After Spring Training and the World Baseball Classic have come to a close, regular-season baseball is finally about to be back. Kicking off with a Giants-Yankees stand-alone game Wednesday night, the quest for a World Series crown begins. Here’s how you can maximize your money on season-long betting props.
Home Runs
Shea Langeliers: 30+ (+100)
It’s important to take Spring Training stats with a grain of salt. With that said, to be able to launch seven home runs in 19 games, most of which he wasn’t playing the full game, is impressive. Shea Langeliers is coming off the best year of his career. He set new bests in OPS (.861), average (.277), doubles (32), and, most importantly, home runs (31).
In 2024, Langeliers fell just short of this mark, launching 29. However, the move to Sutter Health Park from the Oakland Coliseum paid dividends, as the A’s temporary home is one of the most favorable hitters’ parks, especially for righties, trailing only Coors Field for most hitter-friendly stadiums.
Gunnar Henderson: 30+ (+130)
Despite playing in 154 games, Gunnar Henderson saw a big step back in his power numbers in 2025, hitting just 17 home runs. He did start the season injured, and it was apparent that the early IL stint threw off what was a disappointing year not only for himself, but for the whole Orioles organization.
But the pop’s been there for Henderson. In 2024, he had a career-best year, headlined by his 37 big flies, en route to a fourth-place finish in AL MVP voting. Henderson spent minimal time with Baltimore this spring, as he was a member of Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. Across his four games repping the red, white, and blue, he tore the cover off the baseball, hitting .400 with two homers.
José Ramírez: 30+ (+110)
Since becoming a full-time staple in the Cleveland lineup, José Ramírez has been one of the best hitters in the sport. He has six Silver Sluggers to show for his excellence, not to mention six top-five placements in AL MVP voting. He does everything that the Guardians need offensively: get on base, steal bases, driving in runs, and launch big flies.
Ramírez has matched or exceeded the 30 home run threshold four times in his career, including each of the last two seasons. The pandemic-shortened 2020 season robbed him of his fifth, having hit 17 homers in 58 games. He’s fallen just short of 30 twice, having hit 29 in 2017 and 2022. Ramírez is always one of the AL’s premier bats, and there won’t be any difference this year.
Iván Herrera: 25+ (+250)
2025 was the first year that Iván Herrera was a recurring bat in the St. Louis Cardinals lineup. In 107 games, he hit 19 home runs, while batting .284 and driving in 66 runs. This is while he spent the majority of his time DHing, with catching and left-field reps mixed in.
For 2026, he projects to be the everyday designated hitter, which means his chance of injury gets cut down significantly. Pair that with the opportunity to play north of 140 games, and Herrera’s mark of 19 from last year is in grave danger of getting obliterated.
Zach Neto: 35+ (+280)
In just two-plus years, Zach Neto has become one of the most underrated offensive players in the MLB, having collected 80 doubles, 58 home runs, and 61 stolen bases. Had it not been for two separate IL stints last year, he could’ve had his first 30-30 season, finishing with 26 homers and 26 stolen bases.
Neto graded as in the top 15th percentile of hitters in barrel percentage (14%) and expected slugging (.495), while grading extremely well in average exit velocity (91.0 MPH), launch angle sweet spot (38.0), and hard hit percentage (46.6%). He’s proven with each season that his power numbers have gotten better, and if he wants to continue to climb to the upper echelon of shortstops and premier hitters in the sport, another great offensive season will be in store.
Parlay: +12747 ($10 wins $1,284.78)
Hits
Luke Keaschall: 130+ (+100)
What’s the best way to follow up a great 49-game start to your career? Have a stellar spring to prove it wasn’t a fluke. That’s exactly what Luke Keaschall has done. After hitting .302 to start his time in the bigs, he’s gone 20-58 this spring, racking up 10 extra base hits.
Everywhere Keaschall has gone, he’s hit. He left the minors with a career .294 average. Go back to college, and the California native hit .326 between three seasons at San Francisco and Arizona State. Even in his two summer league seasons, he hit .295. He has great bat-to-ball skills. That’s the reason he received a 60 for his hit tool on the prospect scale (graded 20-80).
