Best MLB Bets for Thursday, September 11th: Top Baseball Betting Picks Today

The Thursday MLB card highlights nine games with plenty of player and team props to choose from. The game of the night takes place at Yankee Stadium as the Detroit Tigers seek a three-game sweep of the New York Yankees.

We’ll break down three plays for the Thursday action. Remember to monitor the odds throughout the day, as the props and totals market is constantly changing.

Here are the free MLB picks for Thursday, September 11.

Best MLB Plays Today

Marlins F5 vs. Nationals (-120)
Yankees F5 -0.5 vs. Tigers (-120)
Gavin Williams u4.5 K’s (-104)

Marlins F5 vs. Nationals (-120 at FanDuel)

The Miami Marlins look for the split of their four-game series with the Washington Nationals tonight after grabbing an 8-3 comeback victory last night.

Miami is 6-1 in its last seven home series finales in the first five innings, while leading by multiple runs each time.

MacKenzie Gore makes his first start for the Nationals since August 25 in a 5-1 road loss to the Yankees. The Nationals’ southpaw is 8-13-6 in the first five innings this season.

Washington has posted a 2-6 record in its last eight games in the first five innings against left-handed starting pitchers. Ryan Weathers starts for Miami, who owns a 3-0-1 mark in the first five this season.

Yankees F5 -0.5 vs. Tigers (-120 at FanDuel)

The Yankees have been blown out in two games by the Tigers in the Bronx the last two nights. Detroit outscored New York 23-3 as the Yanks try to avoid the broom before facing the Red Sox in Boston this weekend.

The Tigers scored a pair of runs in the top of the fifth inning to lead the Yankees 2-0 through five innings on Wednesday. That marked the third time in the last 27 games that New York trailed through five innings.

Detroit has been held to one run or fewer in the first five innings in seven of the last eight road series finales.

Cam Schlittler is coming off his worst start since entering the Yankees’ rotation, getting pulled in the second inning of a 7-1 loss to Toronto after allowing four runs. Expect a better start out of the right-hander and New York to jump out to a good start against Detroit.

Gavin Williams Under 4.5 Strikeouts (-104 at DraftKings)

The Cleveland Guardians had their five-game winning streak snapped in last night’s 4-3 home defeat to the Kansas City Royals.

The AL Central rivals conclude their four-game set tonight as Gavin Williams heads to the mound for the Guardians.

In two starts against the Royals this season, the Cleveland right-hander has compiled a total of five strikeouts.

In four of his last five starts, Williams has finished under his strikeout prop, while finishing with fewer than 5 K’s three times in this span.

Kansas City is tied with Toronto for the least amount of strikeouts in MLB against opposing starting pitchers with 573 this season.