Best MLB Hits Props, Tuesday September 22

3 selections from 16 MLB hits props across 16 games that cleared our form and pricing filters on Tuesday's slate. Each one shows the price, the book quoting it, the matchup behind it, and the reason it might be wrong.

Our graded record is 82-61-5 at +37.1% ROI since Sep 25, as of Oct 19. Every public pick since Sep 25, 2026, losers included.

Pick	Price	Book	Why
Denzer Guzman Under 0.5 Hits	+195	bet365	under in 50% of his last ten; Guzman hits the ball hard at only the 28th percentile of qualified regulars
Matt McLain Under 0.5 Hits	+110	theScore Bet	under in 70% of his last ten; McLain hits the ball hard at only the 39th percentile of qualified regulars
Drake Baldwin Over 1.5 Hits	+205	BetRivers	over in 50% of his last ten; Baldwin hits the ball hard at the 94th percentile of qualified regulars

The reads behind them

Form here is 60% of a player's last ten games and 40% of the season, weighed against what the books are charging once the vig is stripped out, and against what the matchup says. A prop only appears when the matchup backs it as well as the form does.

Angle 1

Denzer Guzman Under 0.5 Hits

Los Angeles Angels @ Athletics · first pitch 9:41 PM ET

+195at bet365

Denzer Guzman has gone under 0.5 hits in 41% of 74 games this season and 50% across the last ten. He faces Brady Basso.

Guzman hits the ball hard at only the 28th percentile of qualified regulars.
Brady Basso has allowed hard contact on 35.7% of balls in play, below the 42% league mark.

The case against

The price is the weak part of this one, and the form read has to carry it at +195.

He bats right-handed into a left-hander, a split he ranks in the 89th percentile on.

Full game log and every book on Denzer Guzman

Angle 2

Matt McLain Under 0.5 Hits

Cincinnati Reds @ Atlanta Braves · first pitch 7:16 PM ET

+110at theScore Bet

Matt McLain has gone under 0.5 hits in 54% of 125 games this season and 70% across the last ten. He faces JR Ritchie.

McLain hits the ball hard at only the 39th percentile of qualified regulars.
JR Ritchie has allowed hard contact on 41.1% of balls in play, below the 42% league mark.
He bats right-handed into a right-hander, a split he ranks in the 40th percentile on.

The case against

At +110 the price does this pick no favours, so it stands or falls on the form read.

JR Ritchie carries a 5.03 ERA and a .233 average against over 62.2 innings.

Full game log and every book on Matt McLain

Angle 3

Drake Baldwin Over 1.5 Hits

Cincinnati Reds @ Atlanta Braves · first pitch 7:16 PM ET

+205at BetRivers

Drake Baldwin has gone over 1.5 hits in 34% of 133 games this season and 50% across the last ten. He faces Brandon Williamson.

Baldwin hits the ball hard at the 94th percentile of qualified regulars.
He bats left-handed into a left-hander, a split he ranks in the 65th percentile on.
Brandon Williamson carries a 5.56 ERA and a .247 average against over 43.2 innings.

The case against

No complaint about +205. The risk sits with the form read holding up.

Brandon Williamson has allowed hard contact on 41.8% of balls in play, below the 42% league mark.

Full game log and every book on Drake Baldwin

What this is, and what it is not

These are our strongest market-specific props, chosen on the best combination of recent form, season baseline, the matchup itself, and the line actually available. The Lab's card is a separate five-pick slate selected across every market, and it is graded on the public record.

Where the record lives: the Lab's public record starts Sep 25, 2026, the card and the boosts together, with every pick and every loss on the results page. Each prop above is frozen with the exact price and book shown from the moment it was published. These angles are not on that graded record; the card and the boosts are.

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