{"id":338694,"date":"2025-04-07T13:36:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=338694"},"modified":"2025-04-07T13:37:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:37:15","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-april-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-april-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets April 7: Bet on Hunter Greene, Michael King to shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are four late-night MLB matchups on Monday, and I&#8217;m tapping into three of them for my MLB prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Hunter Greene and Michael King are completely different pitchers who tend to rack up strikeouts in their own way. I&#8217;m taking plus-money overs on their strikeout props and backing Jose Altuve to score a run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best MLB prop bets for April 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">MLB prop bets<\/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: <strong>Greene over 6.5 Ks (-150)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No judgment from me if you&#8217;re not in the habit of watching the Cincinnati Reds. But in my view, Greene is appointment TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene sits at 99 mph with his fastball, which pairs nicely with a wipeout slider. Last season, his slider generated a 39.2% whiff rate, which ranked 29th among all sliders in MLB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m trying not to get overly excited about my preseason NL Cy Young pick, but the early returns are strong:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12.0 IP<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16 Ks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 ER<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.130 xBA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Greene broke out last year, posting a 2.75 ERA in 26 starts en route to an all-star bid and some down-ballot Cy Young votes. But from the start of his MLB career in 2022, he&#8217;s always been an upper-tier strikeout guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through exactly 400.0 innings, Greene has 501 Ks (11.3 K\/9).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of that success has come against the San Francisco Giants, who he&#8217;ll face on the road tonight. The right-hander has 29 Ks against the Giants&#8217; active lineup in 69 plate appearances \u2014 good for a dazzling 42.0 K%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SF has the fifth-highest K rate in the majors so far (25.9%), which makes this a perfect spot for Greene to keep rolling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Greene has tallied eight Ks in both outings so far this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>King over 6.5 Ks (+105): <\/strong>King hit the 200-strikeout milestone last year in a fantastic first season with the San Diego Padres. He averaged 6.5 Ks over 31 starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ex-Yankee who was moved in the Juan Soto trade is picking up where he left off, racking up 14 Ks through 7.2 innings this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He fanned 11 batters last time out against the Cleveland Guardians, a team that&#8217;s typically known as a high-contact club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now King faces the Athletics, who he dusted in his lone matchup against them a season ago: 5.0 innings, four hits, two runs and 12 strikeouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>King is a changeup-first pitcher with below-average fastball velocity. He&#8217;s not a flashy guy, but his 10.9 K\/9 since 2022 deserves respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Altuve over 0.5 runs (+150):<\/strong> Logan Gilbert is an elite pitcher, but this price is simply too good to pass up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altuve might be struggling to adjust to a new position (left field), but he&#8217;s the same productive leadoff man at the plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through nine games, the seven-time Silver Slugger has scored seven runs and posted a .903 OPS. He has cashed this bet in six of those matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Against Gilbert, a longtime divisional foe, Altuve is 11-for-33 with six extra-base hits and two walks (.937 OPS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Houston Astros as a whole are batting .248 with a .431 SLG against Gilbert, so there are some other hitters who are capable of bringing Altuve around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 1:35 p.m. ET on 04\/07\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are four late-night MLB matchups on Monday, and I&#8217;m tapping into three of them for my MLB prop bets. The pregame narrative: Hunter Greene and Michael King are completely different pitchers who tend to rack up strikeouts in their own way. I&#8217;m taking plus-money overs on their strikeout props and backing Jose Altuve to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":338632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-338694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-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>MLB prop bets April 7: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for April 7, 2025. 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