{"id":294523,"date":"2024-09-02T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=294523"},"modified":"2024-09-02T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T14:42:00","slug":"dodgers-vs-diamondbacks-prop-picks-september-2-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/dodgers-vs-diamondbacks-prop-picks-september-2-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks prop picks Sept. 2: Back Betts, fade Flaherty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks meet for a Labour Day matinee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Arizona won last night&#8217;s matchup, 14-3, and I expect plenty of offence from both sides today. Bet on Mookie Betts to score in a plus matchup and fade Jack Flaherty&#8217;s outs total against the red-hot Diamondbacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks prop picks for Sept. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"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>Best Bet: Betts to score (-125)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:93356\">Embed: #93356<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betts didn&#8217;t score in last night&#8217;s blowout loss but I&#8217;m willing to forgive that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was pulled early along with Teoscar Hernandez and Freddie Freeman as Dave Roberts waived the white flag in the third inning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dodgers&#8217; No. 2 hitter still went 1-for-2 with a single, though, and now has a hit in 14 of 18 starts since returning from the injured list on Aug. 12. He&#8217;s slashing .278\/.333\/.500 in that span with 11 runs scored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before that, Betts had crossed the plate in four straight games and six of his last seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&#8217;s in a good spot to stay hot against Diamondbacks starter Eduardo Rodriguez. The veteran lefty was finally activated from the IL on Aug. 7 after missing the first five months of the season with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rodriguez has a 5.06 ERA in four starts and most recently gave up five earned runs in 5.1 IP against the New York Mets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dodgers have an extensive history against the southpaw and have hit him well. In 109 plate appearances, they&#8217;re batting .297 with a .495 SLG, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Betts hasn&#8217;t seen much of Rodriguez (1-for-4 with a walk) but the big guns behind him have. Freeman is 5-for-11 (.455 BA) while Hernandez is 8-for-21 (.381 BA). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look for Betts to get on and one of those two to drive him home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Betts has a .400 OBP against lefties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Flaherty under 17.5 outs (-108):<\/strong> This isn&#8217;t a shot against Flaherty, who has been solid since joining the Dodgers at the trade deadline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:93357\">Embed: #93357<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former Detroit Tiger has a 3.47 ERA in five starts with L.A. He&#8217;s cleared this total twice and landed on exactly 17 outs twice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But asking him to have an above-average game against an elite offence seems unlikely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Diamondbacks are averaging the most runs per game (5.42) and have scored 9.6 runs per game this series. They also have the third-best batting average (.284) and wRC+ (120) and fourth-best SLG (.456) since the all-star break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arizona has seen a good amount of Flaherty and is slugging .554 against him in 132 combined plate appearances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seven of the last 10 starters to face the D-backs have gone under this line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Picks made at 9:39 a.m. ET 09\/02\/2024.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks meet for a Labour Day matinee. The pregame narrative: Arizona won last night&#8217;s matchup, 14-3, and I expect plenty of offence from both sides today. Bet on Mookie Betts to score in a plus matchup and fade Jack Flaherty&#8217;s outs total against the red-hot Diamondbacks. Check out my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":294539,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-294523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks prop picks &amp; predictions: Sept. 2 | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks prop picks for Sept. 2. 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