3 Best MLB Player Prop Bets for Thursday 4/3/25

The beauty of baseball is the wide variety of prop markets at your fingertips, from home runs to strikeouts and much more.

Utilizing our MLB projections as a guide, here are some MLB player props bets that look appealing via the MLB odds at FanDuel Sportsbook.

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Best MLB Player Props Today

Jazz Chisholm to Record An RBI (+155)

Merrill Kelly will take the bump opposite the New York Yankees, putting Jazz Chisholm in line to drive in a run from the cleanup spot.

Last season, Kelly posted a meh 4.94 xERA. To lefties, he coughed up a 37.3% fly-ball rate and 1.42 home runs per nine innings all while striking them out at just a 14.4% rate.

While he gave up just one run in his season debut, Kelly ceded a 50.0% fly-ball rate to lefties in the outing. His graceful results last time out could look uglier against this powerhouse Yankees lineup, and Jazz is a candidate to get to him.

A season ago, Chisholm posted a .201 ISO, .461 SLG, 115 wRC+, and a 37.5% fly-ball rate versus right-handed pitchers. He's got a .500 ISO against righties so far this season and has already mashed three homers through five games. Batting cleanup certainly helps his RBI potential, too.

Josh Naylor to Record an RBI (+125)

On the other side of this game, we've got the Arizona Diamondbacks' offense taking on a vulnerable Carlos Carrasco.

Carrasco had a tough go of it in 2024, posting a 5.64 ERA and allowing 1.65 home runs per nine innings on only a 19.9% strikeout rate.

He's pitched two innings of relief this season and allowed five hits and three runs, including one homer, in that outing. He'll now move on to make his first start of the year against a solid Arizona offense, and I like Josh Naylor's chances to record an RBI.

The left-handed Naylor mashed righties in 2024 with a .224 ISO, .474 SLG, and 124 wRC+. He scorched 16 doubles and 25 homers against this handedness. He's been batting in the fifth spot for Arizona and has logged an RBI in three out of six games thus far. Let's look for him to do it again on Thursday.

Matt McLain to Record 2+ Total Bases (+110)

No one had a worse 2025 debut than Nestor Cortes -- he coughed up eight runs, five home runs, and five walks all in a matter of two innings.

Can he put the past behind him against the Cincinnati Reds? Maybe. But Matt McLain could have a thing or two to say about that.

McLain missed the entire 2024 campaign with a shoulder injury. The season before, he shined with a .326 BA, .609 SLG, .283 ISO, and 160 wRC+ versus left-handed pitchers.

Despite coming off a season-long injury, McLain has looked as good as ever to start this campaign. In his first four games, he tallied one double and three home runs. Now, he'll get a shot at the shaky Cortes.

Cortes surrendered a .459 SLG, 48.2% fly-ball rate, and 1.46 home runs per nine innings to righties last year. As we saw in his Milwaukee debut, he hasn't exactly gotten those contact numbers down. Thus, I like McLain to notch a pair of bases this evening.

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