{"id":359673,"date":"2025-07-26T13:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=359673"},"modified":"2025-07-26T13:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T17:08:22","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-july-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-july-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB prop bets July 26: Bet on Manny Machado, Jordan Westburg to stay hot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The red-hot Manny Machado headlines Saturday&#8217;s MLB prop bets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d0873b89-4dfa-47d6-9954-56140c451c77\"><strong>Today&#8217;s MLB props narrative<\/strong>: Machado has blasted six home runs this month and has a great matchup against Matthew Liberatore and the St. Louis Cardinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d0873b89-4dfa-47d6-9954-56140c451c77\">Check out my top MLB prop bets for July 26, also featuring Jordan Westburg.<\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-0c59b741-4781-48d8-8ffa-d93f8ee90c10\"><strong>Best bet: Machado over 1.5 bases (-120)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Machado has been one of baseball&#8217;s best hitters since the Fourth of July, posting a monster .300\/.346\/.600 slash line in 18 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Machado&#8217;s .321 xBA and .681 xSLG in that span indicate he hasn&#8217;t been lucky and is actually leaving some production on the table.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From July 4 onwards, Machado has a 66% hard-hit rate. For context, Aaron Judge&#8217;s season-long hard-hit rate is 56.5%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s bad news for Liberatore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Louis&#8217; southpaw has a good but not great 4.13 ERA this season, which is right in line with his xERA (4.12). He also ranks in the bottom-35th percentile for hard-hit rate, K rate, whiff rate and barrel rate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The right-hitting Machado actually has a much higher batting average against righties (.304) than he does against lefties (.249). But his slugging percentage against southpaws (.552) is 82 points higher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-13bf476e-3f27-4d52-86f2-70dff07fd638\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Machado is 5-3 against this line since the all-star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-ebade6eb-0e6a-4675-8cbc-3a4396c11ac4\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Westburg over 1.5 bases (-118):<\/strong> Westburg is on a rampage this month, slashing .317\/.348\/.540 while doing a bunch of damage post-all-star break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 26-year-old hit a home run yesterday and a double two days before that. Overall, he&#8217;s 4-4 against this line since the Midsummer Classic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s not fantastic, but it is good enough to get my attention, especially when he&#8217;s facing the Colorado Rockies and Antonio Senzatela. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senzatela has a 6.41 ERA, and that&#8217;s not just Coors Field tax. His road ERA (6.43) is higher than his home ERA (6.39). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Westburg runs reverse splits, meaning he hits righties better than lefties. This should be a perfect matchup for the streaking third baseman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-571cf986-8d14-4776-b519-20fa27d04fec\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 10:59 a.m. ET on 07\/26\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The red-hot Manny Machado headlines Saturday&#8217;s MLB prop bets. Today&#8217;s MLB props narrative: Machado has blasted six home runs this month and has a great matchup against Matthew Liberatore and the St. Louis Cardinals. Check out my top MLB prop bets for July 26, also featuring Jordan Westburg. 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