Best MLB Props For Zach Wheeler & Chris Sale

There is plus money odds for both Chris Sale and Zach Wheeler to record 8+ strikeouts.
Chris Sale has +126 odds to record 8+ strikeouts.
Zach Wheeler has +158 odds of recording 8+ strikeouts.

PHILADELPHIA – In the second leg of a doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, both Chris Sale and Zach Wheeler will step on the mound and there is plenty of value in their betting odds as well.

For both Wheeler and Sale, we’re looking on legal sports betting sites at each of their alternate strikeout totals at 8+ strikeouts which are both being offered at plus money odds. Both Sale and Wheeler are top-8 in the MLB to this point in total strikeouts.

Chris Sale To Record 8+ Strikeouts

Yes +126

Zach Wheeler To Record 8+ Strikeouts

Yes +158

Bet Sale, Wheeler Both 8+ Strikeouts

There is decent value in betting both Chris Sale and Zach Wheeler to each record 8+ strikeouts at plus money for each of them. As previously mentioned, both of them are top-8 in the MLB in strikeouts this season. Wheeler sits in the fifth spot with 88 strikeouts while Sale has 78.

May has been a good month for both Zach Wheeler and Chris Sale in terms of strikeouts. Both of them have played in four games in the month and have recorded 8+ strikeouts in three of them. In the month, Sale is averaging eight strikeouts per game while Wheeler is just behind him at 7.75 per game.

On the season as a whole, things are slightly flipped with Wheeler averaging exactly eight strikeouts per game on the year while Sale is averaging 7.09 strikeouts per game during his campaign.

With both of them hovering around the eight strikeout mark per game on the season and this month, bettors can comfortably look to their MLB odds to cross the 8+ strikeout mark for a decent profit.

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