Best Bets for the MLB Today: Strikeouts from Aces at Bovada

• Bovada is offering many different special bets with long odds for the MLB today.
• The best MLB specials are on Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech, and Zac Gallen to combine for at least 32 strikeouts with even odds, with even higher totals a strong options as well.

SAN DIEGO - Every MLB team is in action tonight, with Bovada offering many lucrative MLB Daily Specials.

The best bets for the Daily Specials at the online US MLB sportsbooks are likely on any of the combinations on Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech, and Zac Gallen to go over a set total of strikeouts.

Betting on Pitcher Strikeouts

That group of five pitchers has many different specials at Bovada:

• 30+ Combined Strikeouts: Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech And Zac Gallen -165
• 32+ Combined Strikeouts: Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech And Zac Gallen +100
• 34+ Combined Strikeouts: Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech And Zac Gallen +175
• 36+ Combined Strikeouts: Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech And Zac Gallen +300
• 38+ Combined Strikeouts: Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech And Zac Gallen +525

It should not come as a surprise that the group of McClanahan, Darvish, McKenzie, Kopech, and Gallen have such a combined strikeout total for those daily specials, as each pitcher is well known for their ability to accumulate strikeouts.

In fact, four of the pitchers rank in the top 21 in the entire MLB for their strikeouts per nine innings rate (K/9).

Triston McKenzie is the only pitcher not listed, but that is because he has not pitched enough innings to qualify.

McKenzie's strikeouts per nine rate of 13.5 would be second-best in the entire MLB if he qualified.

That strikeouts per nine stat is not the end all be all of pitcher strikeouts though, because it does not include the strikeouts per start.

The strikeouts per start for each pitcher are:

• Shane McClanahan: 6.57
• Yu Darvish: 6.17
• Michael Kopech: 6.58
• Zac Gallen: 6.64
• Triston McKenzie: 7.5

Totaling up the average strikeouts per start for Shane McClanahan, Yu Darvish, Triston McKenzie, Michael Kopech, and Zac Gallen equals 33.42 Ks per start on the rubber.

With that number in mind, players at the USA online sportsbook are likely safe to take the 32+ Ks with +100 odds for the Bovada special.

Given the upside of each of these pitchers, it may even be a good bet that a few have big games and make so the group strikes out at least 34 (+175) or 36 (+300) batters.