{"id":339843,"date":"2025-04-15T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=339843"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:31:28","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-april-15-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-april-15-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets April 15: Bet on Bryce Harper and Kyle Tucker to rake on Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two all-star hitters and one pitcher are the focus of Tuesday&#8217;s MLB prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: Kyle Tucker is on fire and faces a pitcher who is over-indexing, while Bryce Harper gets an A-plus matchup against Justin Verlander. I&#8217;m also backing Tampa Bay&#8217;s Ryan Pepiot to shove against the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best MLB prop bets for April 15.<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Best Bet<\/a>: <strong>Tucker to score<\/strong> (<strong>-108)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:112560\">Embed: #112560<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tucker has the focus of our MLB prop bets a lot this season \u2014 and with the way he&#8217;s playing, I see no reason for that to change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first-year Chicago Cub has been on a tear, hitting .307 with a 1.042 OPS through 19 games. According to Baseball Savant, he ranks in the 90th percentile or higher in&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>xBA (.313)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>xSLG (.663)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>K rate (12.1%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Walk rate (17.6%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;ll do. Tonight, he gets to go up against Randy Vasquez, who has had a peculiar start to the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The San Diego Padres&#8217; righty has a 1.72 ERA through three starts, but the underlying metrics indicate he&#8217;s been <em>incredibly <\/em>lucky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vasquez has a 6.38 ERA (11th percentile) to pair with a 9.7% K rate (fourth percentile) and 19.4% walk rate (fifth percentile).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a borderline miracle he hasn&#8217;t gotten touched up yet, and I think Tucker and Co. end that trend tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Tucker has scored the most runs (19) and has the 11th-best on-base percentage (.429) in baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Harper over 1.5 bases (+128)<\/a>:<\/strong> Harper and Verlander will both be in Cooperstown when it&#8217;s all said and done. But right now, the two are in very different stages of their career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harper is one year removed from finishing sixth in NL MVP voting, while Verlander is struggling to find form with the San Francisco Giants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 42-year-old righty has a 6.92 ERA over three starts, and last year&#8217;s stats (5.48 ERA in 90.1 IP) indicate this isn&#8217;t a small-sample outlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harper is 6-for-12 lifetime against Verlander and seems due to break out of a mini-slump. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Pepiot over 17.5 outs (-104)<\/a>:<\/strong> I turned to Pepiot frequently last season and want to back him against the struggling Red Sox tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boston has the second-highest K rate in MLB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Red Sox are 2-6 in their last eight games. In that span, they&#8217;re averaging just 1.9 runs per game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You could make a good argument taking Pepiot over 17.5 outs or over 6.5 Ks. It&#8217;s a small sample, but he&#8217;s held the Red Sox to a .225 batting average with a 40.0% K rate in 35 plate appearances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll opt for the former, though. Boston&#8217;s offence is anemic, and Pepiot&#8217;s pitch count has climbed with every game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 12:22 p.m. ET on 04\/15\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>Two all-star hitters and one pitcher are the focus of Tuesday&#8217;s MLB prop bets. The pregame narrative: Kyle Tucker is on fire and faces a pitcher who is over-indexing, while Bryce Harper gets an A-plus matchup against Justin Verlander. I&#8217;m also backing Tampa Bay&#8217;s Ryan Pepiot to shove against the Boston Red Sox. Check out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":339859,"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-339843","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>MLB prop bets April 15: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for April 15, 2025. 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