Kodai Senga Underdog MLB Picks Today, 4/7: Baseball Projections + More
It’s Monday at Fantasy Alarm and we have your Underdog Fantasy MLB Picks for April 7th!
With the baseball season in full swing, we’re highlighting two players poised to make an impact in today’s matchups. Leading off, we have New York Mets pitcher Kodai Senga taking on the Miami Marlins and Seattle Mariners righty Logan Gilbert facing off against the Houston Astros.
Here’s why these two could be difference-makers for your fantasy roster tonight!
MLB Underdog Picks: Monday, 4/7; MLB Projections
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Kodai Senga Underdog MLB Pick: More than 6.5 Strikeouts
Senga is an elite strikeout pitcher, boasting a 10.9 K/9 as a rookie and in his first start of the season against this same Miami Marlins team we saw him strike out eight over five innings.
The Marlins have a 25% strikeout rate on the season and a near 28% strikeout rate against right-handed pitchers specifically.
This feels like another good spot to target Senga and his strikeout projection in this matchup.
Logan Gilbert Underdog MLB Pick: Higher than 6.5 Strikeouts
Gilbert is coming off of a 10 strikeout game against the Detroit Tigers and now draws a matchup against a Houston Astros team that has a 26.7% strikeout rate on the season against right-handed pitching.
The Astros were never a high strikeout team but with the roster overhaul and youth towards the bottom of the lineup we are seeing them strikeout at a higher rate.
Gilbert has made two starts this season, totaling 18 strikeouts in 12 innings of work.
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Cubs re-signed RHP Caleb Kilian to a minor league contract.
The 27-year-old hurler was released last weekend after being designated for assignment, but after exploring the open market he has decided that a reunion with the Cubs made the most sense. Kilian will continue to function as extra rotation depth at Triple-A Iowa for the time being.
Corey Seager went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk to help the Rangers take down the Angels 5-3 on Thursday.
Seager had a bad first week and a half while dealing with a calf strain, but he’s collected 14 hits, including three homers, in his last eight games, putting him at .306/.368/.516 overall. Alas, it’s produced just six RBI, mostly because the Rangers are getting terrible production from the ninth and first spots in the order.
Kumar Rocker recorded his first MLB victory after pitching seven innings of three-run ball and striking out eight Thursday against the Angels.
Rocker walked none and surrendered just one double and four singles. Unfortunately, all five hits came in the first and fifth innings, resulting in three runs between them. Still, Rocker was terrific in needing just 78 pitches to get 21 outs. It’s the kind of performance that suggests he might offer mixed-league value at some point. We just wouldn’t trust him quite yet. His next start will come in Sacramento against the A’s.
Robert Garcia picked up his first save of the year with a perfect ninth against the Angels on Thursday.
Garcia got the call tonight with Luke Jackson having pitched the previous two days and retired the Angels on five pitches. Even though he’s the better reliever of the two, he’ll likely resume taking a backseat to Jackson on Friday.
Jack Kochanowicz gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings against the Rangers on Thursday.
The surprising and misguided decision to pick Kochanowicz over Reid Detmers for a rotation spot at the end of the spring isn’t working out for the Angels. The team might reverse course soon, but Detmers hasn’t been used as a long guy and isn’t stretched out to start right away. Kochanowicz is now 1-2 with a 6.20 ERA, but at least he gets the Pirates next.
Joc Pederson went 0-for-4 with a strikeout Thursday, dropping his average to .060.
It’s mostly been hard grounders and routine flies from Pederson thus far, but given that his bat speed is unchanged from last year, we don’t have big concerns here yet. That said, this might not be the weekend he turns it around, given that the Rangers are set to face the Dodgers.