It’s a rockin’ Friday in Major League Baseball with 15 games on tap, starting with the Pirates and Cubbies in the afternoon and ending with the Rangers and Dodgers throwing their first pitch at 10:10 p.m. ET.
Read below for my favorite MLB player props for Friday, April 9, starting in Baltimore with a red-hot Gunnar Henderson.
Best MLB player props today
| Player | Pick | Odds |
|---|---|---|
 Gunnar Henderson |
1+ runs | -120 |
 Giancarlo Stanton |
1+ HR | +330 |
 Ronald Acuna Jr. |
2+ total bases | -135 |
Gunnar Henderson 1+ runs (-120)
It’s been a great week for Baltimore Orioles SS Gunnar Henderson, who has hits in five of his last six games.
That includes three home runs, a pair of doubles, and five runs batted in. He’s also scored at least one run in all but one game.
He’ll be facing San Francisco Giants’ SP Landen Roupp for the first time. Roup is coming off a brutal 9-0 loss to the Mets, where he was tagged for seven hits and seven runs.
Roupp's career WHIP of 1.425 is nothing to fear. Back Henderson to cross the plate at Camden Yards tonight.
- Time: 7:15 p.m. ET
- Where to watch: Apple TV+
Giancarlo Stanton 1+ HR (+330)
Tampa Bay Rays starter Steven Matz is 2-0 and coming off his best start of the year, albeit against the Twins. He now gets a massive class test against the Yankees, a team that's tagged him pretty well in the past.
I’m going with Giancarlo Stanton to take him yard. The Yankees’ outfielder is hitting .326 out of the gate, but has just one home run on the year. It’s a nice spot for him to double that output.
Stanton is a career .316 hitter off Matz in 19 at-bats, with a pair of home runs and four RBI.
- Time: 7:10 p.m. ET
- Where to watch: MLBN
Ronald Acuna Jr. 2+ total bases (-130)
It’s been a slow start to the year for Ronald Acuna Jr, hitting just .204 with no homers in his first 49 at-bats, but there are signs of him heating up.
He rapped a pair of doubles against the Angels last time out, doubling his two-base total on the year.
He’s 1-for-3 in his career against Slade Cecconi, but this matchup is more about how the righty got rocked in his lone road start of the year. Cecconi was pelted for six hits and six earned runs in 4 1/3 innings in an 8-0 loss to the Mariners.
This feels like a good spot for Acuna to keep hitting the ball hard.
- Time: 7:15 p.m. ET
- Where to watch: CleGuardians.TV, BravesVision
Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change.
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