A trio of MLB player-prop picks headlined by Aaron Judge, Tarik Skubal and Mariners rookie Cole Young are the focus of a slate that features all 30 teams in action Tuesday, April 7. The selections — Judge to record two or more total bases, Skubal to allow fewer than 1.5 earned runs, and Young to collect at least one hit — lean on recent form and specific matchup numbers available ahead of the evening games.
New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge arrives at Tuesday’s plate appearance after a strong showing against the Miami Marlins, going 6-for-12 in the series with a home run, 10 total bases and four RBI. Judge has recorded at least two total bases in three straight games, and the pick for 2+ total bases (-120) targets a struggling Oakland Athletics staff. A’s starter Aaron Civale relies on cutters and sinkers more than 60 percent of the time — pitch types Judge has historically feasted on — and Judge’s career batting marks include .365 against the sinker and .312 versus the cutter. Oakland’s bullpen numbers also point to opportunity: as of this publishing it ranked 30th in WHIP (1.82) and 22nd in ERA (4.99). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. ET; regional coverage includes NBC Sports California and YES.
In Detroit, Tarik Skubal’s early-season dominance underpins the pick for him to allow under 1.5 earned runs (-160). Skubal had yielded a combined nine hits and one earned run across his first 13 innings coming into Tuesday’s start, and the matchup with the Minnesota Twins looks favorable on paper. The Twins are averaging just 1.67 runs in the first five innings this season — tied for the sixth-lowest mark in MLB — and have scuffled against left-handed pitching, batting .169 versus southpaws, a figure that ranked 28th. Skubal’s outing is slated for a 7:40 p.m. ET first pitch with local broadcast windows listed as DSN and MNNT.
Seattle’s Cole Young, a 22-year-old who has transitioned quickly into a regular role, is the third prop highlight. Young entered the day tied for second on the Mariners with 10 hits and leading the club with 20 total bases in the early going. He had recorded at least one hit in eight of his first 10 big-league appearances, making the over/under 0.5 hits market attractive for the on-base upside (-120). Young’s matchup is against Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi, whose abbreviated offseason included surgery to repair a sports hernia and who opened the season with an 11.42 ERA over two starts while allowing six or more hits in each outing. Seattle’s game was scheduled for an 8:05 p.m. ET start and to be shown on SEAM/RSN.
Odds cited for all three picks were current at the time of publishing and remain subject to change. The selections synthesize short-term trends — Judge’s hot streak and pitch-type matchup, Skubal’s stingy run prevention, and Young’s impressive early-contact rate — with opponent weaknesses to support the betting lines for Tuesday’s full slate.