{"id":600527,"date":"2026-04-11T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/600527\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T18:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T18:14:08","slug":"top-player-prop-bets-for-saturday-4-11-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/600527\/","title":{"rendered":"Top player prop bets for Saturday 4\/11\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keagan Smith breaks down his favorite MLB player prop bets today on DraftKings Sportsbook for Saturday\u2019s 15-game slate.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re only a few short weeks into the 2026 MLB season, but it\u2019s undoubtedly already off to a hot start even before the summer months set in. On Saturday, we get a full 15-game slate with every single team in action. The first matchups begin in the early afternoon at a shade past 1 p.m. ET, but there are plenty of options throughout the schedule before the nightcap at 8:40 p.m.<\/p>\n

With so many matchups on deck, there are plenty of opportunities to put down a few wagers. Before the start of Saturday\u2019s contests, here are a couple of MLB bets worth placing on DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kodai Senga 7+ strikeouts (+103)<\/a><\/p>\n

Are we starting with something of a lofty line as we target 7+ strikeouts for Mets hurler Kodai Senga? A little bit, but this prop bet comes in at just over even odds and there\u2019s a lot to feel good about with this one. Here\u2019s the deal. There are just four MLB teams with a K% above 27.0% right now and the Athletics are one of them. This lineup has been aggressive already, sitting third in K% at 27.5% with the fourth-worst BB\/K ratio at 0.31. The A\u2019s are also third in overall swing rate (49.5%), first in first-pitch swing rate (40.1%), third in chase rate (32.7%), and fifth in whiff rate (30.1%). Those are a lot of percentages, but there\u2019s a reason I\u2019m throwing numbers at you.<\/p>\n

The Athletics take on the Mets today, who deploy the right-handed Senga as their starter. Last season, he pitched just 113.1 innings and missed time due to injury, but finished with some very respectable numbers thanks to a 3.02 ERA and 1.31 WHIP, also punching out 109 hitters. Now in 2026, his fastball velocity is way up from 93.7 mph to 96.1 mph, plus, he\u2019s generated an 85th-percentile whiff rate (34.5%) and 88th-percentile K% (34.0%). After striking out nine batters in his opening start and seven in his more recent one \u2014 good for 16 punchouts in just 11.2 IP \u2014 I like him to take advantage of this matchup against a swing-happy A\u2019s order.<\/p>\n

Max Fried under 5.5 hits allowed (-126)<\/a><\/p>\n

Perhaps this one will be a little controversial, but I\u2019m targeting the under on 5.5 hits allowed for Max Fried today. Yes, even in a matchup against a Tampa Bay Rays side that has the sixth-best AVG in baseball at .255, I\u2019m still going with the under for the ace here. Why\u2019s that? Well, Fried has been dealing thus far. He didn\u2019t allow an earned run until his third start of the season and gave up a combined five hits across his first two appearances despite going 13.1 innings across the pair. Yes, those came against San Francisco Giants and Seattle Mariners teams that are some of the worst offenses in baseball right now, but seriously\u2026 Fried looks awesome. He then followed it up with 6.2 IP against the Miami Marlins, who did manage to get five hits off him (with three earned runs). However, even that performance still came in under today\u2019s line of 5.5.<\/p>\n

Sure, the Rays are hitting well, but Fried has certainly produced and I\u2019m confident he\u2019ll come up in a big way again today against an AL East rival. The strikeout stuff hasn\u2019t yet come online with just an 18.7% K%, but he\u2019s still managed to get the job done in his three starts thus far and can handle business to limit damage even if he\u2019s not generating a ton of misses yet. I see a guy with just 10 hits allowed over 20.0 IP and I\u2019m not supposed to eye the under?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Keagan Smith breaks down his favorite MLB player prop bets today on DraftKings Sportsbook for Saturday\u2019s 15-game slate.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,27853,82454,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-600527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-rail","12":"tag-splits","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}