Michael Busch Player Props: May 6, Cubs vs. Padres
Michael Busch will try for a better showing after striking out four times in his last game. He and the Chicago Cubs take on the San Diego Padres on Monday, who will send Yu Darvish to the hill, at 7:40 PM ET on SDPA.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Michael Busch player prop bets.
Busch is hitting .261 with six doubles, a triple, six home runs and 10 walks. Busch’s home runs rank 31st in MLB and he ranks 56th in RBI in MLB.
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- Matchup: Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres
- Time: 7:40 PM ET
- Date: Monday, May 6, 2024
- TV Channel: SDPA
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -154)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +700)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +215)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +165)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -154)
Michael Busch prop bet insights
- Busch has reached base with a hit 19 times this year in 32 games played (59.4%), including multiple hits in 28.1% of them (nine times).
- In 18.8% of his games this season, he has homered (six of 32). During the 2024 campaign, he’s taken the pitcher deep in 4.7% of his trips to the plate.
- In 15 of 32 games this season (46.9%), Busch has scored at least one run, including two games with multiple runs scored.
- He has plated at least one run 13 times this season in 32 games played (40.6%), including four multi-RBI outings (12.5%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 78.1% of his games this season (25 of 32), Busch has been set down on strikes at least once, and in 13 of those games (40.6%) he registered two or more punchouts.
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Michael Busch stats against the Padres
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/10/2024 | Dylan Cease | 1-for-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0/2 | 0 |
| 4/9/2024 | Joe Musgrove | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 4/8/2024 | Yu Darvish | 0-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
| 5/7/2023 | Joe Musgrove | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1/0 | 0 |
Padres starter: Yu Darvish
- Darvish toes the rubber for the Padres in his seventh of the season. He is 1-1 with a 3.45 ERA and 25 Ks in 28 2/3 innings pitched.
- The righty’s last time out came on Wednesday versus the Cincinnati Reds, as he tossed five scoreless innings while allowing three hits.
- The 37-year-old has posted a 3.45 ERA and 7.8 Ks per nine innings across six games this season, while allowing a batting average of .219 to opposing batters.
- Darvish has posted one quality start this season.