The Monday MLB slate showcases a nine-game slate, including a key NL West matchup. Headlining the MLB DFS slate, the Dodgers and Padres meet in San Diego at 9:40 p.m. ET to start a huge three-game series.
Welcome to Monday’s MLB DFS Picks, as we’ll break down today’s MLB games and give you the best MLB DFS picks for PrizePicks for Monday, June 9, including pitcher strikeout projections and hitter projections to target today.
Let’s break down some of the top MLB projections and picks to target for the Monday MLB DFS slate on PrizePicks.
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MLB DFS Picks on PrizePicks: Monday, 6/9
Here are some of the top MLB DFS picks and predictions on PrizePicks today. Use this analysis to help you build a stacked MLB Lineup on PrizePicks for Monday, June 9. Click each pick to read more.
- Red Sox P Brayan Bello — 4.5 Strikeouts
- Diamondbacks P Merrill Kelly — 5.5 Strikeouts
- Braves RF Ronald Acuna Jr. — 1.5 Total Bases
- Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman — 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
Red Sox P Brayan Bello — 4.5 Strikeouts
- Red Sox P Brayan Bello has finished below this 4.5 strikeouts projection in five of his last six starts.
- Bello has recorded four strikeouts or less in four of five starts at Fenway Park this season.
- The Rays are averaging 4.37 strikeouts per game against right-handed starting pitchers in 45 games.
- Bello owns a 15.9% strikeout rate, which is second-lowest among any Red Sox starting pitcher.
- Bello has posted 20 strikeouts in 84 at-bats against players on the current Rays’ roster, while Tampa Bay is batting .357 against the right-hander.
Diamondbacks P Merrill Kelly — 5.5 Strikeouts
- Diamondbacks P Merrill Kelly has compiled six strikeouts or more in six consecutive starts.
- Kelly has picked things up since finishing below his strikeout projection in five of his first seven starts of 2025.
- Opposing starting pitchers have closed higher than their strikeout projection in seven of the last 10 games against the Mariners.
- Kelly is tied for the highest strikeout rate among Arizona starters at 23.8%, while Seattle ranks eighth-highest in MLB with a 23.3% K rate.
- Two of Seattle’s biggest bats, Julio Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh are a combined 1-of-6 against Kelly in their careers and have struck out once.
Braves RF Ronald Acuna, Jr. — 1.5 Total Bases
- Braves RF Ronald Acuna, Jr. had his six-game hitting streak snapped in Sunday’s loss at San Francisco.
- In four of the last five games, Acuna was limited to one base or fewer.
- Acuna went deep in last Thursday’s loss to Arizona, the only extra base hit in the last seven contests.
- Acuna is batting .238 on the road this season with five hits in 21 at-bats.
- Acuna has never faced Brewers P Aaron Civale, who owns a fly-ball rate of 52.9% this season.
- In 15 games this season, Acuna has recorded five multi-hit games. In four of the seven games in which he compiled one hit, he was limited to one base each time.
Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman — 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- Dodgers 1B Freddie Freeman looks to bounce back following a rough weekend in St. Louis. Freeman went hitless in the final two games and finished 1-for-13.
- Freeman entered June batting .374, but has fallen off this month with five hits in 29 at-bats.
- Freeman has seen success against Padres P Nick Pivetta, compiling a .333 batting average in 36 at-bats, including three doubles and a home run.
- The Dodgers are facing the Padres for the first time this season. Freeman delivered only two RBI’s in 40 at-bats against San Diego and batted .220.
- Pivetta has put together terrific numbers this season, including a 28% strikeout rate and a BABIP of .262, which is the lowest of his career.
Make MLB DFS Picks on PrizePicks
There’s exciting action on Monday’s MLB slate, including three late-night games getting started at 9:40 p.m. ET. With nine MLB games on tap, now is time to build your MLB Lineup on PrizePicks.
Just pick More or Less at least two MLB player stat projections to build your Lineup on PrizePicks. Use the players above to build your Lineups around, or use a 6-Pick Lineup to reach up to 2000x payouts.
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