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A pitchers’ duel is expected in Atlanta on Thursday night, as Jesus Luzardo and Spencer Schwellenbach get the ball for their respective teams. Both pitchers have been dominant in their first 2 outings.
Let’s dive into why I’m backing the Phillies and Luzardo with my top MLB prop bet for Thursday, April 10.
Philadelphia Phillies F5 +0.5 (-132)
Odds available at FanDuel at time of publishing.
The Phillies and Braves will conclude a 3-game series on Thursday night after splitting the first 2 games–both in dramatic fashion. Jesus Luzardo will get the ball for the Phillies following 2 magnificent starts in his debuts with his new squad. He shut down the mighty Dodgers in 7.0 innings, allowing just 4 baserunners. His test tonight against the Braves gets much easier, as they are hitting below .170 vs LHP in a small sample size.
On the Phillies’ offensive end versus Spencer Schwellenbach, they are familiar with the lethal righty. They saw him 3 times last season, with some success. In a probable pitchers’ duel as we have in this one, give me the team swinging the better bat and a run of cushion on the first 5 innings line.
From a player props perspective, I lean Luzardo under 2.5 earned runs at -140 on DraftKings.
