{"id":363523,"date":"2025-08-17T12:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=363523"},"modified":"2025-08-17T12:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:31:37","slug":"mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-august-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/mlb-prop-bets-and-predictions-august-17\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Back Andrew Vaughn, Brent Rooker on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Breakout star Andrew Vaughn headlines Sunday&#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>: Vaughn has been raking since joining the Milwaukee Brewers at the trade deadline and is worth backing with a platoon advantage today. Elsewhere, Brent Rooker should stay hot in a familiar matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d0873b89-4dfa-47d6-9954-56140c451c77\">Check out my favourite MLB prop bets for Aug. 17, featuring a play on Kansas City Royals pitcher Ryan Bergert.<\/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: Vaughn over 1.5 bases (+100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s amazing what a change of scenery can do for a player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaughn, the 2019 third-overall pick, never got on with the Chicago White Sox. In his four full seasons with the club, he never had an OPS north of .750 and generated a -0.7 fWAR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So it&#8217;s almost laughable to see what he&#8217;s doing now in a 30-game sample with the Brewers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.330\/.395\/.624 splits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>181 wRC+<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1.6 fWAR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is that sustainable? Probably not. But right now, the outfielder is scorching hot, and I want in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vaughn has done most of his damage against lefties, slashing .455\/.550\/.667 in 41 plate appearances since joining the Brewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Abbott is on the mound for the opposing Cincinnati Reds, and the southpaw is having a great year (2.41 ERA, 1.11 WHIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Vaughn has the benefit of a platoon advantage while playing in the hitter-friendly confines of Great American Ballpark, and that&#8217;s good enough for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-13bf476e-3f27-4d52-86f2-70dff07fd638\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Vaughn&#8217;s 279 wRC+ vs. LHPs since the all-star break is third in MLB.<\/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>Bergert over 4.5 Ks (+115)<\/strong>: If you&#8217;re not familiar with Bergert&#8217;s game, that&#8217;s fine. Just know the rookie has a 3.14 ERA as a starter this year and is going up against the black hole of an organization Vaughn just escaped, the White Sox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bergert just had his best game as a prop, fanning eight twins over 5.2 innings of two-run ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His putaway pitch is his slider, which generates a 31.1% whiff rate. The White Sox have a 37.0% whiff against sliders, which is the third-highest in MLB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago&#8217;s lineup can&#8217;t hit most pitches well, to be fair, and has the 11th-highest K rate in MLB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rooker over 1.5 bases (+105)<\/strong>: I backed Rooker to go deep in yesterday&#8217;s MLB home run picks, and he came through with a towering shot in the fifth inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brent Rooker got every stitch of this ball \ud83d\ude24 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0aTbU2O9YG\">pic.twitter.com\/0aTbU2O9YG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MLB\/status\/1956922382045643221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was his 25th homer of the season and marked the fifth time in his last nine games he&#8217;s cleared this total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He should have every opportunity to stay hot today against Jose Soriano and the Los Angeles Angels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rooker is 5-for-10 with a double and a home run against the hard-throwing righty with just one strikeout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soriano struggles to miss bats and has a fifth-percentile hard-hit rate, so I&#8217;m liking Rooker&#8217;s chances of sending one for extra bases if he makes contact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-571cf986-8d14-4776-b519-20fa27d04fec\"><em>MLB prop picks made at 10:23 a.m. ET on 08\/17\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breakout star Andrew Vaughn headlines Sunday&#8217;s MLB prop bets. Today&#8217;s MLB props narrative: Vaughn has been raking since joining the Milwaukee Brewers at the trade deadline and is worth backing with a platoon advantage today. Elsewhere, Brent Rooker should stay hot in a familiar matchup. Check out my favourite MLB prop bets for Aug. 17, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":363510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-363523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","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>MLB prop bets Aug. 17: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best MLB prop bets for Aug. 17, 2025. 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