{"id":348777,"date":"2025-05-24T14:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=348777"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:00:24","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-may-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-may-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets May 24: Target Ward and Hernandez at the plate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\">Three sluggers have my attention in the late-night MLB slate on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>Today&#8217;s MLB props narrative<\/strong>: Taylor Ward has been hot at the dish during the longest winning streak of the Los Angeles Angels&#8217; season. Tonight, he has the edge once again, facing a struggling starter on the mound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\">Check out the best MLB prop bets for May 24, featuring predictions on Ward Teoscar Hernandez.<\/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><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><strong>Best bet: Ward over 0.5 runs (-106)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ward doesn&#8217;t hit for average, but he&#8217;s been one of the best power bats this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He ranks 13th in total bases (101), 29th in runs (30), and he&#8217;s tied for 5th with 15 home runs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He&#8217;s scored 11 runs in his last seven games and is 7-0 against this wager. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That success is owed to the Angels&#8217; current eight-game winning streak. They&#8217;ve scored 7.63 runs per game over that time, which is the second most in the majors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Saturday, Cal Quantrill starts for the Miami Marlins, and the righty has been horrible to start 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has a 6.37 ERA and 1.54 WHIP across nine starts. His advanced analytics don&#8217;t do him any favours, either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Baseball Savant, he ranks in the 10th percentile or worse for xERA (5.66), xBA (.304) and pitching run value (-7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Angels should have a field day, and Ward hits third in the order. He&#8217;s red hot at the dish with a soft matchup to take advantage of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Ward is 5-for-9 (.556) in his career off Quantrill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hernandez over 0.5 RBI (+140)<\/strong>: Hernandez ranks sixth in MLB with 41 RBI thanks to hitting fifth in the Los Angeles Dodgers lineup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been very productive despite missing 14 games with injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Peterson is having a good season for the New York Mets (2.86 ERA), but his xERA (3.99) ranks in the 44th percentile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of that, the Dodgers, especially those hitting in front of Hernandez, have a good history against Peterson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman and Will Smith have a combined career batting average of .447 off Peterson in 47 at-bats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hernandez has notched an RBI in 12 of his last 16 games, totalling 24 runs driven in during that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 1:53 p.m. ET on 05\/24\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three sluggers have my attention in the late-night MLB slate on Saturday. 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