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The MLB Playoffs resumed Saturday after Friday’s rainout, and the Rays were able to notch a 7-3 win that knotted the series at two games apiece.
That sets the stage for a pivotal Game 5 on what was originally slated to be a travel day in the series, and its importance is ratched further up by the fact the series will immediately resume in St. Pete on Monday after both teams travel overnight on Sunday.
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Without further ado, let’s dive into a trio of player props for today’s matchups. Don’t forget to check out our MLB daily trends page for game odds, data, and insights.
Best MLB Championship Series Player Props
- Drew Rasmussen Over 5.5 Strikeouts
- Junior Caminero Over 1.5 Total Hits + Runs + RBI
Drew Rasmussen (Rays at Guardians) Over Strikeouts
Rasmsussen will get the ball at a critical juncture in the series for the Rays, fitting given he was his team’s best pitcher during the regular season and then has put together a solid first two postseason starts. Among the multiple categories Rasmussen set the pace for the Rays in during the regular season, strikeouts were one – he fanned 174 batters across 30 starts.
Rasmussen has then pitched to a 1.29 ERA and pitched to a 17:2 K:BB over 14 innings across his first two postseason outings. The right-hander now faces a Guardians team whose current bats he’s held to a collective .196 average and .229 on-base percentage across 96 career plate appearances. Rasmussen has also collected 24 strikeouts in that span, and while Cleveland had a not-awful 21.1% strikeout rate against right-handed pitching at home in the second half of the season, this isn’t a particularly high bar to clear.
Rasmussen has gone 2-0 to the Over on this prop in the postseason, and he recorded at least six Ks in 15 of his 30 starts during the season, including in both his outings against Cleveland.
Original Line Publish: 5.5
Junior Caminero (Rays at Guardians) Over Hits + Runs + RBI
Caminero came through for us as a Game 4 suggestion by cashing the Over on his Total Bases prop with his RBI double. As we’d noted in the breakdown for that prop, Caminero was having a solid postseason already, but he hadn’t flashed the same amount of pop as during a standout regular season where he’d belted 42 homers as part of his 68 total extra-base hits.
As noted yesterday, Caminero averaged a home run once every 16.7 plate appearances during the season, and six of his 10 career hits at Progressive Field coming into Game 4 had gone for extra bases. Caminero also averaged 2.3 hits + runs + RBI per game overall during the 2026 campaign, including on the road. The slugger is way overdue to go deep based on how frequently he did so during the season, as he’s already logged 29 plate appearances without leaving the yard during these playoffs.
Finally, the matchup against rookie left-hander Parker Messick could help Caminero’s cause when it comes to this prop, considering Caminero mustered a .318 average, .912 OPS and .387 wOBA against southpaws on the road during the regular season.
Original Line Publish: 1.5
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