To conclude the loaded MLB slate, the Texas Rangers and Adolis Garcia will look to take care of business against the Oakland Athletics who took two games over the San Francisco Giants over the weekend but dropped game one of this series. Garcia headlines our top MLB player prop bet for Rangers-Athletics as he faces off against southpaw J.P. Sears.
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Best MLB Player Prop Bet: Adolis Garcia| August 8
Adolis Garcis Prop O/U 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI
You’re looking at your RBI champion at the moment. Well, tied for it. Adolis Garcia has driven in 89 runs this season in large part to Marcus Semien and Corey Seager finding themselves on the base paths for Garcia to drive home. The Home Run Derby participant has hit three home runs in his last four games while cashing this HRR prop in all four. He’s the perfect clean-up hitter for the AL West leading Texas Rangers and will look to deliver for bettors on Tuesday.
LHP J.P. Sears will get the ball for Oakland in a tough spot. This will be the third time facing off against the Rangers this season with surprising success. He allowed five hits in each game while pitching into the sixth inning in both. Sears is able to muster through innings due to his low BB% that ranks in the 88th percentile. We’re not going to cash this player prop on walks so facing off against a pitcher who throws strikes is what we need.
To no surprise, Garcia’s advanced metrics are eye-popping. He hits the ball as hard as anyone in the league and delivers with runners on base. Take a look at Garcia’s statcast metrics at Adolis García Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics | MLB.com | baseballsavant.com
Sears does have the upper hand on Garcia in their careers with Garcia having just two hits in 10 at-bats but both came this season. With Garcia having six plate appearances against Sears this season, I’ll gladly back him to see the ball out of Sears hand tonight on the road where the Rangers are guaranteed to bat in the ninth inning.
Best Rangers-Athletics MLB Player Prop Bet: Adolis Garcia Over 1.5 Hits + Runs + RBI -120 (BetMGM)
