{"id":361844,"date":"2025-08-08T14:26:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T18:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=361844"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T19:06:48","slug":"astros-vs-yankees-prop-picks-august-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/astros-vs-yankees-prop-picks-august-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Astros vs. Yankees prop picks Aug. 8: Bet on Aaron Judge, Jesus Sanchez in plus-money plays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two teams with high playoff hopes meet in the Bronx on Friday, as the New York Yankees host the Houston Astros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> New York snapped a five-game losing skid on Wednesday and is now in a pick&#8217;em against Houston. Tonight marks the first of six matchups between the Yankees and Astros over the next month \u2014 with a potential series lining up in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Astros vs. Yankees <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">prop picks<\/a> for Aug. 8, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/aaron_judge\/batting-stats\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/jesus_sanchez\/batting-stats\">Jesus Sanchez<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Astros vs. Yankees prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Best bet<\/a>: Judge over 1.5 total bases (+106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I can get Judge over 1.5 bases at plus-money odds, I&#8217;m going to have a difficult time turning that down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge has a multitude of MLB-best numbers, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.339 BA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.702 SLG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>213 OPS+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>269 total bases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>His .711 xSLG, as measured by Baseball Savant, is somehow even higher than his league-high SLG.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Judge is also averaging 2.56 bases per game and is 59-46 vs. this prop. What&#8217;s not to like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Health is the main risk factor, as the outfielder\/designated hitter is only two games removed from an injured list stint caused by an elbow issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s fit enough to swing, though. That makes him a value play at this price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Astros starter Hunter Brown has a sub-2.50 ERA on the season, but he&#8217;s been more hittable lately. In his past six starts, the righty has allowed 31 hits and a 4.64 ERA in 33.0 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brown throws sinkers and four-seamers roughly 70% of the time to right-hitting opponents. Judge has a .438\/.500\/.846 slash line on those pitches from RHPs in 130 at-bats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Judge is 2-for-3 with a home run vs. Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:117115\">Embed: #117115<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\">Full MLB betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\">MLB injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\">MLB stats &amp; standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Sanchez over 0.5 runs (+120)<\/a>:<\/strong> It&#8217;s only been four starts, but New York&#8217;s Cam Schlittler hasn&#8217;t put together a particularly strong outing yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rookie right-hander has allowed multiple runs in all four starts, posting a 4.58 ERA (5.01 xERA) overall. In 19.2 innings, he&#8217;s had 33 baserunners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that in mind, I want a piece of the Astros&#8217; lineup tonight in the run prop market. Sanchez, who will likely bat in the No. 2 spot, has an enticing price to score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ex-Miami Marlin has doubled in four straight games and crossed the plate in each of his past three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanchez isn&#8217;t elite in many bat-to-ball metrics, but he&#8217;s prominently above average in a lot of critical ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He ranks in the 67th percentile or better in xBA, xSLG, barrel rate and average exit velocity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Astros vs. Yankees prop picks made at 2 p.m. ET on 08\/08\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two teams with high playoff hopes meet in the Bronx on Friday, as the New York Yankees host the Houston Astros. The pregame narrative: New York snapped a five-game losing skid on Wednesday and is now in a pick&#8217;em against Houston. Tonight marks the first of six matchups between the Yankees and Astros over the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":361870,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-361844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>Astros vs. Yankees prop picks: Aug. 8 MLB predictions | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Astros vs. Yankees prop picks for Aug. 8, 2025. 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