{"id":340611,"date":"2025-04-20T10:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T14:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=340611"},"modified":"2025-04-20T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T16:54:35","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-april-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-april-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets April 20: Shohei Ohtani has value to score, fade Christian Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers face the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon, and that&#8217;s where two of my three MLB prop bets come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: I like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/tyler_glasnow\/pitching-stats\">Tyler Glasnow<\/a> to go over his strikeout total against a group he&#8217;s carved up in the past, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/shohei_ohtani\/batting-stats\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a> has a good price on his runs prop. Later on, fade <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/christian_walker\/batting-stats\">Christian Walker<\/a> against the San Diego Padres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best MLB prop bets for April 20.<\/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.com\/sportsbook\/sports\/baseball\/competitions\/10065\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging\"><strong>MLB player stats<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.com\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/standings\/division\"><strong>MLB standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: <strong>Walker under 0.5 hits<\/strong> (<strong>+115)<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Houston Astros might&#8217;ve swung and missed again on a veteran free agent first baseman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After two miserable years with Jose Abreu, the Astros went back into free agency and plucked former Diamondback Christian Walker. It&#8217;s still early, but the returns so far haven&#8217;t been remotely close to expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In his first 20 games with Houston, Walker has a .164\/.265\/.274 slash line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He ranks in the 25th percentile in xBA (.222) and in the 18th percentile in K rate (28.9%), per Baseball Savant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Walker has twice as many strikeouts (24) as he has hits (12).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he has a hit and a run in both games of this series against the San Diego Padres, I expect that success to be short-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tonight, Walker and the Astros face Padres starter Dylan Cease in what I hope remains a one-sided matchup. Walker is 0-for-9 with three strikeouts against Cease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t been a banner start to the year for Cease, but his .286 opponent batting average is well above his xBA (.250). So hopefully he&#8217;ll start moving in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Walker is hitless in seven of his past 11 games, batting 5-for-37 (.135) in that span.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Glasnow over 6.5 strikeouts (+100):<\/strong> The high-leverage arms in the Los Angeles Dodgers&#8217; bullpen have been used quite a bit recently, which could mean a longer rope for Glasnow on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that&#8217;s the case, that would mean more opportunities to rack up strikeouts. But I think this is an attainable number for him regardless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glasnow has 7+ Ks in 2 of 3 starts so far, collecting 17 Ks in 13.0 innings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has 27 Ks in 80 plate appearances against the current Texas Rangers lineup, which equates to a hearty 33.8 K%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Glasnow&#8217;s 30.4 K% so far this year ranks in the 84th percentile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Working off a mid-90s fastball, Glasnow has two secondary pitches (curveball, slider) that are generating a whiff rate north of 37.0%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rangers have the seventh-highest whiff rate on curveballs and sliders (35.6%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ohtani over 0.5 runs (-143):<\/strong> If I can back Ohtani to score a run at anything better than -150, I&#8217;m going to at least look at it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyler Mahle has been dealing for the Texas Rangers, but his 0.92 ERA through four starts doesn&#8217;t look as sparkly next to his 3.00 xERA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nor does his 26th-percentile walk rate (12.0%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohtani has scored in 14 of 20 games, tallying 21 runs total. He has also reached base in 18 of 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a whole, the Dodgers&#8217; lineup has fared well against Mahle: 31-for-103 (.301) with a .437 SLG. Someone should be able to drive the leadoff man home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 9:50 a.m. ET on 04\/20\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Dodgers face the Texas Rangers on Sunday afternoon, and that&#8217;s where two of my three MLB prop bets come from. The pregame narrative: I like Tyler Glasnow to go over his strikeout total against a group he&#8217;s carved up in the past, while Shohei Ohtani has a good price on his runs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":340604,"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-340611","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 20: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for April 20, 2025. 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