Top MLB DFS Picks Today: Best Plays for Thursday, 5/12
A new week is here, and with it, new MLB series get underway today. We’ve got today’s top MLB DFS picks for PrizePicks below, including pitcher and hitter projections to target on today’s slate, plus a home run pick to start your week off hot!
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MLB DFS Picks on PrizePicks: Monday, 5/12
Here are the top MLB DFS picks and predictions for PrizePicks today. Use this analysis to build your Lineups on PrizePicks MLB on Monday, May 12. Click to read more about each pick.
- Phillies P Cristopher Sanchez — 17.5 Pitching Outs
- Giants SS Willy Adames — 0.5 Total Basses (Goblin)
- Braves DH Marcell Ozuna — 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- Home Run Pick: DiamondBacks 3B Eugenio Suárez
Phillies P Cristopher Sanchez — 17.5 Pitching Outs
- Over 155+ plate appearances this season, Christopher Sánchez has allowed just a 3% barrel rate and a 47% hard-hit rate.
- Sánchez’s fly-ball rate stands at an impressive 18% across that span.
- Sanchez's ground-ball rate is one of the highest among MLB starters at 58%.
- Against the left-handed sinker this season, St. Louis Cardinals hitters have produced only a 23% fly-ball rate.
Giants SS Willy Adames 0.5 Hits (Goblin)
- In his last 70+ plate appearances against right-handed hitters, Diamondbacks P Merrill Kelly allowed a 12% barrel rate, a 44% hard-hit rate and a 32% fly-ball rate in that span.
- Willy Adames, in 125+ plate appearances versus right-handed pitching this season, has produced a 31% fly-ball rate, 58% hard-hit rate and a 12% barrel rate over the same 125+ PAs.
- Adames has 10 hits over his last 10 games.
Braves DH Marcell Ozuna — 1.5 Hits+Runs+RBIs
- Nationals P Jake Irving and his last 195 plate appearances has allowed a 13% barrel rate, 56% hard-hit%, and a higher-than-average 30% fly ball rate.
- Braves DH Marcell Ozuna has smashed against right handed pitchers this season with a 31% fly ball rate, 55% hard-hit percentage and a 12% barrel rate.
Home Run Pick: Diamondbacks 3B Eugenio Suárez
- In his last 95 plate appearances vs. right handed hitters this season, Justin Verlander allowed a 30% barrel rate, a 46% hard-hit rate and a 32% fly-ball rate across that span.
- Diamondbacks 3B Eugenio Suárez, in 120+ plate appearances against right-handed pitching this season, has produced a 43% fly-ball rate.
- In those 120+ plate appearances, Suárez recorded a 71% hard-hit rate and a whopping 20% barrel rate.
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