It’s a busy night on the diamond with all 30 teams hitting the field on Wednesday, June 18.
My top MLB player props are looking to the mound with a trio of pitcher picks, including a pair of West Coast hurlers.
Best MLB player props today
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Misiorowski u4.5 Ks (+10) 
Verlander o3.5 Ks (-115)
Kolek u16.5 outs (-110)
MLB props for June 18
Jacob Misiorowski Under 4.5 strikeouts (+100 at DraftKings)
Milwaukee Brewers rookie Jacob Misiorowski is making just his second big-league start, and the Chicago Cubs have the eighth-lowest strikeout percentage against righties while also sporting a sixth-ranked wOBA and ISO.
Make no mistake, Misiorowski has swing-and-miss stuff, but he also struggled with control and issued four free passes in his debut and only threw 49 of 81 pitches for strikes. The 23-year-old righty posted a 4.41 BB/9 across 63 1/3 innings in the minors to start the season, too.
Justin Verlander Over 3.5 strikeouts (-115 at DraftKings)
The Cleveland Guardians have a middling 21.2% strikeout rate against righties. San Francisco Giants righty Justin Verlander fanned four or more batters in four of five starts before his final outing before his IL stint with a pectoral injury.
Verlander completed a 65-pitch sim game last Wednesday and a bullpen session on Saturday, so I’m anticipating the veteran righty to have a long enough leash to rack up four or more punchouts tonight. His swinging-strike and called+swinging-strike percentages are at their highest since the 2022 campaign.
Stephen Kolek Under 16.5 outs recorded (-110 at Bet99)
San Diego Padres righty Stephen Kolek’s 4.34 xFIP is well above his 3.50 ERA, and his 8.1 K-BB% and 48.9 hard-hit rate are both low-end marks. Kolek has also surrendered a monster .384 wOBA to left-handed hitters.
Of course, the Los Angeles Dodgers also send an elite lineup to the dish with a top-ranked .351 wOBA against righties and .370 mark at Dodger Stadium. Add pacing the majors in walk rate and on-base percentage against right-handed arms, and there won’t be many easy outs for Kolek tonight.
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