MLB PrizePicks predictions, player picks Aug. 14: Matt Olson, Brady Singer

We’ve got one other Monday slate of baseball on faucet and loads of projections to select from within the PrizePicks foyer.

We went three-for-four in our picks final Monday and hit all 4 of the picks a number of weeks in the past, so let’s attempt to hold the momentum going this Monday night.

I’ve my eye on two batters and two pitcher projections, so let’s dive proper into them. 

Matt Olson greater than 1.5 complete bases

It’s nearly unfair how good the Braves are at baseball.

They’ve probably the most gifted lineup within the majors and may discover success once more Monday at residence towards the Yankees.

Clarke Schmidt will probably be on the mound and, on the season, he has allowed a .373 wOBA and a 31% laborious contact charge to left-handed hitters.

In the meantime, Olson owns a .429 wOBA and a .362 ISO towards right-handed pitching.

He has had greater than 1.5 complete bases in six of his final 9 video games. 

Miles Mikolas lower than 5.5 strikeouts

I typically like to choose on the A’s in terms of pitcher projections, however I like Mikolas to have lower than 5.5 strikeouts in his begin Monday.

Whereas Oakland’s offense leaves a lot to be desired, it seems lots higher after calling up its finest hitting prospects.

This lineup nonetheless strikes out at a good charge, but it surely additionally attracts a good variety of walks.

Mikolas has a strikeout charge of solely 17% on the season and has didn’t file six strikeouts in eight of his final 10 begins.

Brady Singer greater than 5.5 strikeouts

Whereas it hasn’t been the very best season for Singer, he appears to have hit his stride during the last couple of months.

He has pitched a minimum of six innings in 4 of his final 5 begins and has 31 strikeouts throughout that stretch.

Some fast serviette math will inform you that he has averaged greater than six strikeouts in that span and he had some troublesome matchups combined in.

His matchup Monday is towards the Mariners, who’ve the third-highest strikeout charge towards right-handed pitching this season.

If Singer can proceed his current kind, he ought to have an excellent likelihood of hanging out six or extra batters. 

Corbin Carroll greater than 2.5 hits + runs + RBI

We’ve got a sport in Coors Area and we’ve got a really hittable pitcher on the mound in Chris Flexen. He has a 7.04 xERA with a strikeout charge of 15% and a stroll charge of 10%.

These are nothing in need of terrible, and it’s not just like the Rockies’ bullpen is that a lot better.

Flexen has allowed a .418 wOBA to left-handed hitters, whereas Carroll has racked up a .388 wOBA and a .297 ISO towards right-handed pitching.

He’ll probably get 5 or 6 at-bats in the very best hitter’s park in baseball, so I like his possibilities to get a minimum of three hits, runs and RBIs mixed.