It's a busier Sunday in baseball than usual with 16 games on the slate, and our experts have come through with four MLB best bets.
Their Sunday picks and predictions feature four player props on James Wood, Max Meyer, Teoscar Hernandez and Randy Vasquez.
Continue below for our MLB best bets and parlay.
MLB Best Bets, Player Props, Picks for Sunday
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Mets vs Nationals Player Prop: Value on James Wood
By Brit Devine
The books are giving too much credit to Mets starting pitcher Tylor Megill.
Megill's surface stats look amazing (1.09 ERA), but his underlying metrics, while good, suggest there is almost no chance he can continue his current form.
James Wood has easily been the best Nationals bat this season and he has the best numbers of anyone on the team against right-handed pitching dating back to the start of last season.
He has a solid run-scorer batting in front of him and some decent bats right behind him as well. To me, this should be near even money.
Pick: James Wood Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI (+130)
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Rays vs Padres Best Bet: Fade Randy Vasquez
By Charlie Wright
Padres starter Randy Vasquez has an insanely low 8.9% K% through five starts.
You'd have to combine his last three starts to get to four strikeouts. Among 135 pitchers with at least 20 innings this season, Vasquez ranks 134th in SwStr% and 135th in CSW%.
Vasquez had a meager 14.4% K% over 98 innings last season, so this isn't a new trend. He's just taken it to new heights this season.
The Rays are a solid matchup. They've struck out at the 11th-highest rate vs. RHPs this season.
The big key is the lefties. Their projected lineup has six lefties in it (including switch hitters). I wouldn't be surprised if the platoon-happy Rays force seven lefties into the lineup, with Travis Jankowski potentially slotting in for Christopher Morel.
After posting an 8.1% K% against lefties last season, Vasquez has struck out just one in 53 plate appearances. That's a 1.9% K%.
Pick: Randy Vasquez Under 3.5 Strikeouts (-135)
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Marlins vs Mariners Prop Bet: Ride Mad Max
By Charlie Wright
Max Meyer has been one of the breakout pitchers of this season.
He has a pristine 2.10 ERA, a massive 33.9% K%, and four quality starts in five outings. Meyer has gone at least 5 2/3 innings in every start. He's thrown 90+ pitches in all but one start, and the one miss was an 82-pitch outing against the Mets that was actually his longest of the season (6 1/3 innings).
