{"id":336166,"date":"2025-03-27T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=336166"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:45:25","slug":"tigers-vs-dodgers-prop-picks-mlb-opening-day-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/tigers-vs-dodgers-prop-picks-mlb-opening-day-march-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Tigers vs. Dodgers Opening Day prop picks March 27: Tail Snell in first start, fade Ohtani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The reigning World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers host the Detroit Tigers on Opening Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Blake Snell makes his first start for the Dodgers, and I&#8217;m tailing the lefty on his Ks prop. I will also hesitantly fade Shohei Ohtani against last year&#8217;s AL Cy Young winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Tigers vs. Dodgers prop picks for Opening Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tigers vs. Dodgers prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/baseball\/competitions\/10065\">Full MLB betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report\">MLB injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging\">MLB player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/standings\/division\">MLB standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Snell over 6.5 Ks (-163)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snell went on a tear after returning from injury last July:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14 starts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12-2 record<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.23 ERA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8.1 Ks per game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the offseason, he signed with the Dodgers to bolster their already-stacked pitching rotation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snell draws the Tigers in his first start in blue and white and has had great success in his limited work against this batting order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 34 plate appearances, four Detroit hitters have combined for five hits (.172 BA), five walks and 12 strikeouts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a 35.3% K-rate, and overall, the Tigers were a below-average hitting team last season:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.234 batting average (7th lowest)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9.02 Ks per game (8th most)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> In his final 14 starts last season, Snell went 10-4 against this line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prop prediction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ohtani under 0.5 runs (-143):<\/strong> Fading Ohtani on opening day? Don&#8217;t worry, I have good reason:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Dodgers star slugger is hitless against Tigers ace Tarik Skubal in six career plate appearances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Los Angeles&#8217; lineup, in total, has four hits in 30 career plate appearances against Skubal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Skubal pitched an average of 6+ innings per start and went less than five full innings just once in 31 appearances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything is pointing to Skubal having an electric Opening Day start, and he&#8217;s one of the few pitchers I feel comfortable fading Ohtani against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japanese superstar has three runs in two games to start the season, but the Chicago Cubs&#8217; pitching is nowhere near the level of Skubal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohtani batted .288 against lefties last year and .322 against right-handed pitching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><em>Tigers vs. Dodgers prop picks made at 9:42 a.m. ET on 03\/27\/2025.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reigning World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers host the Detroit Tigers on Opening Day. The pregame narrative: Blake Snell makes his first start for the Dodgers, and I&#8217;m tailing the lefty on his Ks prop. I will also hesitantly fade Shohei Ohtani against last year&#8217;s AL Cy Young winner. Check out my Tigers vs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":336156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[130,10],"class_list":["post-336166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Tigers vs. Dodgers prop picks: MLB Opening Day | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Tigers vs. Dodgers prop picks for March 27, 2025. 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