Michael Busch Player Props: May 23, Cubs vs. Braves
Michael Busch will try to get back on track following a hitless showing in his most recent game (0-for-2). His Chicago Cubs face AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves on Thursday at 2:20 PM ET on BSSO.
Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Michael Busch player prop bets.
Busch has eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 19 walks while batting .242. Busch’s home runs rank 47th in MLB and he ranks 97th in RBI in MLB.
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- Matchup: Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves
- Time: 2:20 PM ET
- Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024
- TV Channel: BSSO
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now!)
- Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -125)
- Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +600)
- RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
- Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +150)
- Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -125)
Michael Busch prop bet insights
- Busch has reached base with a hit 24 times this year in 45 games played (53.3%), including multiple hits on 10 occasions (22.2%).
- In seven of 45 games this season, he has homered (15.6%). He’s hit a round-tripper in 4% of his trips to the plate in 2024.
- In 46.7% of his 45 games this season, Busch has scored (21 times). He’s also notched five games with multiple runs in 2024 (11.1%).
- He has plated at least one run 15 times this year in 45 games played (33.3%), including four times plating multiple runs (8.9%). He has also produced three or more of his team’s runs in one contest.
- In 80.0% of his games this year (36 of 45), Busch has struck out at least once, and in 20 of those games (44.4%) he registered more than one punchout.
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Michael Busch stats against the Braves
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/21/2024 | Charlie Morton | 0-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 5/15/2024 | Charlie Morton | 1-for-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1/1 | 0 |
| 5/13/2024 | Reynaldo López | 1-for-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 9/1/2023 | Max Fried | 0-for-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/0 | 0 |
| 8/31/2023 | Spencer Strider | 1-for-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2/0 | 0 |
Braves starter: AJ Smith-Shawver
- In his first start of the season, Smith-Shawver gets the nod for the Braves.
- This game marks the season debut (and first appearance in more than a year) for the 21-year-old right-hander.