{"id":339777,"date":"2025-04-14T13:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=339777"},"modified":"2025-04-14T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:58:48","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-april-14-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-april-14-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets April 14: Cubs&#8217; Kyle Tucker has value vs. Padres&#8217; Dylan Cease"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/kyle_tucker\/batting-stats\">Kyle Tucker<\/a> is on fire, and his bases prop is my favourite MLB prop bet on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: I&#8217;ll back Tucker against pretty much any pitcher right now, but I&#8217;m especially emboldened when he&#8217;s in a matchup with some favourable history. Elsewhere, I have picks on picks on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/riley_greene\/batting-stats\">Riley Greene<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/freddie_freeman\/batting-stats\">Freddie Freeman<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best MLB prop bets for April 14.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Best Bet<\/a>: <strong>Tucker over <\/strong>1.5 bases (<strong>+143)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112526\">Embed: #112526<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Padres starter Dylan Cease has great numbers against <em>most<\/em> of the Cubs&#8217; lineup. But Tucker, a first-year Cubbie, is the exception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All told, Cease has held the Cubs&#8217; active lineup to 8-for-53 (.151) batting with a .245 SLG and 22 strikeouts (35.5 K%). That only makes Tucker&#8217;s success against Cease stand out more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>5-for-11 (.455)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 doubles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 walk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.458 xSLG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Given how poorly the rest of the lineup has fared, I don&#8217;t want to touch Tucker&#8217;s run or RBI prop tonight. I&#8217;d rather stick to something that is totally within his control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it just so happens that Tucker has been an absolute machine so far, cashing this prop in 11 of 18 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Baseball Savant, the 28-year-old ranks in the 90th percentile or better in xBA, xwOBA, xSLG, barrel rate, K rate and chase rate. Not half bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With such stellar numbers overall \u2014 and a compelling track record against Cease \u2014 Tucker looks like a really nice pick at this number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Tucker has gone over 1.5 bases in six of his past seven games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Freeman over 0.5 RBI (+112)<\/a>:<\/strong> Freeman hasn&#8217;t played much this year due to an aggravation of an ankle injury. But his contact quality has been elite when he&#8217;s been in the box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Through six games, Freeman has a .317 xBA and a .716 xSLG. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In each of the previous seven seasons, Freeman posted an xBA in the 90th percentile or better and an xSLG in the 86th percentile or better. So he&#8217;s wielded an elite bat for a while.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Freeman has a rough track record against Colorado&#8217;s Anthony Senzatela (2-for-15, one double, two walks), but his overall talent is undeniable. And this bet is about the guys batting in front of Freeman, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts are a collective 12-for-25 (.480) with two home runs, two doubles and two walks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traffic on the basepaths is important for this prop, and we should see that tonight at the top of the Dodgers&#8217; order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Greene under 0.5 runs (-143)<\/a>:<\/strong> Greene started the year hot, but his past seven games have been a disaster:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1-for-24 (.042)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.070 xBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14 strikeouts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 walks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In a lefty-on-lefty matchup against former teammate Tyler Alexander (now a pitcher for the Brewers), I wanted some way to fade Greene. This is a way to do so at a playable price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the start of last season, Greene has a .260 on-base percentage against lefties. Alexander, meanwhile, has allowed a .279 OBP to left-hitting players in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spencer Torkelson is a serious RBI threat in the Tigers&#8217; cleanup spot, but Greene \u2014 who bats third \u2014 probably won&#8217;t be in a position to score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 1:25 p.m. ET on 04\/14\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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>Kyle Tucker is on fire, and his bases prop is my favourite MLB prop bet on Monday night. The pregame narrative: I&#8217;ll back Tucker against pretty much any pitcher right now, but I&#8217;m especially emboldened when he&#8217;s in a matchup with some favourable history. Elsewhere, I have picks on picks on Riley Greene and Freddie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":339815,"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-339777","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 14: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for April 14, 2025. 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