{"id":362357,"date":"2025-08-10T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T16:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=362357"},"modified":"2025-08-10T13:08:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T17:08:18","slug":"cubs-vs-cardinals-prop-bets-sunday-night-baseball-august-10-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/cubs-vs-cardinals-prop-bets-sunday-night-baseball-august-10-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubs vs. Cardinals Sunday Night Baseball prop bets: Fade Sonny Gray, back Ian Happ at plus money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals play out the rubber match of their weekend series under the lights of Sunday Night Baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> It doesn&#8217;t matter where these two divisional rivals sit in the standings; they always seem to put on a show. After splitting the first two games of the series, Chicago aims to keep pace in the NL East while St. Louis tries to climb in the wild-card race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Cubs vs. Cardinals prop bets, featuring prop bets on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/sonny_gray\/pitching-stats\">Sonny Gray<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/ian_happ\/batting-stats\">Ian Happ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cubs vs. Cardinals prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best Bet: Gray under 5.5 strikeouts (-114)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This number seems a little high for a few reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, Gray isn&#8217;t working deep into games on most nights. Despite lasting seven innings his last time out, Gray had been held to five innings or fewer in each of his previous five outings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, he hasn&#8217;t crested six-plus strikeouts very often. Gray has fallen short of this mark in four of his last six appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most pitchers don&#8217;t post gaudy strikeout numbers against the Cubs, either. Chicago averages the fifth-fewest strikeouts per game (7.77).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gray has especially struggled against this current Cubs lineup. The veteran hurler has allowed a .297 average across a hearty 114 plate appearances to Chicago hitters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t expect an above-average strikeout performance in a difficult matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key stat:<\/strong> Gray has gone under 5.5 strikeouts in seven of his 11 outings since June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best MLB picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Happ over 1.5 total bases (+163):<\/strong> I can get behind these plus-money odds for several reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happ&#8217;s recent form is certainly a major catalyst for this pick. The Cubs star has been playing some of his best baseball of the season. Here&#8217;s how he&#8217;s performed in 13 games since July 26:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.310 AVG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.595 SLG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.957 OPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s cashed this prop in seven games during this run, including two of his last three outings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happ&#8217;s ability to cash this prop with contact and power makes him an intriguing pick on this market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His head-to-head history against Gray is certainly worth highlighting, too. Happ has seven hits in 14 at-bats versus the righty, including four extra-base hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bet on a surging Happ to deliver two-plus bases in an advantageous matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Cubs vs. Cardinals prop bets made at 12:31 p.m. ET on 08\/10\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals play out the rubber match of their weekend series under the lights of Sunday Night Baseball. The pregame narrative: It doesn&#8217;t matter where these two divisional rivals sit in the standings; they always seem to put on a show. After splitting the first two games of the series, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":362363,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-362357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","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>Cubs vs. Cardinals prop bets: Sunday Night Baseball | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Cubs vs. Cardinals prop bets. 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