Sunday Night Baseball Prop Picks: Swanson Stays Hot, Smith & Gonsolin Do Their Thing

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Atlanta Braves will wrap up their three-game series at Truist Park on Sunday night. 

The teams split the first two games of this set, with L.A. winning 4-1 on Friday in Freddie Freeman’s emotional return, and Atlanta answering back with a 5-3 victory on Saturday. 

Bettors have a wide range of intriguing props to consider in this rematch of the 2021 NLCS, starting with the red-hot Will Smith securing another hit. We’re also expecting Tony Gonsolin to rack up the strikeouts, and Dansby Swanson to get the Braves’ offense going.  

Be sure to also check out our full game betting analysis for Sunday Night Baseball.

Sunday Night Baseball props for June 19    

• Smith Over 0.5 hits (-165)
• Gonsolin Over 5.5 Ks (-112)
• Swanson Over 0.5 runs +100)

Picks made on 6/26/2022 at 12:00 p.m. ET.
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Dodgers offense centers on Smith

Will Smith has been tearing the cover off the ball over the last week, and there’s no sign of him slowing down on Sunday Night Baseball.

Smith has multiple hits in four of his last six games overall, batting .423 in that span (11-for-26). That includes Friday night’s series opener in Atlanta, where he tallied a single, a double, and an RBI. 

The Kentucky native has actually fared better on the road than he has at home in 2022, batting .287 as the visitor, as opposed to .226 at Dodger Stadium. 

Spencer Strider has kept the hits down this year (5.9 per nine innings), but he’s pitched to a .198 batting average as a starter, compared to .167 as a reliever. Furthermore, the price is really good on Smith in this market. Smith to tally an RBI (+155) and extend his streak to six games is also tempting.

Will Smith prop: Over 0.5 hits (-165)

Gonsolin goes nuts

Tony Gonsolin’s ascendence to the top of the Dodgers’ pecking order in the rotation has caught plenty by surprise, and it doesn’t appear to be an aberration. Prop bettors should back him to make the Braves’ batters look foolish early on.

Gonsolin is averaging 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings this season, and has lasted an average of 5.7 innings per start since the calendar flipped to May. He’s clearly gained the trust of manager Dave Roberts while still being kept on a tight leash in the pitch count department. 

The NL Cy Young candidate has tallied 36 strikeouts over 35 innings of work on the road this year, compared to 28 Ks over 33 1-3 innings at home. Gonsolin has crossed into the six-strikeout plateau in four of his last seven starts, and missed doing so on two other occasions by just one strikeout. 

The line is fair enough on Gonsolin to reach six Ks in this outing, as the Braves have gathered the most strikeouts of any team in the majors at home this season

Tony Gonsolin prop: Over 5.5 strikeouts (-112)

Runs Swanson runs

Gonsolin might have most of the Braves’ order on its heels early on, but even he might not be able to cool off Dansby Swanson.

Swanson has multiple hits in three straight games and five of his last seven overall, good for a .448 batting average in that span. Four of those hits have been homers, and he’s driven in six RBI. There are plenty of methods to back Swanson to continue his hot-hitting ways, but the best play at the odds commensurate with the risk is for Swanson to record a run. 

The Georgia native has made nine successful trips around the bases over his last seven games, with the home runs playing a major role in that. But his teammates have been driving him in of late too, which is not surprising, as the Braves are sixth in the majors in runs per game at home this season (4.9). 

Somehow, someway, Swanson should cross the plate at least once in this tilt. 

Dansby Swanson prop: Over 0.5 runs (+100)

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