger is 6-for-17 (.353) in his career against Chicago White Sox’ starter Chris Flexen. Three of those hits were home runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post all-star break, Alvarez is hitting .333 and 14 of his 30 hits have gone for extra bases. He’s been hitting the cover off the ball lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Houston Astros’ designated hitter had three hits off Flexen in their last meeting (June 20), totalling six bases that day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alvarez typically takes advantage of this matchup and I’m expecting much of the same tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key stat<\/strong>: In his past 12 games, Alvarez has cleared this line in eight times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cease over 7.5 strikeouts (-122)<\/strong>: Cease has been historically dominant against the Rockies’ offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #91866<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Padres’ ace has held Colorado’s lineup to a .217 average (13-for-60) in his career. That includes 21 Ks and just four walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not too surprising considering the Rockies strike out 9.8 times per game (second-most in MLB).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cease is also having the second-best season of his career, posting a 3.41 ERA and a career-best 4.0 K\/BB ratio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His 11.4 K\/9 ranks fourth in the majors and Colorado is a swing-happy team. I like the value here on the hard-throwing righty to record eight-plus strikeouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramirez over 0.5 runs (+125)<\/strong>: Cleveland’s third baseman has been on a tear since the MLB All-Star Game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Embed: #91867<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He’s batting .317 with a 1.025 OPS in 27 games since the break. That includes hitting nine homers and scoring 22 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramirez has struck out just 12 times in the past month and is getting on base at a high clip (.372 OBP) over that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The result is that the switch-hitting slugger is finding himself in scoring position … a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last five games alone, Ramirez has crossed home plate seven times. He’s 1-for-2 lifetime against Milwaukee Brewers’ starter Freddy Peralta with a walk. It’s a limited sample size but it’s nice to see heading into a meeting with the struggling righty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peralta has given up 13 earned runs over his last four starts including seven homers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Picks made at 11:27 a.m. ET on 08\/17\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two sluggers and an all-star pitcher are the target of Saturday’s MLB prop bets. The pregame narrative: My best bet involves Yordan Alvarez doing damage in an intriguing matchup tonight. Elsewhere, I have eyes on a Dylan Cease strikeouts prop while also taking Jose Ramirez to score a run at plus money. Find out why […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":292223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-292164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for August 17. Baseball betting odds, predictions and analysis for Saturday's MLB games.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for August 17. Baseball betting odds, predictions and analysis for Saturday's MLB games.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Boost\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-17T17:25:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-17T17:25:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/08\/Odds-6-1024x576.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Spencer Closs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Spencer_Closs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Spencer Closs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/\",\"name\":\"MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-17T17:25:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-17T17:25:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d\"},\"description\":\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for August 17. Baseball betting odds, predictions and analysis for Saturday's MLB games.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/\",\"name\":\"The Boost\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d\",\"name\":\"Spencer Closs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Spencer Closs\"},\"description\":\"Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer_Closs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/scloss\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets","description":"Check out our best MLB prop bets for August 17. Baseball betting odds, predictions and analysis for Saturday's MLB games.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets","og_description":"Check out our best MLB prop bets for August 17. Baseball betting odds, predictions and analysis for Saturday's MLB games.","og_url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/","og_site_name":"The Boost","article_published_time":"2024-08-17T17:25:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-17T17:25:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/08\/Odds-6-1024x576.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Spencer Closs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Spencer_Closs","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Spencer Closs","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/","name":"MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions & odds | NorthStar Bets","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-08-17T17:25:24+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-17T17:25:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d"},"description":"Check out our best MLB prop bets for August 17. Baseball betting odds, predictions and analysis for Saturday's MLB games.","inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-august-17-2024\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/","name":"The Boost","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/909e94f01b9c1f2a17b03359ad2d887d","name":"Spencer Closs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nsb-news.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/2024\/07\/IMG_0105.jpg","caption":"Spencer Closs"},"description":"Spencer is a true sports junkie. A graduate of the Sports Journalism program at Centennial College, he first joined NorthStar Gaming as an intern in 2023. He is now a contributing writer. He loves finding the edge to bet on in all sports but has a deep passion for the NBA and UFC. Previous stops include Sportsnet.","sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer_Closs"],"url":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/author\/scloss\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292164"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292222,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292164\/revisions\/292222"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}