MLB Best Bets: Top player prop bets for Friday 7/03/26
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
July 3, 2026
Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
July 3, 2026
The Orioles enter Great American Ball Park at 40-48, still trying to turn one clean win into something resembling traction before the All-Star break. Cincinnati sits 40-46 after a strong April collapsed into a 10-17 May and 9-17 June, with the Reds carrying a season-long .228/.309/.389 slash into this series. That makes Friday a strange […]
July 3, 2026
Los Angeles gets the cleaner reset spot in a rivalry opener carrying two very different kinds of frustration. The Dodgers are 56-31, back at Dodger Stadium after a 7-2 road trip, and still holding the kind of division shape that turns every home series into a maintenance test. San Diego arrives 43-42 after a 23-3 […]
July 2, 2026
Seattle enters Thursday with control of the series and pressure still attached to every home win. The Mariners are 44-43, trying to stay in the AL West race, while the Angels sit 36-51 with Mike Trout still absent. Seattle already took the first two games at T-Mobile Park, winning 6-2 and 8-3 before Wednesday’s off […]
July 2, 2026
Chicago opens a four-game AL Central series at Progressive Field with the better baseball case and a narrow standings edge. The White Sox enter 45-40, one game ahead of 45-42 Cleveland, after taking last week’s meeting through three one-run games. They also won a road series in Baltimore before Wednesday’s 6-1 loss, while Cleveland arrives […]
July 2, 2026
Miami’s June surge meets the Coors Field blender in Thursday’s series finale, and the board demands a scoring-first handicap. The Marlins enter 46-41 after a 20-6 June, with a road offense that has traveled into altitude with immediate force. They opened this series with 10 runs, followed with 14 runs on 21 hits, then ran […]
July 2, 2026
Arizona has turned this season series into something closer to ritual punishment. The Diamondbacks are 8-0 against San Francisco after opening this set with 5-4 and 8-2 wins. Ketel Marte has made the matchup personal, hitting .457 with five homers and 16 RBI against the Giants this year. He homered for the fourth straight game […]
July 1, 2026
Los Angeles has controlled the first two nights in West Sacramento with the casual menace of a heavyweight. The Dodgers won 9-4 on Monday, then 9-3 on Tuesday, stacking 18 runs, 31 hits, and constant traffic against an Athletics staff already thin at home. Shohei Ohtani, Max Muncy, Miguel Rojas, Tommy Edman, and Andy Pages […]
July 1, 2026
Miami enters Coors Field with the rarest kind of altitude confidence: a hot lineup already comfortable inside the disorder. The Marlins are 46-40 after a 20-6 June, with six wins in their last seven games. Colorado sits 33-53, trying to avoid a home sweep after two brutal defensive nights. Miami won 10-7 on Monday, then […]
July 1, 2026
Milwaukee enters American Family Field at 52-31, first in the NL Central, and still making Cincinnati wear this matchup. The Reds are 39-45, fifth in the division, and already down two games in this series. Milwaukee has won every meeting this season and 50 of the last 69 against Cincinnati. The latest beating came Tuesday, […]
July 1, 2026
Dan Johnson shares his top player prop bets for today's MLB slate, including home run, HRRs, and more.
July 1, 2026