{"id":293592,"date":"2024-08-27T11:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=293592"},"modified":"2024-08-27T11:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T15:01:09","slug":"astros-vs-phillies-prop-picks-august-27-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/astros-vs-phillies-prop-picks-august-27-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros vs. Phillies prop picks Aug. 27: Back Harper against Verlander, fade Nola&#8217;s strikeout total"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies continue their series tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Justin Verlander makes his second start since returning from a lengthy injured list stint. I expect Bryce Harper to give him trouble. Aaron Nola gets the ball for Philadelphia and his strikeout prop is worth fading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Astros vs. Phillies prop picks<\/a> for Aug. 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Astros vs. Phillies prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"insights wp-block-paragraph\">MLB Markets:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb\">Click Here<\/a>&nbsp;| MLB Stats:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\">Click Here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Best Bet<\/a>: Harper over 1.5 bases (+108)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:92786\">Embed: #92786<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harper was the hero last night, going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk-off RBI single.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-time MVP has cleared this mark in four straight games, going 6-for-16 (.375) with four doubles in that span. He&#8217;s seeing the ball well and all signs point to him staying hot tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verlander looked sharp in his return to action last week, giving up four hits and two earned runs in 5.0 innings against the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Harper has had his number in the past and I&#8217;m not quite sold on Verlander&#8217;s pitch mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 41-year-old&#8217;s fastball tops out at 96 mph, as it has for the last few years. He throws that pitch roughly 50% of the time, according to Baseball Savant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, Verlander&#8217;s fastball has a 0 run value in 2024. That ranks in the 45th percentile. Last year it had a +12 run value (89th percentile).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harper is 4-for-9 lifetime against Verlander and has crushed fastballs from righties this season. I expect Philadelphia&#8217;s top dog to win this battle between two future Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Harper is batting .354 with a .604 SLG against four-seamers under 97 mph this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Nola under 5.5 strikeouts (-132)<\/a>:<\/strong> Nola has fallen under this number in five straight starts and now faces one of the least strikeout-prone teams in MLB. This seems like a no-brainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:92789\">Embed: #92789<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The righty used to be an elite swing-and-miss arm but that was in the past. His 8.3 K\/9 rate is the lowest since his 2015 rookie season and is just below the league average.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Houston has the third-lowest strikeout rate in MLB (19.3%) and has held six of the last seven opposing starters below this line (including Corbin Burnes). The exception was Zach Wheeler, who just eked by with six Ks last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wheeler has an 81st percentile K rate while Nola is in the 49th percentile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Picks made at 10:08 a.m. ET 08\/27\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies continue their series tonight. The pregame narrative: Justin Verlander makes his second start since returning from a lengthy injured list stint. I expect Bryce Harper to give him trouble. Aaron Nola gets the ball for Philadelphia and his strikeout prop is worth fading. Check out my Astros vs. Phillies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":293613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130,155],"class_list":["post-293592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-props"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Astros vs. Phillies prop picks Aug. 27: Predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Astros vs. Phillies prop picks for Aug. 27. 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