MLB Player Props For Tuesday | Apr. 30

The MLB has a full slate of action for Tuesday, including a double-header between the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers.

With 16 games on the docket, there are more prop bets available than you could shake a stick at, but bettors should take a closer look at the Minnesota Twins.

There are a few teams that have stung together some wins lately, but no team is hotter right now than Minnesota, who have won nine of their last 10 games and eight in a row.

Are the Twins really that good, or is this just the result of playing the pathetic Chicago White Sox five times in their last eight games?

Either way, Minnesota’s recently dormant bats appear to be waking up.

In the last 10 games, Twins’ second baseman Edouard Julien (.355, 3 HR, 7 RBI), catcher Ryan Jeffers (.367, 2 HR, 6 RBI), and utility man Willi Castro (.400, 1 HR, 8 RBI) have been carrying the offense.

As long as Minnesota is playing the feeble White Sox, it may be best to continue backing the Twins’ offense.

Let’s take a look at some player props for Tuesday, and as always, all prop picks are paired with the best odds.

Luis Arraez – 2B, Miami Marlins

After an ugly start to the season, the two-time batting champion is back!

Arraez batted an unimpressive .259 (15-for-58) in the Marlins’ first 15 games, but in the last 15, Arraez has batted .344 (22-for-64).

Arraez has been especially strong over the last seven games, going 11-for-28 (.393), including four multi-hit performances.

Not sure how Luis Arráez was able to get a hit on this Slider. 😯 pic.twitter.com/4VHJVmDjRx

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 13, 2024

Tonight, Miami will be visited by the Colorado Rockies, and the Rockies’ pitching staff has been wildly bad.

Colorado has a 6.06 ERA as a team, by far the worst in the MLB, their 6.69 strikeouts per nine innings is the lowest as well, and their opposing batting average on balls in play is .330, 29th in the MLB.

Essentially, the Rockies’ pitchers can’t get hitters out in the batters’ box, they’re allowing a ton of hits on balls in play, and that is leading to a ton of runs.

This should all bode well for Arraez, the Marlins’ leadoff hitter, as Arraez will see the most at-bats.

The starting pitcher for Colorado will be Riley Feltner (1-2, 5.68 ERA), and Feltner has allowed an opponent average of .324 thus far; surrendering 27 hits in his last 14.1 innings pitched.

In Arraez’ limited sample of at-bats against Feltner, he is 2-for-3 (.667).

The Marlins’ pitching has not been great either (5.04 ERA, 29th in MLB), so there should be plenty of runs scored in this one. That should keep the batting order moving for both clubs, and provide Arraez with more than enough trips to the dish to tally two or more hits.

Pick: Arraez – OVER 1.5 Hits

Best Odds: (+143) Caesars

Edouard Julien – 2B, Minnesota Twins

The Twins face the White Sox again tonight, so it’s time to go back to that fruitful well.

I previously mentioned Minnesota’s second baseman Edouard Julien’s recent success, and he could keep it rolling tonight against Chicago’s Mike Soroka.

Soroka (0-3, 6.83 ERA) is clearly not in good form, although he did allow just two runs in five innings against the Twins in his previous outing.

But, one of those runs that Soroka allowed came off the bat of Julien.

Edouard Julien has hit eight home runs in his career that gave #MNTwins their first run of the game. pic.twitter.com/0r6jAYOEgf

— Twins Dingers (@TwinsDingers) April 25, 2024

In his last seven games, Julien has produced a slugging percentage of .737, so plenty of his recent hits have gone for extra-bases.

Julien has hit leadoff for Minnesota often, so he could get plenty of opportunities to face this iffy White Sox pitching staff, but whether he gets two singles, or one extra-base hit, Julien’s bat will make an impact.

Pick: Julien – OVER 1.5 Total Bases

Best Odds: (+155) bet365

Andres Gimenez – 2B, Cleveland Guardians

Cleveland Guardians’ second baseman Andres Gimenez has collected the most RBI this season for any player that has yet to hit a home run.

Gimenez has 15 RBI without a home run, which is interesting when comparing him to someone like Mike Trout, who has 14 RBI and 10 home runs.

Fun Fact: The last player to drive in 100+ runs without hitting a single home run was Philadelphia Athletics’ third baseman Lave Cross in 1902.

There’s a tidbit of baseball trivia.

Gimenez commonly bats second in the Guardians lineup, right behind Steven Kwan, and with Kwan hitting .339 atop the batting order, Gimenez has had plenty of chances to swing the bat with a man on base.

Yes. That guy is GOOD 🔥🔥#ForTheLand | @CleGuardians pic.twitter.com/E2vgRWJ9wj

— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) April 21, 2024

Gimenez is batting .275 this season, but with runners in scoring position, he’s batting .480 (12-for-25).

Tonight, Gimenez and the Guardians visit the Houston Astros, and Houston has tabbed Hunter Brown as the starter.

Brown (0-4, 9.68 ERA) has allowed a hilarious .395 opponent average and a .360 opponent average with runners in scoring position.

Cleveland is going to create a lot of chaos on the base path tonight and Gimenez should have ample opportunity to drive in a run.

Pick: Gimenez – OVER 0.5 RBI

Best Odds: (+200) DraftKings

Mitch Keller – SP, Pittsburgh Pirates

The Pittsburgh Pirates dropped their series opener against the Oakland Athletics last night, but it will be up to Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller to stop the skid.

Keller (2-2, 5.14 ERA) has been up-and-down this season, but he has still racked up a decent number of strikeouts.

We love Mitch to the moon and back pic.twitter.com/c0yOtQfDxc

— Pittsburgh Pirates (@Pirates) April 9, 2024

The A’s have produced the lowest team batting average in the MLB (.209), they have the second-highest strikeout rate (27.1%), and the second-least number of runs (89).

Keller needs to get the Bucs back on track, and this matchup in Oakland should do the trick.

Keller has recorded seven or more strikeouts in two of his last four starts, and the two he didn’t reach seven K’s, those outings came against much better offenses in the Philadelphia Phillies and Boston Red Sox.

I’m not going to overthink this one, just going to back the pitcher that punched out 210 batters in 194.1 innings last year against a weak A’s offense.

Pick: Keller – OVER 6.5 K’s

Best Odds: (+100) FanDuel