{"id":355443,"date":"2025-07-02T13:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=355443"},"modified":"2025-07-02T13:02:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:02:09","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-july-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-july-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets July 2: Back Hunter Brown, Clayton Kershaw and Addison Barger for Wednesday&#8217;s 19-game slate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"block-6136ecc2-0cb3-4ab9-907f-141f56234f79\">Two big-name starting pitchers highlight the best prop picks for Wednesday&#8217;s loaded MLB slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d0873b89-4dfa-47d6-9954-56140c451c77\"><strong>Today&#8217;s MLB props narrative<\/strong>: There are 19 games today! That provides us with all-day betting action and Houston Astros righty Hunter Brown tops the list as my No. 1 target. Brown has been dominating and gets one of his juiciest matchups yet: a date with the lowly Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-d0873b89-4dfa-47d6-9954-56140c451c77\">Check out my top MLB prop bets for June 27, featuring predictions on Clayton Kershaw \u2014 who gets his own tasty opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-22b3784f-32c2-400a-beef-1578a991be49\">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 id=\"block-0c59b741-4781-48d8-8ffa-d93f8ee90c10\"><strong>Best bet: Brown over 6.5 Ks (-134)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-0c59b741-4781-48d8-8ffa-d93f8ee90c10\">This isn\u2019t a huge line to clear but it\u2019s big enough to warrant consideration. And the venue, Coors Field, adds its own level of risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are too many positives to ignore, making this a smash play as far as I\u2019m concerned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown has been one of the best pitchers in MLB by several metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He leads all starters in ERA (1.84) and is third in strikeout rate (32.1 K%). Brown&#8217;s also top 10 in FIP, and is allowing homers and walks at below-average rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 26-year-old has surrendered two earned runs or fewer in 14 of his 16 starts, handling opponents far more potent than this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colorado has the highest K rate vs. RHPs and is last in wRC+.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Rockies are an MLB-worst 19-66 and are scoring the fourth-fewest runs per game.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown enters this salivating matchup having punched out nine-plus batters in three of his last four outings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-13bf476e-3f27-4d52-86f2-70dff07fd638\"><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Brown is 11-5 vs. a 6.5 strikeout line this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-ebade6eb-0e6a-4675-8cbc-3a4396c11ac4\">Best MLB pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-310bddf4-d3c1-4fc6-8fe4-37281455da02\"><strong>Kershaw over 4.5 Ks (-134)<\/strong>: The Los Angeles Dodgers veteran has generally been strong since making his season debut in mid-May, and he\u2019s been particularly excellent over his last three outings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 26 @ COL: 6 IP, 2, 1 R, 1 BB, 5 K<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 20 vs. WSH: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 14 vs. SF: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 5 K&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Kershaw had a season-high seven strikeouts before that three-start stretch, meaning he has cleared this line in three of his last four outings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 37-year-old will see the Chicago White Sox, who have the second-highest K rate in MLB vs. southpaws.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chicago has been punched out more than all but two teams over the last 30 days, sporting the second-worst wRC+ over that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-571cf986-8d14-4776-b519-20fa27d04fec\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 1:00 p.m. ET on 07\/02\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two big-name starting pitchers highlight the best prop picks for Wednesday&#8217;s loaded MLB slate. Today&#8217;s MLB props narrative: There are 19 games today! That provides us with all-day betting action and Houston Astros righty Hunter Brown tops the list as my No. 1 target. Brown has been dominating and gets one of his juiciest matchups [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":355419,"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-355443","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 July 2: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for July 2, 2025. 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