{"id":342447,"date":"2025-04-27T14:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=342447"},"modified":"2025-04-27T14:02:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T18:02:42","slug":"phillies-vs-cubs-prop-bets-sunday-night-baseball-april-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/phillies-vs-cubs-prop-bets-sunday-night-baseball-april-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillies vs. Cubs Sunday Night Baseball prop bets: Bet on Kyle Tucker to do damage, fade Jameson Taillon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies settle their rubber match at Wrigley Field on Sunday Night Baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Philadelphia&#8217;s offence erupted for 10 runs yesterday, and it now has an opportunity to get after a struggling Jameson Taillon. I&#8217;m fading Chicago&#8217;s righty and backing Kyle Tucker to collect multiple bases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out my Phillies vs. Cubs prop bets for Sunday Night Baseball on April 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Phillies vs. Cubs prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><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><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Best Bet: Taillon under 17.5 outs (+100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m struggling to understand why this line is so high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taillon has posted a 4.73 ERA through five starts and doesn&#8217;t exactly have the reputation of being a workhorse. He&#8217;s only crested 90 pitches once this season and twice in his last 10 starts dating back to the tail-end of 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That means the righty has to be hyper-efficient to clear this line, which hasn&#8217;t happened so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taillon has fallen short of this line in back-to-back outings, and in three of five on the season. In the outliers, he logged exactly 6.0 innings (18 outs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The underlying numbers suggest he hasn&#8217;t been unlucky. Taillon&#8217;s 4.47 xERA and .270 xBA rank in the 35th and 29th percentile, respectively, among all pitchers according to Baseball Savant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philadelphia ranks 12th in runs per game (4.48) and has done damage against Taillon in the past. This seems like a good spot for the team&#8217;s bats to stay hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> The Phillies&#8217; current lineup is batting .290 against Taillon in 100 combined at-bats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tucker over 1.5 bases (+125):<\/strong> Tucker has struggled this series, logging just one hit (a single) in eight at-bats. But his season-long sample is spectacular, and I&#8217;m banking on the slugger returning to form tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tucker has posted a .300\/.409\/.600 slashline through 28 games with the Cubs. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He ranks in the 90th percentile or better in xBA (.310), xSLG (.629) and K rate (13.6%). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>His 66 total bases rank third in MLB, and he has cashed this bet in 53.6% of games, per Team Rankings. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The left-batting Tucker has done his best work against righties (.316 BA), and he&#8217;ll have a platoon advantage against a struggling Aaron Nola this evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Philadelphia&#8217;s righty has gotten rocked through five starts, posting a 6.43 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tucker is 3-for-10 lifetime against Nola, with a double and two home runs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Phillies vs. Cubs prop picks made at 1:04 p.m. ET on 04\/27\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies settle their rubber match at Wrigley Field on Sunday Night Baseball. The pregame narrative: Philadelphia&#8217;s offence erupted for 10 runs yesterday, and it now has an opportunity to get after a struggling Jameson Taillon. I&#8217;m fading Chicago&#8217;s righty and backing Kyle Tucker to collect multiple bases. Check out my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":342424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-342447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","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>Phillies vs. Cubs prop bets: Sunday Night Baseball picks | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Phillies vs. Cubs prop bets. 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