Christian Yelich: 140+ (+135)
He may not be as good as he once was, when he was the NL MVP, but Christian Yelich is still a great bat for the Milwaukee lineup. Since 2022, Yelich has hit this line in three of the four season, with 2024 being the only year that he didn’t.
That season, he missed almost 100 games. However, in the 73 games he did suit up for, he hit .315. Last year saw a resurgence in his power numbers, hitting 29 homers, but that shouldn’t overshadow Yelich’s 151 hits. Across his 13-year big league career, Yelich has hit this mark in all but four years, with the four being hindered by being a mid-season call up, a global pandemic, or injuries.
Trea Turner: 170+ (+115)
For the second time in his career, Trea Turner led the National League in average (.304). This has always been a strong suit of Turner’s: whether it’s been beating out infield knocks, stretching singles into doubles, or blasting one into the gap or over the fence.
Over his career, Turner has notched 170 or more hits five times, including his first year in Philadelphia, which many considered a bad year for the shortstop. Had it not been for missing 41 games in 2024, his entire Philadelphia tenure would’ve seen 170 or more base knocks
Austin Riley: 160+ (+115)
There are very few third basemen who are better all-around hitters than Austin Riley. Now, many people have forgotten how good Riley is, because he’s missed healthy chunks of time in each of the past two years. But from 2021-2023, he was one of the best hitters at the position, if not in the whole league.
Across the three seasons, he averaged over 175 hits, 36 home runs, 99 RBIs, and a .286 average. Health will always be something you have to take into account when betting for a full season, but when Riley is in uniform, he is a given to be a beast with the bat.
Jarren Duran: 150+ (+195)
One thing you’ve been able to bet on is that every day, Jarren Duran can and will be in uniform and ready to go. Across the past two seasons, Duran has missed just seven games. Availability is the best ability and Duran has that trait about him.
In 2024, Duran was one of the best hitters in baseball, leading the MLB in doubles (48) and triples (14), while hitting 21 homers, stealing 34 bases, and hitting .285. Every one of those numbers decreased in 2025, but he still put together a nearly five-WAR season. Most importantly, he had 159 hits. Even in a year he struggled, he had tremendous contact skills.
Parlay: +6309 ($10 wins $640.90)
Strikeouts
Cam Schlittler: 150+ (+120)
After his showing with the Yankees last year, Cam Schlittler should’ve had a job secured for this season, no matter what. Add the fact that Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, and Clarke Schmidt are all working to rejoin the rotation at different points this year, and Schlittler has his job secured, as we’ll most likely see him throw in the team’s opening series against the Giants.
In the former seventh-round pick’s two full seasons, he’s hit the 150 strikeout mark in both, having punched 154 tickets in 2024 across three levels, before 99 in AA and AAA, followed by 84 in 14 MLB starts. And this is without mentioning his 12-strikeout performance against the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card.
Brandon Woodruff: 170+ (+115)
In preseason bets, health is always something to consider. Sometimes, you have to have blind faith that a player will stay healthy, even if injuries have chewed up part of their careers. That’s the case for Brandon Woodruff. He’s an ultra-talented pitcher who has had his 2023, 2024, and 2025 seasons either cut short or cut out due to injury.
Add the 2020 COVID season, and there’s a lot of “what if” with his career. However, when he toes the rubber, he’s a top-tier arm in the game. Look at his 2021 and 2022 seasons (and all of his abbreviated seasons). In the two full seasons mentioned, he’s tallied 211 and 190 strikeouts, respectively. Across his career, he has a 10.5 K/9, a mark that’s comparable to a Max Scherzer and Gerrit Cole, both CY Young award winners.
Jesús Luzardo: 200+ (-105)
As I said in my last article, I have high expectations for Jesús Luzardo. In the two seasons he’s made all of his starts, he’s been an ace, punching out 208 batters in 2023 with the Marlins, before totaling 216 in his first year with the Phillies. Similar to Woodruff, injuries are the main concern for Luzardo.
