2 MLB Strikeout Props for Thursday, April 9

Happy Almost Friday, fellow sports bettors. We split a 4-pack of plays on Wednesday. Winners were Kyle Bradish Over 5.5 strikeouts and the Under in the first 5 in the Seattle vs Texas game. Losers were Will Warren Over 5.5 strikeouts and Tyler Mahle Under 4.5 strikeouts. 

Our MLB plays have gotten off to a great start, as we’ve cleared around +6 units of profit since the start of the season. Let’s see if we can keep things rolling on Thursday. I’ve got 2 strikeout props on tap for April 9th. Check those out below, and best of luck with all of your plays today.

Max Meyer Over 5.5 Ks (-120) (Bet365)

Bet365 is being pretty generous on this one, as the next best price in the market is at FanDuel at -146. Meyer cashed a couple of tickets for us last year, and I think the young righty has loads of potential for the Fish this season. The 27-year-old hits 95 mph with his fastball and has a pretty nasty slider that he uses as his put-away pitch.

The Reds aren’t fanning as often as they did a year ago, but they still have the 10th-highest K-rate in baseball against righties. Meyer should be able to generate lots of swing and miss against free swingers like Eugenio Suarez, Spencer Steer, Tyler Stephenson, and Elly De La Cruz. Each of those guys has a K-rate above 28.5%.

Meyer’s median strikeout number was 5.5 in 2025, but I adjusted that up to 6 or 6.5 in my projections. That’s a fair number based on the Reds’ tendency to swing and miss. Let’s take a shot with this Over for some early morning MLB action in Miami.

Jack Flaherty Over 5.5 Ks (-140) (theScore)

This one is a little bit juicier than I would like, but I think it’s still worth a play at anything better than -150 or so. Captain Jack Flaherty hasn’t looked all that sharp so far, but I think he’ll settle in against this less than stellar Minnesota Twins lineup. The Twinkies have the 8th highest K-rate in MLB vs righties so far this season.

Flaherty has a good history against Minnesota’s roster, as his career K-rate is 25.6% against them through 86 plate appearances. The Twins have an expected batting average of just .226 against him, so the veteran righty should turn in a dominant performance.

Matt Wallner, Kody Clemens, Josh Bell, and Royce Lewis are all striking out more than 29% of the time so far this year. Look for Flaherty to use his lively fastball to get them to chase some pitches up in the zone. He should find 6 or more Ks quite easily.