Start your betting season strong with our best MLB Opening Day 2025 bets, expert picks, and top predictions for moneylines, props, and more.
The Major League Baseball kicks off in earnest today. Get the best Opening Day bets here, from moneylines and home run props to MLB awards and win totals picks. Baseball is back — and Opening Day 2025 brings a full slate of betting opportunities that go far beyond just who wins or loses.
From Cy Young futures to starting pitcher props, the start of the MLB season is the perfect time to get ahead of the market and lock in value before oddsmakers adjust. Whether you're looking for sharp Opening Dayranked in the 87th percentile in whiff rate and the 81st in strikeout rate in 2024. That success will likely continue against the. Through 71 combined career plate appearances against Peralta, this current New York lineup has a 32.4% strikeout rate and 32.2% whiff rate.had 72 Ks in 93 1/3 innings at home last season and 54 in 67 day-game innings. The juices will be flowing for Berrios, and although thehaving tossed just 27 pitches since March 9 gives me pause about how deep he’ll pitch into Thursday’s opener. Thelineup packs punch, and Eovaldi pitched to contact in that final spring start with just a single strikeout across four frames.: I’m looking at the two lineups, which is what is tilting me towards the Mets. The addition of Soto adds length to what was already a solid lineup that averaged 4.74 runs per game last year. And I’m far less impressed by what the Astros have done with their lineup this season.’s lineup fell apart a year ago with a .308 wOBA and 96 wRC+ against RHP. Sean Murphy and Ronald Acuna Jr. will start the season on the IL, and the bottom third of the lineup will be bereft of impact bats in the meantime. Additionally, both teams project to have quality bullpens and should be well rested, given that it's Opening Day.’s strikeout percentage has dipped to 25.6% in the past two seasons compared to his 27.3% mark through his first four tours through the majors. It also aligned with him posting an 8.7 BB% in 2024, and he walked five batters this spring for a 12.5% mark. If his command is off, his pitch count will climb quickly.boasts a 1.091 slugging percentage and .740 expected slugging in 24 plate appearances vs. Blue Jays SP Jose Berríos, homering three times over that stretch, who missed all of 2024, ranked in the top half of the NL in expected slugging, average exit velocity, barrel rate, hard-hit rate, and launch angle sweet-spot rate in 2023. Coincidentally, Soto opened his Yankees career against the Astros and went 1-for-3 with an RBI. We're expecting slightly more volume Thursday for a nice plus payout.strikeout prop of 6.5 and bang the Over, but that pays out at -160, and that’s not exactly great value. This one, however, works against a punchless Marlins offense.hit a solid .288 against lefties last season with 12 home runs, 39 RBIs, and 26 extra-base hits in 226 at-bats. Expect fireworks in his return from Japan.had control issues in the spring, with seven walks and home runs over 15 innings. Matching last year's efficiency will be a tough task, especially with leashes tighter than normal early in the year.went just 83 pitches in his first game last year and didn't hit 100 pitches until July 12, which was start No. 19.threw 87 pitches in his last spring outing and projects for 4.8 strikeouts today vs. one of the worst lineups in baseball.We asked four of our top baseball handicappers to offer their thoughts on this year's awards battles. Here's what Which Major League Baseball teams have seen the most Over action on their 2025 win totals? We asked BetMGM for all of the latest win totals betting trends :James Bisson is a contributing writer at Covers. He has been a writer, reporter and editor for more than 20 years, including a nine-year stint with The Canadian Press and more than five years at theScore. 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