It’s a smaller day in Major League Baseball with most of the action occurring during the day. It’s a get-away day for a lot of teams who will play a day game today in order to travel to their weekend series tonight. But before we can get to Friday, I’ve found 2 player props to lock in.
Dylan Cease (SD) Over 6.5 Strikeouts (-128)
Dylan Cease has had a roller coaster of a season. He started strong, but an ERA above 4 in May and June was concerning. However, Cease has bounced back with 2 of the best outings of his career. Cease reportedly made a tweak in his mechanics before his last start of the first half of the season, and it has made a massive difference in his performance. In his last 2 starts against the Braves and Guardians, Cease has not allowed a run while surrendering only 2 hits and 4 walks while recording an unbelievable 21 strikeouts in 13 innings. Cease has limited hitters to a 0.066 xBA with a 46% strikeout rate and 26% hard-hit rate in those outings. His fastball velocity has also gone up as the right-hander touched 100 MPH several different times in his last 2 starts which is quite the jump from his average fastball that's just 96 MPH. Plus, Cease faced the Nationals earlier this season and threw a 1-hitter and punched out 9 batters. I'm extremely conf ident taking this over.