The Mariners host the Athletics on Thursday night for MLB Opening Day. Here are the best player props to consider for Julio Rodriguez on DraftKings Sportsbook.
Best Julio Rodriguez Prop Bets on DraftKings Sportsbook
Here are the latest odds for the Mariners/Athletics matchup and Julio Rodriguez’s prop bets:
- Moneyline: Mariners (-170)/Athletics (+142)
- Run Line: Mariners -1.5 (+136)/Athletics +1.5 (-162)
- Julio Rodriguez Hits: o0.5 (-240)/u0.5 (+175)
- Julio Rodriguez Home Runs: o0.5 (+425)
- Julio Rodriguez RBIs: o0.5 (+145)/u0.5 (-210)
Julio Rodriguez is ready for a bounce-back season after a down year in 2024. Rodriguez was the 2022 AL Rookie of the Year, an All-Star in 2022 and 2023 and won the Silver Slugger in 2022 and 2023. He looked set to be one of the great young players in baseball but suffered a down year in 2024. He had a 147 OPS+ in 2022, 130 in 2023 and 116 in 2024. Rodriguez needs to break the trend of a decline in production over each season of his career. The Mariners have a good team that could compete and make the postseason if Rodriguez gets back to this 2022 form.
The Mariners hired their new manager, Dan Wilson, in August of last season. After hiring Wilson, the Mariners went 21-13, led the MLB in runs and made the postseason. They were also the second-highest scoring offense in baseball during the spring. Seattle and Julio Rodriguez will look to build on that momentum and have a great season in the competitive AL West. The Mariners have playoff aspirations, but so do the Rangers and the Astros. There is a clear divide between the haves and the have-nots in the AL West. While those three teams are hoping to make the postseason, the Athletics and the Angels could potentially be two of the worst teams in baseball.
The Mariners get to start out their season against those Athletics. Julio Rodriguez has a career 146 tOPS+, .971 OPS and .600 SLG against the Athletics. He always hits well against his division rivals and should feel confident on Opening Day against Oakland. Rodriguez will be facing Luis Severino on Opening Day. After one season with the Mets in 2024, Severino moved to Oakland in the offseason and will make his first start for his new team on Opening Day. Severino had a solid year for the Mets, but over the past three seasons, he has had an issue giving up runs. Severino had Tommy John Surgery in 2020 and only pitched six innings in 2021. From 2022-2024, Severino had an ERA of 4.36. He will have some solid starts but then have starts where things get away from him and he gives up a large amount of runs.
My favorite prop bet for this game is for Julio Rodriguez to record an RBI. This bet can be placed with odds of +145 at DraftKings Sportsbook. Rodriguez has a 162-game average of 93 RBIs over his career and will want to start this season off strong. Against a pitcher who has a tendency of giving up a couple of big shots every start, Rodriguez should provide one of those and drive in at least one run.