However, he’s proven that he has putaway stuff, especially with his dominant sweeper, which totaled a +15 run value, the best mark for the pitch last year. Add the fact that Philadelphia just showed its confidence in the lefty by extending his contract, and Luzardo has all the makings to dice up opponents in red pinstripes for years to come.
Trevor Rogers: 150+ (+100)
Betting on someone who wasn’t a full-time member of the rotation until June last year might be risky, but if you watched Trevor Rogers, you’d understand why. He started last season hurt, and then following his rehab assignment, spent the next month-plus with AAA Norfolk. Once he sustained in the show with Baltimore, there might not have been a better pitcher.
Rogers posted a 1.81 ERA in 18 starts, striking out 103 batters. Across a full 32-start season, that averages out to around 180. Now, you could do that with anyone who doesn’t make all of their starts. But Rogers has shown that when he’s out there every fifth day, he’s a problem. That’s the reason he totaled 157 strikeouts in 25 starts in his rookie year with the Marlins, on which he finished as the runner-up for NL Rookie of the Year.
Logan Gilbert: 190+ (+150)
Across his five seasons with the Mariners, Logan Gilbert has been both a stellar arm and a workhorse, making 32 or more starts in three of those seasons. Last season was not one of them, as he missed about two months due to an elbow strain. Even with the missed time, last year was easily Gilbert’s best strikeout year.
Though his counting stats were down because of the IL stint, he had an 11.9 K/9. If he had been a qualifying starter, that number would’ve been the best in baseball. In 2024, Gilbert smashed this lineup, striking out 220 hitters, with his 2023 season seeing him fall just one shy of this mark.
Parlay: +4517 ($10 wins $461.73)
Win Totals
Cincinnati Reds: 85+ (+140)
Last season, the Reds finished with 83 wins and made the playoffs, the best win total since 2013 and the first playoff appearance since the shortened 2020 season, which had an expanded playoff. This year’s ensemble is much better than last year’s. The loss of Hunter Greene is going to hurt, those he projects to return around July.
But still, the rotation is deep, with the likes of Andrew Abbott, Rhett Lowder, Nick Lodolo, Brady Singer, and Chase Burns, all of whom have high upside. The runway to the final out is solid as well, with Graham Ashcraft, Pierce Johnson, and Tony Santillan bridging the starts and Emilio Pagán, who had a career best 32 saves.
As for the lineup, Sal Stewart is becoming an everyday bat, Matt McLain has had a resurgent spring after a tough 2025, and Cincy reunited with Eugenio Suárez, who enters the Reds lineup after a 49-home run campaign, the best mark since his 2019 season with the Reds. That’s all, without mentioning superstar Elly De La Cruz, last season’s trade acquisition and perennial Gold Glove third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes, and the upside that Noelvi Marté, Spencer Steer, and TJ Friedl bring to the lineup.
Pittsburgh Pirates: 80+ (+130)
Looking at the Pirates, you know the reason why this is possible. Paul Skenes will make 30+ starts and give Pittsburgh a chance to win each outing he makes. Beyond Skenes in the rotation is solid as well, with Mitch Keller and MLB’s No. 11 prospect Bubba Chandler. Add the fact that Jared Jones could come back around May or June.
As for the lineup, this was the worst power-hitting team in baseball in 2025, hitting just 117 long balls, 31 behind the next worst. In an unfamiliar fashion, the Pirates spent money on free agents, landing Ryan O’Hearn and Marcell Ozuna. Ozuna did post his worst full-season home run total in over a decade, but still managed to bash over 20, and O’Hearn can tack on another 15 or so.
They also traded for Brandon Lowe, who hit 31 homers last year, while adding 21 in each of the previous two seasons. Add the fact that baseball’s top prospect, Konnor Griffin, will make his debut this year, along with Termarr Johnson, Jhostynxon Garcia, and Rafael Flores Jr., all of whom are Pittsburgh’s top-10 prospects, will see big league time, and the Pirates’ lineup is looking up.
