{"id":338860,"date":"2025-04-08T13:33:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T17:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=338860"},"modified":"2025-04-08T16:07:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:07:40","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-april-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-april-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets April 8: Look for Kyle Tucker, Jose Altuve to stay hot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kyle Tucker and the Chicago Cubs draw an excellent matchup on Tuesday, which is why I&#8217;m backing him in one of my three plus-money MLB prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Tucker has been everything the Cubs could ask for to this point, and his run prop looks like it&#8217;s oozing value tonight. I&#8217;m also buying the dip with Reds slugger Elly De La Cruz and hoping Jose Altuve can stay hot in Seattle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best MLB prop bets for April 8.<\/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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: <strong>Tucker over 0.5 runs (+112)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112279\">Embed: #112279<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Patrick Corbin day to all who celebrate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corbin has been the pitching version of a meat shield for several years now, and yet he still manages to find work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past four seasons, Corbin has the highest ERA (5.71) and the highest opponent batting average (.295) in MLB. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For prop bettors, he&#8217;s been the gift that keeps on giving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, I felt I had to bet on somebody facing Corbin tonight in his season debut. Tucker looks like a great option, with his absurd .327\/.453\/.712 slash line through 13 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tucker, in his first year with the Cubs, has batted in the No. 2 or 3 spot in every game and scored 14 runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a lefty-on-lefty matchup, which typically works against the hitter. But Tucker&#8217;s .847 career OPS against southpaws quells that concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if he finds a way on base, there are tons of Cubs who should be able to bring him around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago&#8217;s active lineup is 52-for-148 (.351 BA) against Corbin with a .601 SLG and just a 13.8 K%, per Baseball Savant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Tucker has scored in eight of his past nine games, posting a 1.478 OPS in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>De La Cruz over 1.5 bases (+140): <\/strong>De La Cruz hasn&#8217;t loaded up many box scores yet this season. But he&#8217;s not lacking for pop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ranks in the 90th percentile or better in xSLG, barrel rate, average exit velocity, and hard-hit rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To put it another way, his .634 xSLG is almost 200 points north of his actual slugging percentage (.442).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I view this as a buy-low spot for one of MLB&#8217;s most exciting and toolsy athletes. He&#8217;ll bat from the left side \u2014 his preferred side \u2014 tonight against little-known Giants starter, Landen Roupp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Altuve over 0.5 runs (+150):<\/strong> I cashed this prop at +160 odds last night, so let&#8217;s go back to the well with Altuve against another tough pitcher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Astros&#8217; leadoff man doesn&#8217;t have stellar numbers against Mariners starter Luis Castillo (3-for-13, five strikeouts), but at least there&#8217;s plenty of familiarity in this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frankly, this bet is much more about striking at a compelling price while Altuve&#8217;s bat is hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has a .357\/.400\/.571 slash line through 10 games, cashing this bet in six of his past seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yordan Alvarez is 8-for-17 (.471) with three homers against Castillo, so if Altuve gets on, there&#8217;s at least one viable candidate to drive him in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 11:05 a.m. ET on 04\/08\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Tucker and the Chicago Cubs draw an excellent matchup on Tuesday, which is why I&#8217;m backing him in one of my three plus-money MLB prop bets. The pregame narrative: Tucker has been everything the Cubs could ask for to this point, and his run prop looks like it&#8217;s oozing value tonight. I&#8217;m also buying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":338897,"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-338860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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 8: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for April 8, 2025. 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