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Five of the top-20 MLB pitcher in strikeouts will be in action on Friday. Gerrit Cole, who ranks fourth with 153, gets the start for the New York Yankees against the Kansas City Royals. The Royals didn’t score last night as Aaron Judge’s walk-off solo homer was the only run in the game.
Robbie Ray of Seattle ranks No. 7 in strikeouts and he will start for the Mariners in Game 2 of their four- game weekend series with AL West-leading Houston.
Sandy Alcantara, who leads the National League in ERA (1.81), is ninth in strikeouts. He will take his turn in the rotation against the Mets. New York starting pitcher Chris Bassitt ranks 20th in strikeouts in MLB this season. Justin Verlander (18th) is the fifth member of the top-20 in action today.
Here are the top MLB strikeouts props picks for Friday, July 29th 2022.
Alek Manoah – OVER 5.5 Ks (-150)
Manoah is 11-4 with a 2.24 ERA this season. He has six-plus strikeouts in each of his last three starts and five of his last six. He will face one of the worst hitting teams in MLB in the Detroit Tigers.
Detroit ranks 27th in batting average (.229), 29th in OPS (.622), and the Tigers are the worst scoring team in baseball averaging 3.23 runs per game.
The Tigers rank 16th in strikeouts per game with 8.44. Manoah has pitched at least six innings in four of his last five starts and his K/9 rate is 8.2.
Brandon Woodruff – OVER 6.5 Ks (-145)
Since returning from an injury, Woodruff has gone Over this prop in four of five starts. In those four games, Woodruff struck out at least eight batters.
He’ll do it again today against a Boston team that will put five left-handed hitters in the lineup. Woodruff has a 40 percent strikeout rate against left-handed hitters. Boston strikes out an average of 8.33 times per game.
Jeffrey Springs – OVER 4.5 Ks (-165)
In eight straight games before being placed on the injured list, Springs went Over this prop. He’s 3-2 with a very respectable 2.50 ERA. Springs has five-plus strikeouts in every start this season since he moved into the Rays starting rotation.
Cleveland, which actually strikes out the least of all MLB teams, has a much higher strikeout rate against left-handed pitchers like Springs. The Rays lefty rebounds and gets at least five Ks.
Bailey Falter – OVER 4.5 Ks (-120)
Falter only has six starts for the Phillies this season, but he has three straight games with at least five strikeouts. That puts him over this prop.
The Pirates are one of the worst hitting teams in MLB. They strikeout the third-most times in MLB averaging 9.30 whiffs per game. The Pirates strikeout rate against lefties is huge. That will put Falter over this prop for the fourth consecutive time.