Pair the additions and the rookies with a couple of quality and/or promising bats like Bryan Reynolds, Spencer Horwitz, and Oneil Cruz, and Pittsburgh could easily make a nine-win jump.
Philadelphia Phillies: 95+ (+250)
For a team that has hit this mark each of the last two years and has relatively the same team, the odds feel long for this. There are a few contributing factors for this, though. Zach Wheeler starting the season on the injured list doesn’t help. Nor does the departure of Ranger Suárez. Some questions about Aaron Nola’s 2025 leave some questions.
But the expectation is that Wheeler will return to his normal self when he returns, Nola will bounce back in a big way, and Andrew Painter will live up to the hype he once had. Beyond that, this team is still very solid.
The core is back together, after retaining Kyle Schwarber and J.T. Realmuto, to be partnered back up with Bryce Harper, Trea Turner, and Alec Bohm. They removed Nick Castellanos, who was no longer a positive player, both statistically and culturally, and replaced him with Adolis García, who, at the bare minimum, will be a better defender than Castellanos with similar offensive numbers. Phillies’ No. 3 prospect Justin Crawford earned himself a starting spot in centerfield and will look to build off a good 2025 and solid spring.
The bullpen, while restructured in the middle, has the season-long return of José Alvarado, who was suspended for PEDs in 2025, and Jhoan Duran, creating one of the most devastating 8-9 inning combinations. Brad Keller is one of the new faces in Philly who could become a key contributor in middle-to-late innings for the Phillies.
Detroit Tigers: 90+ (+230)
If it hadn’t been for a late-season collapse, the Tigers would’ve mashed the 90-win mark, surpassing it for the first time since 2014, the end of the last Tigers run. Though he had departed since, veteran Justin Verlander returns to his original home. Now, his role isn’t the same as when he left, serving as a back-end of the rotation arm and veteran presence. The ace role falls to two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal.
He gets paired up with fellow star lefty Framber Valdez, whom Detroit went out and signed this offseason. After a great half season stint with the Tigers, Jack Flaherty was dealt to the Dodgers in 2024, before resigning with Detroit last offseason. His return to the Motor City was less than favorable, but with less stress in the rotation, he could bounce back from his tough year.
Kenley Jansen and Kyle Finnegan join the back end of the bullpen that already had Will Vest and Tyler Holton, who both posted their third straight solid seasons with Detroit.
As for the lineup, top prospect Kevin McGonigle is set to debut as the starting shortstop for the Tigers, joining a good infield with Spencer Torkelson, Gleyber Torres, and Colt Keith. Riley Greene is the main bat in this lineup after a career best 36 home runs, which helped him bring in his first Silver Slugger.
Boston Red Sox: 90+ (+135)
Last season, Boston finished with 89 wins, the team’s best mark since 2021. Though Alex Bregman did leave in free agency after one year with the Sox, this year’s team is vastly better.
Boston added help at the top of the rotation to pair with Garrett Crochet, signing Ranger Suárez and trading for Sonny Gray. And this isn’t to take away from the upside Brayan Bello and Johan Oviedo bring, along with the expectations for Red Sox’s No. 3 prospect Connelly Early. Even when Kutter Crawford returns from injury, the upside of what he can bring has been apparent.
The 8-9 combination of Garrett Whitlock and Aroldis Chapman remains one of the best in the game. Even with the loss of Bregman in the lineup, this team might be as scary as any in the MLB.
Boston will get a full season out of Roman Anthony, who followed up a solid 71-game stint in the show with a good spring split between Boston and Team USA. Marcelo Mayer gets a second crack in the bigs, after a mixed result 41-game tenure with Boston last year. After finishing third in NL Rookie of the Year voting with the Brewers, Caleb Durbin comes to Fenway as the potential long-term fix at third base.
Jarren Duran remains Boston’s top bat, while Trevor Story managed to stay healthy for the first time in his tenure with the Red Sox, putting together the third season of his career with at least 25 doubles, home runs, and stolen bases. Willson Contreras brings some pop to the middle of this lineup, having had six seasons in his career of 20+ homers.
Parlay: +14882 ($10 wins $1,498.26)
